Week 756 – The Cost of Doing Epic

by | Dec 1, 2025 | Weeknotes | 0 comments

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! The easiest way is to post on Mastodon—if we follow you there, just add #weeknotes to any post you want included. If you’re not on Mastodon but would like to be, chat to one of the organisers and we’ll help you get started. And of course, you can always just send us an email!

Xmas Party Save the Date – Friday 12th December

Entertainment plans for the Event Space are going well – please tell Terry or Neil if you want to find out more or “do a turn”.  See Neil’s post here for more details.

Things of Note

  • Adrian McEwen:Updating the @DoESLiverpool “Cost of Doing Epic” poster, so I’ve fired up our big poster printer!As you can see, the red bar of expenses is still higher than the green bar of income 💔 They’re closer than last time I ran it, but still the wrong way round.It hasn’t printed the URL at the bottom yet, which points to ways people can help: doesliverpool.com/help/#weeknotes
    A close up of a very large printer, as it prints an A1 poster. The poster has a headline reading
  • Adrian McEwen:Posters printed out and installed in @DoESLiverpool – one in the Events Space and one in the kitchen.There’s a version online if anyone wants to dig into the details.tl;dr – we need more folk in using the space or we’ll cease to exist. Tell all your #Liverpool friends who need a #coworking or #makerspace to come join!#weeknotes
    An A1 poster in a clip-frame mounted on a brick wall. The poster is titled
  • Adrian McEwen:Today’s #FreeCADFriday task, working out how to modify STLs so I can try 3D printing a lens cap for this second-hand lens, for my build of one of @janamarie‘s ligrasThere’ll be a bit of #OpenSCAD later on too, to tweak the mount for the other end of the lens, but that’ll be trivial as it’s all wonderfully documented.#weeknotes
    An old SLR telephoto lens, picked up on ebay, sits on a green, well-used, cutting mat.
  • Adrian McEwen:Gave up on the STL editing as it wasn’t too complicated a design, and just modelled it from scratch insteadIt’s on the printer printing as I type.#weeknotes #FreeCADFriday
    A screenshot of the render from FreeCAD of the lens cap design. It's basically a short pipe with three flanges coming out of the bottom of it. It won't work particularly well as a lens *cap* because there's a big hole in the top of it, but that's deliberate. The ligra design uses the lens cap as a mounting point for the lens and expects you to cut a large hole in the middle of it to let the light through. Rather than printing a full one and then cutting a hole in it, I'm doing the hole-cutting in software!
  • Jackie Pease:Printing some registration tabs for multicolour linoprinting (printables.com/model/770479-printmaking-registration-pins/files) and looking for other ways in which modern tech might be useful in this more traditional craft.
    #WeekNotes

    A (roughly) 3d printed registration pin and tab on a backing made from mount board and vinyl tape
  • MCQN Ltd:Our latest fortnight-notes went out earlier in the week: the end of the latest batch of @museuminabox, some finished packaging for My Bike’s Got LED and moremcqn.com/posts/weeks-1050-and-#weeknotes #IndieMfg

Coming Up in the Next Week

These are the events booked in for this week. Click the link or contact the event organiser for more details. Want to run something yourself? Check the host your own events page on our website.

Monday 01 December, 7:00pm-9:00pm Socialist Alternative discussion group
Tuesday 02 December, 6:30pm-9:30pm Hack the Space Evening (Software)
Tuesday 02 December, 7:00pm-9:00pm Liverpool Revolutionary Communist Party
Wednesday 03 December, 7:00pm-9:00pm Liverpool Linux User Group – Cancelled
Thursday 04 December, 7:00pm-11:00pm LivNUG (Liverpool Nix/NixOS User Group)
Thursday 04 December, 7:00pm-9:30pm 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, CNC routing and sewing. Just pay for materials used.
Friday 05 December, 6:00pm-9:00pm Safe Space/Cracked Mirror
Saturday 06 December, 1:00pm-5:00pm Introduction to 3D Printing workshop

The following topics will be covered:

  • Basic components and operation of a filament 3D printer
  • Filament materials
  • Apps for creating and editing 3D models
  • Optimising designs for print
  • Useful sites for downloading existing models
  • Post-print and complementary processes
  • Tips, tricks and common problems

The course assumes general computer skills, and experience with some forms of computer graphics is very helpful. Attendees will require their own laptop and an SD card for transferring files to the 3D printer.
By the end of the course, attendees will be able to create their own basic designs and use the 3D printers at DoES Liverpool.

View Organizer Website

Sunday 07 December, 1:00pm-3:00pm Community Meeting

Come along and have your say in how DoES Liverpool is run. Everyone welcome. You can find the latest published meeting minutes here

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, 1699 closed

1 new issue:

Featured issue: Doorbot 4 not responding to fobs. Can we move this on or close it?

1 issue closed:

Thanks amcewen!

Community Maker Events

Maker Events are regular meetings organised by DoES Liverpool to provide a space for people to learn, experiment and work on projects related to Physical computing, Laser cutting, Arduino, Electronics, 3D printing…

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This place is basically my DIY dream come true! 🛠️ The team here is INCREDIBLE - super helpful and always ready to jump in with advice or lend a hand when you're stuck on a project. These folks have machines and tools for almost everything, from CNC machine to soldering iron, and you can literally bring any crazy idea to life. Want to prototype a wild invention? Craft something totally unique? Just experiment and see what happens? They've got all the gear you could possibly need. The best part? The combination of amazing equipment and even more amazing people who are genuinely passionate about helping you succeed. Every time I'm here, I'm surrounded by creativity, support, and endless possibilities. If you've got an idea brewing, this is definitely the place to make it real!
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A great nest of geekery & creativity in the heart of the City's Fabric District. A welcoming community whether visiting, using the workshop or holding a permanent desk. My only regret is not getting in more often! DoES naturally attracts the mavericks, the do-ers, the creators, the crafty, the techies, the software gurus, the electronics bods and makers of all ilk. Highly recommended whether you need access to woodworking equipment, CNCs, laser cutters, fabric machines, electronics workbench or just simple deskspace.
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DoES Liverpool provides is a co-working and maker space situated in Liverpool city centre. In addition to the standard workshop tools, it has 3D printers, laser cutters, a CNC router, heat press, soldering station and a range of printers and plotters. More important still is its human capital. There is such a wealth of knowledge, support and encouragement to tap into. And if they don't know, they almost certainly can put you in contact with someone who DoES!
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Wonderful space for crafts of all types with a great range of equipment and tools. The lovely people at DoES have the skills to help with any project. If you're interested in getting membership, check it out on Thursday at Maker's Night or a Jelly Liverpool once a month.
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Excellent makerspace. Good collection of equipment and tools for electronics, metalwork, woodwork, textiles, and everything in between. Great bunch of people, eager to help and easy to get along with.
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As a digital nomad, I work in coworking spaces around the world. This is EASILY my favorite in all of the UK. In fact, in all of Europe.
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DoES is a great maker space and coworking space situated only 10 Minutes from Lime Street Station. If you ask nicely they give you a guided tour around all workshops and offices. They have great machines, such as hireable 3D printers, Laser Cutters and CNC machines, sewing machines etc etc. Plus Free Coffee
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