September Pi Night – 7pm on the 19th Sept 2019

This month we didn’t have a particular topic lined up. Members came along with a range of Raspberry Pi and Arduino questions. We dicussed: using a Pi to control things in the house (and provide an interface that a smartphone can use as well); creating a Pi camera […]

“Photographic Darkroom” Project – Monday 16th Sept 2019

Have you ever thought of setting up  a darkroom? Are you interested in the process involved in wet processing  film? Would you potentially find a darkroom and studio in Basingstoke useful?  If you are interested then come along and see what we are doing at the Makerspace this coming Monday evening.

Video Workshop – 22nd August 2019

Recently we held a workshop to plan  an initial set of videos documenting projects, tools and the activities of the MakerSpace. In order to publicise the Basingstoke MakerSpace the committee felt that it would be a good idea to create a series of videos.  Our first efforts needs […]

Customising In-ear Headphones

Steve Hawtin demonstrated customising a pair of in-ear headphones at the Tuesday open evening on 20th August 2019. The material he employed was some “silicone moulding paste”.  This is available under the name “Gedeo Siligum” from Amazon, Hobbycraft and other retailers.  The resulting material is rubbery but resilient, […]

August Pi Night – Pi-hole – 7pm 15 Aug

The third Thursday of each month is Pi night.  Normally we get together at 7pm, discuss the latest Pi news and answer any specific questions that members have about using Raspberry Pi or Arduino.  For August we had a specific project, implementing a Pi-hole on an old Pi […]