[Chester LUG] Fwd: [Northwales] HackLlan

[Richard Smedley]

Forwarded from N Wales list - a new hackerspace
down the road in Llangollen.

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Subject: [Northwales] HackLlan
Date: Tue, 27 Sep 2011 09:51:45 +0100
From: Phil Thane

Hello hackers,

I had an interesting meeting last night with Chris Holden, recently 
returned
to Llangollen from Brighton where he was a leading light in the Brighton
Hackspace - BuildBrighton.

Chris is hoping to create something similar here. A hackspace is basically
just a gathering place/workshop for people that like making things, usually
electronic/computer/robotic/automation things, but they don't have to 
be. It's
also a good place to share knowledge and skills and team up with people to
work on projects together. Hopefully it will inspire me to get my 'HeLoMo'
(heat loss monitor) project back on the road.

So far he's set up the the website found some space to get things 
started and
set a date and time for the first meeting - Thursday October 6th, 7pm at 
the
Malthouse, Llangollen. Chris has already planned an introductory session on
microcontrollers (see website) for the following week.

If HackLlan can gather enough members we can rent a decent sized workshop
space (at the moment Chris has only a tiny storage area and access to the
public area of the Malthouse). Chris is contributing a lot of his own
equipment (including a laser cutter) and if we can find space I have a 
Boxford
lathe for anyone that needs wheels, drive shafts, bearings etc for their
project.

I know several of you work in engineering/tech industries and/or have a
history of building stuff, so please come along, we need your input. 
Don't feel
it's only an experts club though, with a bit of enthusiasm and help from 
other
members 'hardware hacking' is open to all.

Please forward this mail to anyone you know in the area who might be
interested.


-- 
regards
Phil Thane

Bryn Villa
Penycoed Road
Llangollen
LL20 8LR

Tel:      +44 (0) 1978 861677
Mob:   +44 (7) 582 506607
Skype: philthane
phil at pthane.co.uk
www.pthane.co.uk
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