Ever wanted to have a go at soldering tiny components! On the 12th of April at 7pm the MakerSpace is holding a class in soldering Surface Mounted Devices (SDM).  This is a follow up to the highly successful basic soldering class held last year. It is open to […]

Holograms are images of a 3D object stored on a 2D photographic film or light-sensitive plastic. Almost everybody has heard of holograms, given that they are staple themes in Sci-Fi movies, yet most people have no idea how to create one or how they work. Tuesday open evening, […]

Blender is a free software suite that can create 3d objects, render scenes, animate sequences and even edit videos.  This incredibly powerful tool can be pretty intimidating for new users.     This short video above is an example of what Blender can do.  It shows the output […]

Two Steves show off the new noticeboard. If you’ve visited the space recently you may have spotted the new noticeboard outside the space. It is weatherproof and has a slot for inserting notices. It was assembled during the maintenance day on 12th Feb.  Combining efforts from Steve D, […]

In Feb 2019 Kevin Roche gave a talk about the Crossrail signalling system.  Crossrail had blamed the signalling system for the delay in opening.  At that time they said it would be opening in late 2019.  Now, two years later, the opening is still about a year away.  […]