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: The unpacking and settling in at the new DoES Liverpool has come along in leaps and bounds while I’ve been away #DoESMove #weeknotes pic.twitter.com/FxCirnKAoh
- Alex Lennon: Feeding the nurse sharks #weeknotes #scubadiving pic.twitter.com/ryMzjobefb
- Jackie Pease: Interesting #biomaterials discussion earlier this evening at @doesliverpool wearable tech night, with Paula Salurand and Ross Dalziel #weeknotes
- DoES Liverpool: Nice shot of @Zarino working late (or testing his desk setup after just moving in) #weeknotes pic.twitter.com/9LTK7c4ATl
- Alex Lennon: Lots of diving fun here on Ambergris Caye #scubadiving #weeknotes pic.twitter.com/D6u0pViZUo
- Ross Dalziel: Gutted to be missing opening but be sure to catch this fascinating show and book on #StHelens #Pilks industrial heritage #weeknotes twitter.com/info_lbm/statu…
- Adrian McEwen: Today’s awesome discovery: a few minutes from DoES Liverpool is a pipe organ manufacturer, Henry Willis & Sons! We totally need to arrange a #DoESEpicTrip to visit them! #weeknotes
Coming Up in the Next Week
| Monday 07 May, 5:45pm-8:00pm | Wearables Group |
| Thursday 10 May, 9:00am-6:00pm | Jelly Liverpool |
| Thursday 10 May, 6:30pm-9:00pm | Maker Night |
| Saturday 12 May, 10:00am-5:00pm | Maker Day |
The Big Move
Did you hear, we’ve moved to The Tapestry, just off London Road. We’re open for business, but while we’re settling in we’re including a brief update on how things are going each week.
As you can see in the photos above, the space is really starting to take shape now. Things have been laid out in the metal workshop; there’s a door back on the accessible toilet (and both toilets have had a good clean now they’re in use more as office toilets than “building site” toilets); all of the internal doors have been sanded, ready to be painted; and work has started on sorting out the internal windows.
There will be plenty of people coming to see the space during the Fabric District Festival at the end of the week (from Jelly Liverpool on Thursday for the launch of the festival, and then at Maker Day and Arduino Day on Saturday), so getting the space looking awesome before Thursday would be good!
If you want to help out, check the DoES Move The Tapestry and DoES Move – Settling In labels on the Somebody Should issue list, or get in touch.
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: 246 open, 540 closed
9 new issues:
- Add the off peak workshop membership option to the website
- Fix electronics bench and woodworking benches to walls, to prevent tipping
- Arrange cleaning
- Organise kid-friendly coworking meetup
- Get sanitary bins for the toilets
- Move the shelves in the new 3d printer cabinet
- Order more sublimation printer cartridges
- Find missing letters for DoES tower or print new ones
- Gerald sometimes loses ground on the x-axis
Featured issue: We need guidance for eve-w/e workshop access and lone working. Can we move this on or close it?
4 issues closed:
- Move the shelves in the new 3d printer cabinet
- Level the workbench frames
- Replace the power supplies on Doorbots 1 and 2
- Apply for Maker Faire UK 2018
Thanks zarino, amcewen, jackie1050!
Community Content
DoES exists to support the community that uses DoES. If you use DoES, then you are part of that community. If you would like to publicise something related to DoES, you can email hello@doesliverpool.com with the formatted content for us to use as a new blog post. Tell us what you’re up to, and we’ll show the world what epic stuff happens at DoES!