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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!

COVID-19

Click here for details of the of the measures we’re currently taking related to the COVID-19 situation, especially if you’re thinking of coming in to the space. We’ll keep you updated if anything changes – make sure you’re following us via our Google Group, and/or via social media.

If you need visors then please fill in the “Request Visors” form at https://visors.doesliverpool.com/ – you don’t need to work for the NHS.

Things of Note

• Jackie Pease: Discussing microfluidic chip jewellery and wearable Gameboys with laura pullig and We Have Never Been Individuals at last night’s DoES Liverpool #wearable tech meetup #weeknotes pic.twitter.com/5Lz4y1pHYb
  
  
  
  
• Adrian McEwen: A small diversion: I remembered that I had the locations of all the CityBike stations lying around from some prior experiments, and a way to easily plot isochrones… so here’s all the places in Liverpool within 10 minutes walk of a CityBike #weeknotes pic.twitter.com/poup1IIemO
  
• Jackie Pease: Hmm – apparently around a million pieces to put together #Eleksmaker #Eleksdraw #weeknotes pic.twitter.com/sLIrRkhKSn
  
• Adrian McEwen: Watching this ace talk at #FixfestUK from @repaircafebelfast, I’ve got a new metaphor for DoES Liverpool spreading: taking a cutting from the community and growing it anew elsewhere #weeknotes youtube.com/watch?v=KWp0bE…

Coming Up in the Next Week

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.

See all the issues…

Issue counts: 334 open, 1138 closed

1 new issue:

• Repair and commission the Cel Robox Dual Material Printer

Featured issue: Networking in laser room is poor. Can we move this on or close it?

No issues closed

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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!

COVID-19

Click here for details of the of the measures we’re currently taking related to the COVID-19 situation, especially if you’re thinking of coming in to the space. We’ll keep you updated if anything changes – make sure you’re following us via our Google Group, and/or via social media.

If you need visors then please fill in the “Request Visors” form at https://visors.doesliverpool.com/ – you don’t need to work for the NHS.

Things of Note

• Aʅҽx Lҽɳɳσɳ: I absolutely love this. This is some of what the eclectic mix DoES Liverpool get up to for fun! #weeknotes twitter.com/LiamSlugDisco/…
• Adrian McEwen: I’ve added Robin Lovelace‘s Rapid Cycleway Prioritisation data to the #15MinuteCity Liverpool map. It’s off by default, but the checkboxes in the bottom left will toggle the various options <a href=”http://15minutecity.mcqn.com/#cycleways“>15minutecity.mcqn.com/#cycleways #weeknotes pic.twitter.com/hms76gUNze
  
• Adrian McEwen: 15 minute walking (and cycling) isochrones for Walton, Tuebrook and Norris Green added to 15minutecity.mcqn.com #weeknotes pic.twitter.com/5mNIsgWRfb
  
• Jackie Pease: Great @doesliverpool virtual #makernight (just finished) with @helicalbytes, Michael Dales, and Mike Gorman.
  Talking synths and sheds, pen plotters – Mike has a 80s HP – access to workshops and maker spaces, and talks for future maker nights. Looking forward to the next one! #weeknotes pic.twitter.com/stzBUrXMsb
  
  
  
  
• Martin Dunschen: 3 years ago today I enjoyed fitting this outside tap in front of one of my old neighbour’s house in #Granby Granby 4 Streets CLT #weeknotes. A bit #OTT, but I’m still proud of it. pic.twitter.com/qP3cn30k00
  
• DoES Liverpool: No touch door opener brought into DoES Liverpool today by Arthur – they’re injection moulded from waste LDPE by Precious Plastics Lancaster (available to buy: preciousplasticlancaster.co.uk) #weeknotes pic.twitter.com/xMPfU4MR9L
  
• Adrian McEwen: Spent the day bootstrapping a CyclOSM tile server, and can now build my own map tiles for 15minutecity.mcqn.com. That’ll let me try out some different mapping styles to highlight other features and/or land-uses #weeknotes pic.twitter.com/kmZAasjKeA
  

Coming Up in the Next Week

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.

