The new darkroom is approaching completion so Steve H made this warning light.  Nigel had a set of LEDs from an old torch.  Steve designed the box to fit the LEDs and four AA batteries (the original torch used eight C sized batteries).  The pieces were cut on […]

Tea, coffee and cake – Open to all The Basingstoke MakerSpace Openday on Sat 19th October 2019 was where members showed off what they made over the last six months, They also demonstrated the available tools and were available to give advice.  

Steve H created a set of five short videos about the Astrolabe last year.  They are available on YouTube.  This provides a short overview of the instrument.  It explains its use, history and construction. The second part covers some more detailed calculations. The third part explores the use […]

Hampshire TV interviewed Steve H about the work we do at the Makerspace.  They broadcast on Freeview Channel 7 in Hampshire,and put it at https://www.facebook.com/ThatsTVHants/videos/2655413397836001/ if you have FaceBook.  If not here it is.

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 […]