Mark Heywood

Another job done in the electronics area at #hacmanchester. Designing and Laser cutting these lampshade signs went great. instagram.com/p/CaTGKdBs2kx/…

@hacmanchester Designed in fusion 360, then cut some parts on the cnc router, and cut some parts on the laser cutter.

Nice work! This made on the CNC?

I made a mould today at @hacmanchester to press heated acrylic into shape. The acrylic heating tool works really fast to get the plastic bendy. Some tweaking to do yet though to make the press work better.

Get hacking! We are now posting fobs and welcome information to new members first class so you can get making without having to wait. Sign up - hacman.org.uk/become-a-member

Cheeeeers to @Airtripper for sorting out a Raspberry Pi workstation! Featuring a microscope for SMD embiggening and other goodies such as a Hantec oscilloscope and Arduino support. Very cromulent 👍

Another busy day at @hacmanchester hanging the RGB LED light fittings I made on the hacspace CNC router. The LED display will add a bit of colour to the new electronics area. Now I’m looking forward to seeing LED animation ideas created by other members for this new display.

New lighting in on the electronics benches, thank you @Airtripper and @bjdooks for making there be light and volts, respectively. 🤜

Check out our ✨new✨and upgraded electronics bench. The best bit, this isn't even finished yet. With loads of new shelving, equipment and consumables, you can get soldering at Hackspace Manchester. Thank you to the member who put this together 😍

@orionrobots I said XT but it was XH I meant sorry. I would go with PH for the one on the left going off the case style I can see. The plugs and sockets between different style types are unique enough to identify them from the datasheets. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JST_conne…

@orionrobots The connector on the right looks like an XT with a pin pitch of 2.5.

"Rendering to Reality: PCB rendering with KiCad, Fusion 360 and Blender" - @GregDavill at #KiCon2019 buff.ly/2Xealei

Day 1 of our big build weekend and despite not having plasterboard due to a let down we will still build the rest of what needs doing and add the walls next week #bigbuildweekend

This is an experimental PCB panel currently in production. These are DC motor shims for robots I'm building at @hacmanchester . It will be awesome if these PCBs are delivered looking the same as the 3D preview.😁

Happy New Year from Hackspace Manchester! Here's to a hacky new year!

After finding a cheap barrel on the Facebook Marketplace, I was able to build a dust separator for the Woody Dusty woodworking space at @hacmanchester. During some testing, I was able to catch even the fine dust which will go a long way to saving on vacuum filters.

A successful run using the CNC router and the web-based CNC machine controller cncjs software at @hacmanchester

The CNC router now has a more effective dust sucking vacuum holster at @hacmanchester . The next challenge, is how to reduce the vacuum noise lol.

Hackspace Member and parent @pdcal made this awesome slidy board to keep track of the morning routing of "two moderately sized children" - very cool! 👍

We will be at #MakeFest in Manchester at @msimanchester on 26th and 27th May! You can make your own #PCBee badge, and come and say hello!

I'm pleased to announce the winner of the @makerfaire_uk win a robot competition is... @petertowns1248 Congratulations! Thanks to all who entered.