See all the issues…

Issue counts: 333 open, 1138 closed

1 new issue:

• Create a process by which we can accept loans or donations of hardware

Featured issue: Shutter doorbot isn’t reading cards. Can we move this on or close it?

No issues closed

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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!

COVID-19

Click here for details of the of the measures we’re currently taking related to the COVID-19 situation, especially if you’re thinking of coming in to the space. We’ll keep you updated if anything changes – make sure you’re following us via our Google Group, and/or via social media.

If you need visors then please fill in the “Request Visors” form at https://visors.doesliverpool.com/ – you don’t need to work for the NHS.

Things of Note

• Aʅҽx Lҽɳɳσɳ: Good. That’s doing what I wanted it to @m5stack #iot #currentsensing #weeknotes twitter.com/embedded_iot/s… pic.twitter.com/sFEbc5gYaN
  
• Adrian McEwen: Resupplying the Macmillan Cancer support team with visors #InTheSaddle #weeknotes pic.twitter.com/1weYGpakBF
  

Coming Up in the Next Week

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.

See all the issues…

Issue counts: 332 open, 1138 closed

3 new issues:

• Retrofit a servo motor onto the industrial sewing machine
• Add the CNC room and vinyl-cutter/sublimation-printing area to the booking system
• Sophia cutting inaccurately

Featured issue: Sort out Reward Shirts. Can we move this on or close it?

3 issues closed:

• Gerald Cutting Sloppy – Play in the cutter head
• Reconfigure the space to make social distancing easier
• Maglock in Events Room is loose

Thanks magman2112, amcewen, JackiePease!

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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!

COVID-19

Click here for details of the of the measures we’re currently taking related to the COVID-19 situation, especially if you’re thinking of coming in to the space. We’ll keep you updated if anything changes – make sure you’re following us via our Google Group, and/or via social media.

If you need visors then please fill in the “Request Visors” form at https://visors.doesliverpool.com/ – you don’t need to work for the NHS.

Things of Note

• Martin Dunschen: Finally got round to download what #raspberrypi with IR camera recorded using motion-project.github.io/motion_config.… in the last month. A nice pic of one resident #hedgehog, #weeknotes. pic.twitter.com/QJkBR4B25O
  
• DoES Liverpool: HEX was working on this brass etching technique at @doesliverpool today. Can’t wait to see more if this is his first attempt! #weeknotes pic.twitter.com/plB2FMagXS
  

Coming Up in the Next Week

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.

See all the issues…

Issue counts: 332 open, 1135 closed

5 new issues:

• Gerald Cutting Sloppy – Play in the cutter head
• Build the Northstar V3.1 AR Headset
• Submit company accounts for 2019-2020 period
• Fill in CIC34 form for 2019-2020 year
• Gerald not cutting well

Featured issue: Create a “Cost of Being Epic” poster for the space (and online). Can we move this on or close it?

2 issues closed:

• Gerald not cutting well
• New laser cutter guidance

Thanks Sean-anotherone, JackiePease!

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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!

COVID-19

Click here for details of the of the measures we’re currently taking related to the COVID-19 situation, especially if you’re thinking of coming in to the space. We’ll keep you updated if anything changes – make sure you’re following us via our Google Group, and/or via social media.

Things of Note

• DoES Liverpool: New out of hours workshop member, Brett, with sheet of laser cut ply names made on his laser induction day #weeknotes pic.twitter.com/RRUsc2J0Gh
  
• Jackie Pease: Just updated my latest experiments to the DoES Liverpool wearable tech group #naturaldye notes page:#weeknotes pic.twitter.com/W0TYa2mt8K
  
• Matthew Croughan: Just got done editing the IOT Ambient Kettle video for Alex which demonstrates a cool MQTT based 3d-printed kettle device that lets you monitor your family members non-intrusively by passively telling you whether or not they have boiled the kettle in the last 24 hours. #weeknotes twitter.com/andysc/status/…
• Jackie Pease: Reliving my #lockdown experience in miniature to make a 27cm square for Tamasine seibold #lockdown_quilt – not quite sure where I’m going with this yet #weeknotes pic.twitter.com/52nxfnRtgO
  

Coming Up in the Next Week

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.

