TOG went to Newcastle last weekend for Maker Faire UK. We got to see lots of great projects and met many more Hackerspaces. UK Hackspace Foundation did a great job promoting Hackerpaces in UK and Ireland with this GIANT map. UK Hackspace Foundation All our projects got a great response from visitors, including the giant [...]
Tuesday, February 5, 2013
Want to learn how to weld? Come and join TOG on its second workshop Each class will begin with a class with short lecture, Q&A, and handout. Week 1: Wednesday 13/02/13 6.3pm to 9pm The physics of welding Health and safety Basic welding theory Welding Demonstration Welding practical exercise (lay down some weld on flat [...]
Saturday, January 19, 2013
Over the Christmas break 8 TOG members took Road trip to 29c3 where we meet several other Hackerspaces. We had the pleasure of doing two Lightning talks one on Hotel Door locks and Fire Projects. Our members also ran two workshops on Wearables and Hotel locks. We where able to attend lots of workshops across [...]
Today we made a blacksmith forge that worked quite well after looking at a few other designs and working with what we found around the space we where able to build a blacksmith forge. Fan is from an old oil burner Running fuel is just normal coal but there are better options. Check out video [...]
New toy in Tog arrived yesterday (Sip P184 HF TIG/ARC/Plasma) we have cracked it open and started to use it check out the video and drop and and take a look.