Weeknotes

"Week 699 – nixcon"

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!

Lift Access

We had more issues with the lift this weekend.

The frequency of these issues might tempt people into trying their own fixes, but Jennie has reiterated that only Stannah should access the lift panel, even with the best intentions, and that wedges should not be used (there’s a key for the door lock in the key safe on the ground floor).

Things of Note

Coming Up in the Next Week

Monday 28 October, 7:00pm-9:00pm7pm-9pm Socialist Alternative discussion group
Wednesday 30 October, 7:00pm-9:00pmLiverpool Revolutionary Communist Party
Thursday 31 October, 5:00pm-7:00pmSocialist Worker Student Meeting
Thursday 31 October, 7:00pm-9:30pmMaker 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.
Friday 01 November, 6:00pm-Saturday 02 November, 12:00amUnimaginable Lovers
Saturday 02 November, 9:00am-11:00pmUnimaginable Lovers

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: 409 open, 1544 closed

1 new issue:

Featured issue: Tony apparently not cutting square. Can we move this on or close it?

6 issues closed:

Thanks Robotorium, JackiePease, zarino!

"Week 698 – Wayback Netballs, Lifehouses"

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!

Community Meeting (Future Gazing Part 2)

At our recent Future Gazing event, we talked about reintroducing community meetings.
The first one, or Future Gazing Part 2, is going to be on Sunday 27th October from 2pm – 4pm (the most popular choice in Chris H’s Doodle Poll), to talk about issues relating to running the space, including finances and price rises. It would be great to see as many people as possible, and if you weren’t able to get along to Future Gazing Part 1, you can catch up by reading Adrian’s summary, and take a look here for the complete Google Group thread relating to this.

Things of Note

  • DoES Liverpool:Some great photos of our event space – from Tuesday’s Liverpool City Council Good Health training session delivered by Rachel Flood of Flood Associates.

    Email us at hello@doesliverpool.com if you’d like to hire our space.


    People sitting at tables with workbooks and drinks in a room with white furniture and blinds and a wooden floor, watching a presenter present slides

    People sitting around tables, working on workbooks

Coming Up in the Next Week

Monday 21 October, 7:00pm-9:00pm7pm-9pm Socialist Alternative discussion group
Tuesday 22 October, 6:00pm-9:00pmLiverpool Green Party
Wednesday 23 October, 7:00pm-9:00pmLiverpool Revolutionary Communist Party
Thursday 24 October, 9:30am-5:30pmWomen in Tech
Thursday 24 October, 7:00pm-9:30pmMaker 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.
Sunday 27 October, 2:00pm-4:00pm
Community Meeting (Future Gazing Part 2)

At our recent Future Gazing event, we talked about reintroducing community meetings.
The first one, or Future Gazing Part 2, is going to be on Sunday 27th October from 2pm – 4pm (the most popular choice in Chris H’s Doodle Poll), to talk about issues relating to running the space, including finances and price rises. It would be great to see as many people as possible, and if you weren’t able to get along to Future Gazing Part 1, you can catch up by reading Adrian’s summary, and take a look here for the complete Google Group thread relating to this.

(No Plastic Tactics Plastic Playgroup this week, due to community meeting)

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: 414 open, 1538 closed

1 new issue:

Featured issue: Update health and safety procedures for the Tapestry. Can we move this on or close it?

No issues closed

"Week 697 – Custom Mailing Label"

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!

Things of Note

 

Coming Up in the Next Week

 

Monday 14 October, 7:00pm-9:00pm7pm-9pm Socialist Alternative discussion group
Tuesday 15 October, 7:30pm-9:30pmPVTV Creative Meet-Up
Wednesday 16 October, 7:00pm-9:00pmLiverpool Revolutionary Communist Party
Thursday 17 October, 7:00pm-9:30pmMaker 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.
Sunday 20 October, 11:00am-3:00pmRepair Café

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: 413 open, 1538 closed

1 new issue:

Featured issue: Dispose of paint tins. Can we move this on or close it?

1 issue closed:

Thanks johnmckerrell!

"Week 696 – Commoning, QRdigan"

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!

Things of Note 

Coming Up in the Next Week

Monday 07 October, 7:00pm-9:00pm7pm-9pm Socialist Alternative discussion group
Wednesday 09 October, 7:00pm-9:00pmLiverpool Revolutionary Communist Party
Thursday 10 October, 9:00am-6:00pmJelly Liverpool
Thursday 10 October, 7:00pm-9:30pmMaker 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 12 October, 11:00am-5:00pmLiverpool Synth Meet
Saturday 12 October, 12:00am-6:00pmMaker 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 13 October, 2:00pm-5:00pmPlastic 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.

See all the issues…

Issue counts: 413 open, 1537 closed

1 new issue:

Featured issue: Rework power plug/sockets for Sheila. Can we move this on or close it?

3 issues closed:

Thanks JackiePease!

"Week 695 – Bike Transmitter"

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!

