Building Purchase

Maritime House (65 New Road) is currently up for sale.  The MakerSpace has raised the funds required to purchase the building. We have raised the £140,000 to purchase the building.  Thanks to all the participants. The bonds will pay 4.5% interest and be repaid over 8 years.  Bonds […]

Unboxing the Pironman 5-MAX

This was an unboxing and first look at the Pironman 5-MAX — they claim it’s the most advanced Raspberry Pi 5 case featuring dual NVMe M.2 slots with RAID 0/1 support, PWM tower cooling with dual RGB fans, compatibility with AI accelerators, and a smart OLED display. Will […]

Trotec Speedy 300 introduction

UAL in London donated a Trotec laser cutter to the space. This talk introduced the new tool, demonstrated how to use it and explained some of its odd quirks. This short presentation was Open to all at 65 New Road – 25th Nov 2025 – 8pm.  Here is […]

Storage Solution – 8pm 4 Nov 2025

Any workshop has to keep track of many small items. In a busy shared space this is even more challenging. The borough council has supported the MakerSpace to build a “storage solution” for us. Steve H explained the complete process: from the initial idea; through getting the council […]

Build an AI Agent – 8pm 23 Sep 2025

Is there a tedious task you do on a regular basis? Find out how to automate using an AI based workflow. On 23 Sept 2025 Kevin gave a free talk to show how to use MindStudio, an AI Agent builder, to automate simple tasks. It can scrape web […]