Keeping an up-to-date, secure and off-site, copy of your data is important. But arranging to do that can be time consuming and hard to organise.  In this short talk Steve will explain how a Raspberry Pi has been used to build an easy to use “Backup Appliance” that […]

For the last ten years, I have wanted to create a high-quality head and shoulder model of my wife, carved from a solid wooden block. The production of a sufficiently error-free 3D model of a real person capable of being provided to a CNC machine for 3D carving […]

On the 22 Oct 2023 we held a “Halloween Open Day” event from 1pm to 4pm. The event was free for all. Kids aged 4 to 14 came along to the MakerSpace to laser cut pumpkins, spiders, ghosts, cats, bats and skulls.  They selected their own eyes and […]

Are you interested in making your own leather wallets and belts?  On 5 Sep 2023 Fred (and Andy P) gave a leather craft demonstration.  He showed how to make a card holder (while Andy made one). A great new skill for creators, cosplayers and makers alike. Click on […]

We’ve made a large version of this simple number multiplying mechanism using the big laser cutter.  Here is a video explaining what we did (also at https://youtu.be/DxxZ01vqcKU) This was based on a really good pattern designed by Jürgen Weigert and downloadable from https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2891426. The original was for an […]