New Boost Members Starting 1st October

You can find out more about our October start Boost members Sahra and Sam from our recent post here.

Things of Note

  • Adrian McEwen:Back on designing the audio level shifter board for my bike transmitter.Moved up to @FreeCAD v1.0 and it really feels like a proper release.

    The inclusion of the assembly workbench is great (this is an assembly of a step file from @kicad and two bodies); and lots of little improvements in the sketcher make it much smoother to use.

    #CAD #PCB #weeknotes #ibal249 #FreeCAD #design

    Render of a circuit board inside a rectangular case. There are two headphone sockets and a potentiometer on the PCB and they're poking through one side of the case. The case has a top and bottom half, and the top half is shown as transparent so the components inside are visible

Coming Up in the Next Week

Monday 30 September, 6:00pm-8:00pm 7pm-9pm Socialist Alternative discussion group
Tuesday 01 October, 5:30pm-8:30pm Hack the Space Evening
Tuesday 01 October, 6:00pm-8:00pm Liverpool Revolutionary Communist Party
Wednesday 02 October, 6:00pm-8:00pm Liverpool Linux User Group
Thursday 03 October, 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.
Thursday 03 October, 6:00pm-10:00pm LivNUG (Liverpool Nix/NixOS User Group)

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: 413 open, 1536 closed

3 new issues:

 

Featured issue: Write down induction requirements for equipment being promoted to Class Red (i.e. powered and machine tools for wood and metal working). Can we move this on or close it?

6 issues closed:

Thanks MatthewCroughan, JackiePease, amcewen!

"Introducing our October 2024 Start Boost Members – Sahra and Sam"

A warm welcome to our October 2024 start Boost members – Sahra and Sam!

Desk Membership Winner – Sahra Ibrahim

Sahra says she’s excited by this opportunity. She has lots of experience in the garment industry and is planning to make fun and interchangeable kaftans. She doesn’t have an Instagram or website yet but they will be coming soon. 

Sahra wearing a black top and grey leggings, smiling, on a garden path

Workshop Membership Winner – Sam Kinselley

Sam says “I’ve been coming to DoES since 2021 and it’s been an amazing journey so far, I’ve met a lot of interesting people and really enjoy coming in.

I’m looking forward to using the membership to explore working with new materials. I’ve mainly focused on laser cutting and engraving acrylic in the past. I’d love to invest some more time in using some other machinery available, notably the embroidery machine and 3D printer. “

A passport style photo of Sam, wearing a black top

Boost Membership

We hold a new Boost membership round every three months. Find out more here, and if you’re interested in applying, then keep an eye on our social media for details of the next round!

"Week 694 – Smile"

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!

Things of Note

  • Jackie Pease:I was looking for random daffodil quotes – love this one by Philip Larkin.
    #WeekNotes

  • Snoof:My biggest red flag is that I never remember how long it takes to laser a living hinge #weeknotes

Coming Up in the Next Week

Monday 23 September, 6:00pm-8:00pm7pm-9pm Socialist Alternative discussion group
Tuesday 24 September, 6:30pm-8:30pmPVTV Creative Meet-Up
Wednesday 25 September, 6:00pm-8:00pmLiverpool Revolutionary Communist Party
Thursday 26 September, 6:00pm-8:30pmMaker 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.

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: 416 open, 1530 closed

2 new issues:

Featured issue: Install a hearing loop inside event rooms. Can we move this on or close it?

2 issues closed:

Thanks zarino, johnmckerrell!

"Week 693 – Capacitance"

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!

Things of Note

  • Adrian McEwen:Current status: trying to work out if hand-soldered vs. pick-and-place soldered on a 10pF 0603 capacitor will make a noticeable difference in the capacitance.(From experimental results it seems that it maybe does?)

    #weeknotes

Coming Up in the Next Week

Monday 16 September, 6:00pm-8:00pm 7pm-9pm Socialist Alternative discussion group
Tuesday 17 September, 5:15pm-7:15pm XR Liverpool
Wednesday 18 September, 6:00pm-8:00pm Etsy Meetup
Wednesday 18 September, 6:00pm-8:00pm Liverpool Revolutionary Communist Party
Thursday 19 September, 8:30am-4:30pm Women in Tech Liverpool Co-Working Event
Thursday 19 September, 12:00pm-1:00pm Community Meeting
Thursday 19 September, 6:00pm-8:30pm <a href=”https://github.com/DoESLiverpool/somebody-should/wiki/Maker-night“>Maker Night
Friday 20 September, 6:00pm-9:00pm Paraphysis Cinema
Sunday 22 September There won’t be a Plastic Playgroup at DoES Liverpool this Sunday, as Plastic Tactics have a stall at Wavertree Car Free Day – come and join us!

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: 416 open, 1528 closed

3 new issues:

Featured issue: Door handle of Room 29 is wobbly. Can we move this on or close it?

No issues closed

"Week 692 – Making in Wales, Boost Membership"

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!

