The Dublin Hackerspace
We have been without our much loved laser cutter since our move to our new space. A host of work had to be carried out to get the laser up and running. A new extraction system had to be installed in our electronics. The tube had to be reinstalled in the laser which was taken out for its trip to Blackpitts. The final bit of work was a whole realignment. Each of the 3 lens had to be calibration which takes hours.
Check out the photos from our first few cuts in our gallery.
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.
So lots of changed in TOG over last 6 months and we are now in a new home, our next big event is upcoming Dublin Maker Saturday (23rd of July) to make a weekend of it we would like to invite all Makers and anyone that wants to see our new home to a BBQ on the Sunday 24th of July 2pm. There will be food, music and lots of fun.
Is a great opportunity to finally take a look around TOG, or to get to know our members better. It’s a chance for anyone, and everyone, to chill out with some interesting people, who do interesting things, while filling their bellies.
This event is sposnored by Dublin Maker.
Inspirefest is a two day technology conference taking place on 30th-1st of July in the Bord Gáis Energy Theatre. The conference has a strong focus on STEM and diversity. To go along with the conference, there is a host of fringe events taking place in Merrion Square. We are proud to be taking part in the Family Fringe event on 2nd of July.
The Family Fringe brings together the leading Irish STEAM community groups in Ireland: CoderDojo, Girls Hack Ireland, GameCraft, TOG, Hardie Kids, Coding Grace, TCD Walton Club, Physics Buskers and Dublin Maker who will be offering a whole range of activities. From coding and hardware hacking workshops to interactive exhibitions and games, there will be an abundance of activities for small kids (7+) and big kids too! We will be showcasing a range of projects along with running a drop in bridge building competition.
For more information and booking visit the event page -> http://inspirefest.com/fringe/
Check out the photos from the event on our gallery -> https://www.tog.ie/gallery/nggallery/all/Inspirefest-Family-Fringe-2016
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.
One of the big stumbling blocks of our new space has been the slow internet speed. We have been hit delays in getting a suppler into the space. For the last few months we have been living on 4G mobile broadband only. We are happy to say, we now have proper internet in the space. Ask any member for the key the next time you are in the space. 
