[Chester LUG] Fwd: [Northwales] Possible hackspace in Llangollen?

[Richard Smedley]

On 29/06/11 20:27, Michael Crilly wrote:
> I read that Richard, and very swiftly came to the conclusion that I have no idea what it's about.

Hello Michael,

A hackerspace is somewhere for people to play creatively
with technology. See
http://hackspace.org.uk/

& some of the links from:
http://nwhackspace.wordpress.com/
http://www.goodgnus.org/2010/02/cool-arduino-projects/

& many of the places & ppl on:
http://twitter.com/hsNW/following
http://search.twitter.com/search?q=hackerspace


> What's a CNC router and what does he want to what when?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CNC_Router
http://buildyourcnc.com/default.aspx

But see also:
http://reprap.org/wiki/Main_Page
http://hacknmod.com/hack/diy-makerbot-style-3d-printer-for-250/
http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=diy+3d+printer

& if you want to see a local hackerspace in action,
http://groups.google.com/group/does-liverpool


 - Richard

--
http://twitter.com/RichardSmedley



> On 29 Jun 2011, at 12:01, Richard Smedley wrote:
> 
>> I'm sure Llangollen is near enough for
>> this to interest many here :-)
>>
>> - Richard
>>
>> -------- Original Message --------
>> Subject: [Northwales] Possible hackspace in Llangollen?
>> Date: Wed, 29 Jun 2011 11:15:06 +0100
>> From: Chris Holden <chris.holden at multiedge-net.co.uk>
>> Reply-To: northwales at mailman.lug.org.uk
>> To: northwales at mailman.lug.org.uk
>>
>> Hello. Sorry for the intrusion - this is slightly off-topic, but
>> Richard Smedley suggested I post here so here goes!
>>
>> https://groups.google.com/forum/?hl=en#!topic/nw-hack-space/VSvVLGdjzyI
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>> After being a founding member of BuildBrighton for nearly three years,
>> I'll be returning to Llangollen at the end of summer. I've got my eye on
>> a few commercial properties in the town and am looking into getting a
>> maker group up and running. Is there much interest in this neck of the
>> woods? I've got a CNC router and hope to have a laser cutter when I get
>> up there and the usual electronics/robotics toolkits. I work mainly with
>> PICs but have experience of Arduino and other platforms (mBed, arm7). I
>> like messing about with gadgets, robotics and electronic instruments but
>> would like to open up to anyone who makes stuff. Anyone interested in a
>> bi-monthly meet-up from September onwards?
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