Each week we’ll endeavour to publish some details of the interesting things that members of DoES Liverpool have been up to over the past seven days. You can find out a bit more about them in our introductory post.
And remember, if you’re involved with DoES Liverpool at all, let us know what you get up to so we can include it here!
Wirral MakeFest
Wirral MakeFest is happening this Saturday from 10:00 am – 4:00 pm at Birkenhead Central Library. DoES Liverpool have a stall and need volunteers (especially as it’s on the same day as our Monthly Maker Day and we need to cover both!). It’s a great opportunity to see what other makers around the area are doing too (and part of the build up to Liverpool Maker Day in July).
Please get in touch (with Jackie, Mike or Zarino) if you’d like to help setting up from 16:00 on Friday, taking part on Saturday (setting up from 8:40, event starts at 10:00), or bringing stuff back to DoES on Monday (4pm at the library). The Github issue is here with all the details.
New Boost Membership Round – July Start
And just like that It’s time to launch the process for the next round of Boost Membership. This would be the cohort that will have their membership from July 2025 – December 2025.
If you already know what you’re doing then head over here to apply otherwise read on for more information about Boost membership.
The DoES Liverpool Boost Membership was introduced to celebrate the 10th anniversary of DoES Liverpool – the amazing coworking and shared workshop space in the Fabric District of Liverpool. Boost membership gives two people the opportunity to use the space free of charge for six months either with an allocated desk or by having 24-hour access to the workshop.
As things continue to be difficult for people due to inflation, fuel prices and all the economic woes we’re dealing with at the moment we thought it would be worth pointing out that Boost membership is open to anyone, even existing paying members. If 6 months free membership would help you out at the moment then feel free to apply, of course if you’re not already a paying member you are still welcome to apply.
Applications are open until 11:59pm on Saturday 31st May 2025, any applications received after this point will not be considered. We will endeavour to announce the winners as soon as possible afterwards.
We have a dedicated page with lots more information about Boost Membership so if you want to find out more just head over there and take a look!
Things of Note
- Alex: I am very pleased indeed to be able to announce that, perhaps in a world first, I now have Hubs Community Edition (CE) running on a
Full docs here: https://github.com/DynamicDevices/hubs-cloud/
- Adrian McEwen:Levelling up our use of the excellent TinySA Ultra spectrum analyzer with a rather nifty python/Qt app. Also putting the @MCQN_Ltd TEM cell to good use as we work on some EMI testing.https://www.tinysa.org/wiki/
https://github.com/g4ixt/QtTinySA#weeknotes #electronics #OpenSource
- Chris Huffee:Working on some product shots for the board @MCQN_Ltd is taking to #OHS2025 for our table ‘OSH ethos in cycling’https://www.tindie.com/products/mcqn_ltd/my-bikes-got-led/@oshwassociation #whereisthebike? #weeknotes
#opensourcehardware
- MCQN Ltd:Thanks to @huffeec our website now has a write-up of the Bluetooth LED bike game we built with #PelotonLivhttps://mcqn.com/ibal251/#ibal251 #weeknotes #esp32c3 #BBCmicrobit #BikeTooter #LED #Bluetooth
- DoES Liverpool:Apply for our July start desk or workshop Boost membership.
Find out more here, please apply and share!
https://doesliverpool.com/co-working/time-for-a-summer-boost/
#WeekNotes
Coming Up in the Next Week
| Monday 05 May, 6:00pm-8:00pm | 7pm-9pm Socialist Alternative discussion group |
| Tuesday 06 May, 5:30pm-8:30pm | Hack the Space Evening (Software) |
| Wednesday 07 May, 6:00pm-8:00pm | Liverpool Linux User Group |
| Thursday 08 May, 8:00am-5:00pm | Jelly Liverpool |
| Thursday 08 May, 5:30pm-7:00pm | The Sisterhood |
| Thursday 08 May, 6:00pm-8:30pm | Maker Night Our free weekly evening meeting where you can find out about our space and all the making equipment in it, get a laser cutter or CNC embroidery machine induction, and work on projects from physical computing and electronics to 3d printing, routing and sewing. Just pay for materials used. |
| Saturday 10 May, 10:00am-4pm | Wirral MakeFest |
| Saturday 10 May, 12:00am-6:00pm | Maker Day Our free monthly daytime meeting where you can find out about our space and all the making equipment in it, get a laser cutter or CNC embroidery machine induction, and work on projects from physical computing and electronics to 3d printing, routing and sewing. Just pay for materials used. |
| Sunday 11 May, 2:00pm-5:00pm | Plastic Playgroup (DoES Workshop) In a world with mountains of plastic and molehills of play, let’s get our spades out and shift the balance.Make new things from abandoned plastic with us. Plantpots, purses … pedalos?Shred plastic. Blend it. Meld scraps together with a heat gun. Make sheets. Laser cut it. CNC it. Stitch potato bags together with soldering iron? Make fabrics with a regular iron? What have we got, what can we make? We don’t know – let’s figure it out! Two rules: 1. No Objectives – this is an aimless and wandering session. 2. Bring Your Own Initiative – this is an active session and we’ll help you get creative. Every two weeks on a Sunday afternoon, between 2pm and 5pm.Facilitated by Plastic Tactics – follow on social for the latest updates, and to see what we make if you can’t be here in person: http://instagram.com/plastacs http://twitter.com/plastacs http://facebook.com/plastictacticsliverpool |
Somebody Should
The DoES Liverpool to-do list is stored in the issues of our Somebody Should repository on github. Head over there if there’s something you’d like to report, or if you want to help out fixing things.
Issue counts: 430 open, 1612 closed
3 new issues:
- Battery graveyard overpopulated
- Gerald cutting slightly off
- Embroidery machine Fred isn’t trimming threads again
Featured issue: Tony (laser-cutter) alarm lock. Can we move this on or close it?
2 issues closed:
- Embroidery machine Fred isn’t trimming threads again
- Buy a replacement ink collection unit for the sublimation printer Ricoh 3110DN
Thanks Robotorium, JackiePease!
