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17/08/201613/08/2016

August Open Social

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Our August Open Social takes place on Saturday 20th August at 7pm. If you fancy doing something different on a Saturday evening, why not drop in and see us.

If you’ve never been in before, we’ll give you the grand tour. You can chat to members and fellow visitors, and see whats going on.

The space stays open until the last member is left……usually the small hours of Sunday morning. The evening is free to attend for members and visitors alike. Our doors will be open from 7pm. No booking is required…. just turn up. You can drop in for 10 minutes, or stay the whole night. We have parking available. Bring beer, food, gadgets! Hope to see you there.

09/08/201612/05/2018

Ebike Charger Lead

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Nothing much to see here! A quick weekend afternoon hack. The ebike power supply died, so time to knock up a cable to charge the battery from a variable power supply.

A 3-pin XLR socket, a fuse holder with a 5A fuse and a diode for reverse current protection. A bit of soldering and heatshrink and we’re up and running. Checked it out. Set the power supply to 60v (same as the old charger) with 3A current limit, and we’re charging ok.

13/07/201612/07/2016

July Open Social

This months Open Social takes place on Saturday 16th July at 7pm. That date will see us just one week away from Dublin Maker. You’ll find TOG members in a state of terror, that their projects and things are not ready. You’ll find them hunched over laptops and soldering irons. Drop in, pat them on the head, and tell them that everything will be ok.

Our Open Social makes a great alternative Saturday evening in town. If you’ve never been in before, we’ll give you the grand tour. The space stays open until the last member is left……usually the small hours of Sunday morning. The evening is free to attend for members and visitors alike. Our doors will be open from 7pm. No booking is required…. just turn up. You can drop in for 10 minutes, or stay the whole night. We have parking available. Bring beer, food, gadgets! Hope to see you there.

21/06/201624/07/2016

Lathe up and running

lathe Last night we had our lathe up and running for the first time since we moved to Blackpitts. We were using it to centre-drill some rollers that are part of a 100 year old mangle. One of our members is restoring the mangle to use as a printing press. Keep an eye out here on our website for details of the project.

If you’d like to take a look at the lathe, drop in sometime. The other major piece of equipment that we are almost ready to restart is our laser cutter. We’ve already had the laser firing and are working on alignment. Watch this space.

17/06/201620/06/2016

TOG at Coolest Projects 2016 – RDS Dublin

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TOG will be attending Coolest Projects 2016 at the RDS Dublin on Saturday 18th June. The event runs from 09:30 to 17:30.

*** Note that this is not a TOG event, and that you need to book tickets to attend the event, but these are currently listed as FREE on the Coolest Projects website ***

You can read more about the event and book tickets here… http://coolestprojects.org/

Map link here.

We will be running a show and tell area, soldering workshop area and a bridge building area. There’s lots to see at the event with Coder Dojo groups from all over Ireland showing off their projects.

UPDATE

Check out the photos from the day in our gallery. Below is the winner of the bridge building competition.

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