October Start Boost Membership – Apply Now!

Find out more about our free Boost membership and apply here. Closing date for this round is 11:59pm on Sunday 15th September 2024. Please share with anyone you think might benefit.

Things of Note

Coming Up in the Next Week

Monday 09 September, 6:00pm-8:00pm7pm-9pm Socialist Alternative discussion group
Tuesday 10 September, 6:30pm-8:30pmPVTV Creative Meet Up
Wednesday 11 September, 6:00pm-8:00pmLiverpool Revolutionary Communist Party
Thursday 12 September, 8:00am-5:00pmJelly Liverpool
Thursday 12 September, 6:00pm-8:30pmMaker 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 14 September, 10:00am-12:30pmRepublic Merseyside
Saturday 14 September, 11:00am-5:00pmMaker 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.
Saturday 14 September, 2pm-5pmWardrobe Talks
The 2nd Wardrobe Talks topic is FANTASY, FEELINGS AND FUN
Dr Esther Pugh will speak about a charity shop experience.
She is a dedicated believer in the power of fashion as a force for good. A creative voice and catalyst, shaping a new generation of professional skills development for the fashion retail and marketing industry.
“My passion is fashion; mostly secondhand, circular, slow fashion and vintage…(I am fascinated by) the treasure-hunting aspect — the serendipity of discovering clothes you love where you least expect to find them.”
Come to join us on Saturday 14th September afternoon in DoES Liverpool.
Sunday 15 September, 10:00am-2:00pmRepair Café

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: 413 open, 1528 closed

2 new issues:

Featured issue: Aircon fault in the main room and room 29. Can we move this on or close it?

1 issue closed:

Thanks JackiePease!

"Week 691 – Bike Embellishment, Debugging"

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!

Things of Note

  • Adrian McEwen:Got some time on the laser-cutter to test out my latest FreeCAD design work. Also got to use up some of the masses of waste cardboard packaging from the @museuminabox production run 😀Quite pleased with how it’s turned out so far. Now I can move onto the next stages.#BikeTooter #ibal250 #weeknotes #FreeCAD #LaserCutting #prototyping
    Screenshot of FreeCAD showing a roughly-triangular wedge shape with a slot cut in it and behind that the outline of the unwrapped mesh of the same shape
    A workbench with a cutting mat, some tape, a sharpie, a Stanley knife and a metal ruler. On the cutting mat is a flat sheet of brown corrugated cardbaord cut out in the shape of the unwrapped mesh from the CAD design. Next to that is a version which has been folded up to make the triangular wedge shape.
    A gravel bike with drop handlebars leans against a planter outside a brick building. On the handlebars, looking a bit like a head for the bike, is the assembled brown cardboard wedge shape.
  • Adrian McEwen:Got the Microbit and LED noodle fitted to it too and it’s starting to come together nicely.I’ve got IO for another two noodles, but holding off fitting them until more of the code is written.It’s not the brightest LED in daylight, which isn’t ideal, but we might be able to tweak the battery voltage, etc. to improve that. Need to work on the battery pack attachment more too.

    #weeknotes #BikeTooter #ibal250 #microbit #LED #prototyping

  • Adrian McEwen:Working out that my multimeter isn’t good enough to measure 10pF and resigning myself to swapping out a dozen various 0603 capacitors to work out which ones have been specced wrong.I guess that’s a simpler task than the swapping out a couple of hundred 0603 capacitors that I’m expecting will be the next step once I track down the bug.Though there’s a chance that’ll be the fab house’s problem rather than mine

    #debugging #electronics #soldering #weeknotes

  • Adrian McEwen:The detritus from today’s rework. Oh, plus a dead NFC board because it’s really easy to lift a 1.34mm long trace when desoldering the 0603 cap at one end of it 😀However, I found that two of the cap values were wrong. Four capacitors in total. I’m guessing the reels got swapped over when loaded in the pick-and-place machine?Anyway, broke out the #TinyTapeout QC stickers to celebrate solving the mystery of the poor antenna performance! 🎉

    #weeknotes #electronics #debugging #soldering #ibal243

    Close up of a workbench. A cluster of rectangles with silver ends is visible: a collection of desoldered 0603 (so 6 hundredths of an inch by 3 hundredths of an inch, or 1.5mm by 0.8mm) capacitors

Coming Up in the Next Week

Monday 02 September, 6:00pm-8:00pm 7pm-9pm Socialist Alternative discussion group
Tuesday 03 September, 5:30pm-8:30pm Hack the Space Evening
Wednesday 04 September, 6:00pm-8:00pm Liverpool Linux User Group
Thursday 05 September, 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.
Thursday 05 September, 6:00pm-10:00pm LivNUG (Liverpool Nix/NixOS User Group)
Sunday 08 September, 1:00pm-4:00pm 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.

See all the issues…

Issue counts: 412 open, 1527 closed

No new issues

Featured issue: Reduce the draughts in the space. Can we move this on or close it?

No issues closed

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