A woodworking, van-building and laser-cutter tinker extravaganza Maker Sunday.
🚐 @varvara with some excellent progress on her #vanlife build
⚡@cefiar has been making some very useful quality of life improvements for our K40 #lasercutter
🪚 Pablo dropped in to rip some plywood
And a good time was had all round.
A productive Maker Sunday at Canberra Makerspace.
Featuring -
🔌 Harvesting electronic components for projects from old PCBs
🖨️ First experimental print on the Spaces' TAZ printer after a truly epic amount of work
🖨️ A nifty control knob for the laser cutter extraction fan
🖨️ Mounting a 3D printed Ryobi tool holder for improved workspace ergonomics
⛵ A visitor who wants to work on a beautiful wooden sailboat at the Space
#Canberra #MakeHackVoid #Makerspace #Hackerspace #ReduceReuseRecycle #3dprinting
🔖 An interesting article for today:
Modern life depends on the habit of discarding things. What if we fixed them instead?
https://www.plough.com/en/topics/justice/sustainable-living/in-praise-of-repair-culture
A massive Electronics Wednesday night at the space
🏗️ Things that we worked on:
Fixing an electric toothbrush
Tinkering with a gas heater (winter is here in Canberra 🥶 )
Upgrading the space's TAZ5 3D printer to a new motherboard and user interface
Learning about soldering
Tinkering with a Creality CR-10S from the University of Canberra Workshop 7 makerspace
#makehackvoid #electronics #ElectronicWednesday #HackerEthic #hackerspace #makerspace #repairculture #canberra #3dprinting #fpv
🛠️ Go out and Make Hack Void
"In a moment where machines churn out mediocrity, make something yourself. Make it imperfect. Make it rough. Just make it.
Be yourself.
Be imperfect.
Be human.
Care."
📘 From this excellent article:
https://dansinker.com/posts/2025-05-23-who-cares/
By:
@dansinker
#makerspace #makehackvoid #makerspaces #hackerspaces #hackerspace #HackerEthic
‼️ Start—or join—a computer club in the place that you live
(we do many nerdery things at Canberra Makerspace!)
#digitalsovereignty #selfhosting #selfhost #hackerspaces #makerspace #makerspaces #makehackvoid #canberra
Hello, Fediverse! #introduction
ℹ️ Canberra Makerspace is a multi-use workshop and meeting space in Giralang. We are a space for makers and aspiring makers of all kinds to meet, share knowledge, and work on projects together.
Come Make Hack Void with us!
🗓️ We're open:
Electronic Wednesday: from 6:30pm
Maker Sunday: 1pm–4pm
#woodworking #metalworking #hamradio #makerspace #hackerspace #3dprinting #electronics #prototyping #linux #selfhosting #repair #makehackvoid #canberra
