Workshop
Workshop
All you need to know about our kit and making things
You don’t have to be a member to use the workshop.
The most important thing in any workshop is the tools that are available. We have an array of different things for you to use, and access to everything is included in the same price.
Outside the standard woodworking tools that you’ll find in any workshop, or, indeed, garden shed, we also have:
- Laser Cutters
- CNC Embroidery machine
- 3d Printers
- Sublimation Printer
- Heat Press
- Vinyl Cutters
- CNC Router
- Fully Stocked Electronics Bench
- Sewing and Knitting Machines
Essentially, most anything you could need to create whatever you can imagine.
You can find more detailed information about these items on our wiki, but if you have any further questions, please just contact us.
Workshop Equipment
DoES at its heart is all about making, and we like our kit, so naturally the DoES Workshop is a most exciting place to be. We have a range of tools and equipment, which are designed to help you create amazing things. We’ve listed the vast majority of our equipment below, and further information can be accessed via the wiki page links.
Cutters
- LaserCutting – read first before using them!
- Sheila – A3 laser cutter
- Princess Fiona • Etch Settings
- Tony the Massive
- Training
- RolandVinylCutter – cut shapes in to vinyl sheets
- HarryPlotterVinylCutter – smaller, Silhouette Portrait vinyl cutter
- FermBandsaw – manual rigid material cutter
- Startrite Bandsaw – ditto
- Scrollsaw – needs commissioning
- Router table – needs commissioning
- Jigsaw – Jigsaw Energer ENB454JSW – Needs commissioning (In CNC room)
Drilling, Milling, and Poking
- DrillPressSergeant – make holes in stuff
- Arcitype – large experimental 3D CNC mill/router (in Dinky) — a Duet General Controller is being built
- CNC Router – KinetiC-NC CNC Router machine
- CNCMill – smaller CNC mill/router (Proxxon in Workshop)
- Router – Makita RT0700c – Needs commissioning (In CNC room)
- Belt sander – Ryobi EBS1310V – Needs commissioning (In CNC room)
- Belt and disc sander – needs commissioning
- Grinding and polishing wheels – needs commissioning
- Rock tumbler – needs commissioning
Printing
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- 2D printers and plotters:
- A4 laser printers – double-sided monochrome
- A3 laser printer – double-sided colour
- Sticky Label printer – label all the things!
- Brother label printer – needs commissioning
- Ricoh-3110DN-Sublimation-Printer-(Bella) – Produce sublimation printed transfers for t-shirts, mugs, etc.
- QueenVictoriaPrinter – Produce large scale prints / plans
- Pen-Plotter-McGraw – Produce CNC drawings using pens etc.
- A4 Scanner – Hercules – 2d scans in colour and greyscale
- Hand-Printing – Various hand-printing kit inc. letter presses, lino.
- 2D printers and plotters:
- 3D printers:
- Bambu-A1-Mini-3D-printer-Bambi – A Bambu A1 Mini, bed size 180mm x 180mm.
- 3D-Printer-Marcus A Creality CR 6 Max with 400mm x 400mm bed size
- Ultimaker – most widely supported printer
MakerbotCupCake – more of a museum piece these days- Consumables: Materials: 3D Printer Filament
- StripHeater – bend/fold plastic
- Heatpress – imprint vinyl or sublimation transfers on fabric
- HeatPress-Kay – Larger heat press
- Mug Heat Press (Hettie) -imprint sublimation transfers on to mugs
- VacuumFormer – mould plastic over top surface of an object
- Injection moulder – to be used one day
- Glues and solvents – it doesn’t create heat or form anything
- Vevor 58mm Button Maker ‐ Arcade – this also doesn’t heat anything
- Reflow-Oven-(Florence) – Reflow oven for making PCBs
- Trinocular-Microscope-(Quincy) – Seeing small things when you solder them
- Electronics Equipment – soldering, meters, and other gadgetry
- Embroidery Machine Fred
- AYAB controlled Knitting Machine Ariadne Has an AYAB board, allowing it to knit images from png etc.
- Powered semi-industrial Knitting Machine Kath Yet to be commissioned. Has a motor. Works with punch cards (wider than those for Japanese sewing machines). Can’t currently be computer controlled
- Sewing machines
- Some sewing and knitting machines are still to be documented
- Digital Infrastructure – all things virtual
- Pico4 VR – Virtual reality for the masses, or at least anyone who wants to
- PC Systems – computers in the workshop
- Microscope – somebody use me!
- Sense 3D scanner – Scan your bust and print it.
- Hitachi CP-EX400 projector (resolution 1024×768) can be found in Events room with long VGA cable and HDMI converter.
- Dell 3400MP (resolution 1024×768) is small and very portable in its own carrier case. Sitting at the bottom of the bookshelf next to the stationary cupboard in Room 29, possibly behind a large Amazon box.
- PA System in the Events room needs instructions for use
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- For want of a better location for it, there are some details of MaterialsSuppliers here.
- Doorbot: How we get in and out of the place
- DoES Screen: The display of information next to the door.
- Parking advice and how to get here
- Waste, recycling and cleaning up: Vacuum cleaner, bin bags, scraps
- Pull-up banner: Pull up banner/stand for use at events
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More information
If you require any more information regarding our workshop and its equipment, please take a look at our wiki page, or feel free to contact us.
Co-Working desks on Demand
Take your pick half or full day available at short notice. Only 10 minutes walk from Lime Street Station.
1 - 6
Laser Cutting
One of our most popular services - Laser cutting is bookable for half or full days.
1 - 3
Business Address / Postal Box
Looking for a secure postal address for your business? Need a Liverpool city centre mailing address that looks professional? We offer a virtual office address as one of our services!
200 +
Permanent Desks
Looking for a long term stay in a sweet spot. We've got your back.
8
Meeting Room - Dinky
Got a small meeting then maybe you need our small meeting room.
1 - 8
Conference Room/ Event Space
Do you wish to host your own event. Then we have a space for you. Events such as a company away day, workshop or closed seminar
2 - 30
Become a Member
You do not have to be a DoES Member to use any of our equipment or services, should you wish to support what we do, for £10 a month you can become one.
Other than the warm fuzzy feeling you get from knowing that you are helping to keep the community going, we also offer our Members reduced prices on all of our services, and there are plans afoot for further benefits in the future.
For spaces like DoES that rely entirely on the community that use it to fund it, every little is invaluable, so if you think we're epic, and want us to continue to be so, please consider becoming a DoES Member today.