See all the issues…

Issue counts: 328 open, 1134 closed

2 new issues:

• Unable to save simple Inkscape drawing as dxf on laser PC
• Get Creality printers going with PETG

Featured issue: Get new 20mm o-rings to go behind the intermediate mirrors. Can we move this on or close it?

1 issue closed:

• Find better mounting point for Gerald’s air pump

Thanks magman2112!

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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!

COVID-19

We’ve updated the measures we’re taking related to the COVID-19 situation. Click here for details, especially if you’re thinking of coming in to the space. Follow us via our Google Group, and/or via social media for any further updates.

Visor Project

We’ve been working with organisations across Liverpool, Manchester and beyond to produce effective, low-cost visors, to help healthcare professionals and others to keep doing their job throughout this crisis.

If you, or anyone you know, still needs visors (whatever your job – we’ve got plenty!) then please fill in this form.

Things of Note

• Laura James: #weeknotes design, maps, power, ways of knowing and imagining
  lbj20.blogspot.com/2020/06/weekno…HT Alix Nadia ρђ๏є๒є Շเςкєɭɭ Audrey Watters Lydia Nicholas Peter Wells Adrian McEwen Patrick Tanguay #generationc &more
• Adrian McEwen: First steps into a more interactive #15MinuteCity exploration, now you can toggle the different isochrones on/off.
  Now you can do that, I’ve turned off the cycling isochrones on first load, as they obscure things a bit – click the “Cycling” heading to turn them all on #weeknotes pic.twitter.com/txMMgYL4xd
  
• Jackie Pease: Engraving calico fabric to see if the engraved areas take #naturaldye better – an idea from laura pullig.
  I was going to do several sheets for an Louisa Burman style scientific experiment, but it takes so long…
  #weeknotes pic.twitter.com/GPGWdSDDCk
  

Coming Up in the Next Week

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.

See all the issues…

Issue counts: 327 open, 1133 closed

No new issues

Featured issue: Work out and set up an induction process for the CNC router. Can we move this on or close it?

1 issue closed:

• Events space doorbot (doorbot1) failing

Thanks JackiePease!

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• Comments Off on Week 472 – Lockdown Latch Hooking

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!

Covid-19

Click here for details of the measures we’re currently taking related to the COVID-19 situation. We’ll keep you updated if anything changes – make sure you’re following us via our Google Group, and/or via social media.

Visor Project

We’ve been working with organisations across Liverpool, Manchester and beyond to produce effective, low-cost visors, to help healthcare professionals and others to keep doing their job throughout this crisis.

If you, or anyone you know, still needs visors (whatever your job – we’ve got plenty!) then please fill in this form.

Things of Note

• Jackie Pease: Trying out a laser cut polypropylene ‘skeleton’ for a facemask to hold the clear panel away from the face – seems promising #weeknotes pic.twitter.com/87nY6K9oOM
  
• DoES Liverpool: Here’s Mike Gorman on his first visit to @doesliverpool since lockdown. You can see how he’s been spending some of his time… #weeknotes pic.twitter.com/PTEUXNMtH3
  
  
  
• Jackie Pease: ☹️Difficult to photograph – delaminated glass on the base of a PETG print #weeknotes pic.twitter.com/C6mm3a0q2e
  
• Adrian McEwen: Just come across an old blog post about a combined #RepairCafe and #MakerDay in Liverpool that I attended before DoES Liverpool even existed! (although the hackspace meetup that grew into it was well underway by then) #weeknotes mcqn.net/mcfilter/archi…

Coming Up in the Next Week

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.

See all the issues…

Issue counts: 328 open, 1132 closed

2 new issues:

• Evaluate/buy new glass build plates for both Ultimakers
• Entrance phone-in procedure is broken, as audio is only going one way

Featured issue: Install the hatch between the kitchen and event room. Can we move this on or close it?

1 issue closed:

• Entrance phone-in procedure is broken, as audio is only going one way

Thanks MatthewCroughan!

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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!

Covid-19

Click here for details of the measures we’re currently taking related to the COVID-19 situation. We’ll keep you updated if anything changes – make sure you’re following us via our Google Group, and/or via social media.

Visor Project

We’ve been working with organisations across Liverpool, Manchester and beyond to produce effective, low-cost visors, to help healthcare professionals and others to keep doing their job throughout this crisis.

If you, or anyone you know, still needs visors (whatever your job – we’ve got plenty!) then please fill in this form.

Things of Note

• Jackie Pease: If you haven’t seen it yet, interesting online talk series, inc. for anyone involved in DoES Liverpool #repaircafe – there’ll be a recording of this one and there’s lots more over the next couple of weeks inc. sewing machines
  #weeknotes twitter.com/RestartProject…
• Jackie Pease: My first attempts at vacuum forming since Sean J fixed the @doesliverpool vacuum former last week 🙂
  PP should work so maybe 0.5mm is a just a bit thin.
  HIPS was fine – I just need some more and to make a former from something slightly less melty #weeknotes pic.twitter.com/43c6hmcaIB
  
  
  

Coming Up in the Next Week

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.

See all the issues…

Issue counts: 327 open, 1131 closed

1 new issue:

• Migrate the Wearable related wiki content to the new Wearable Wiki

Featured issue: Maglock in Events Room is loose. Can we move this on or close it?

6 issues closed:

• Migrate the Wearable related wiki content to the new Wearable Wiki
• Order A4 paper
• Order toner for M251N
• Apply for COVID-19 related government funding
• Buy new toner cartridges for Mike’s HP LaserJet 200 color M251N
• The vac-former has excessive earth leakage current in use

Thanks cheapjack, JackiePease, johnmckerrell, Sean-anotherone!

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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!

Covid-19

Click here for details of the measures we’re currently taking related to the COVID-19 situation. We’ll keep you updated if anything changes – make sure you’re following us via our Google Group, and/or via social media.

Visor Project

We’ve been working with organisations across Liverpool, Manchester and beyond to produce effective, low-cost visors, to help healthcare professionals and others to keep doing their job throughout this crisis.

If you, or anyone you know, still needs visors (whatever your job – we’ve got plenty!) then please fill in this form.

Things of Note

• DoES Liverpool: Patrick from FACT_Liverpool who came by today to pick up some of our visors for their security guards.
  Anyone else who’s in need of visors, please get in touch via visors.doesliverpool.com
  #weeknotes pic.twitter.com/jvwu0ZSdQb
  
• Adrian McEwen: Spending today jamming with a bunch of people around Europe (and maybe further afield?) at the ThingsCon #StayAtHomeJam. Probably going to play around with the ESP32 camera modules I’ve had knocking around for a while #weeknotes pic.twitter.com/fiOlR1lIoe
  
• Adrian McEwen: I’ve continued chipping away at my #15MinuteCity experiments over at trips.mcqn.com I’ve now got it generating 5/10/15 minute walking isochrones and loading them onto the OpenCycleMap tiles #weeknotes pic.twitter.com/kaJpRu5579
  
• Adrian McEwen: Added Toxteth, and the area-within-15-minutes’-cycling (in blue) to the maps. Got rid of the 5 and 10 minute zones as it was getting a bit cluttered. #weeknotes pic.twitter.com/hOyEsLXTNM
  

Coming Up in the Next Week

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.

See all the issues…

Issue counts: 332 open, 1125 closed

2 new issues:

• Order A4 paper
• Order toner for M251N

Featured issue: Get new 20mm o-rings to go behind the intermediate mirrors. Can we move this on or close it?

2 issues closed:

• Neither Ultimaker is working – they seem to have filament stuck
• Gerald’s default copy of Lasercut doesn’t work

Thanks Sean-anotherone!