Author Archives: japoteg

Sphere making on the lathe

Posted on August 2, 2015 by japoteg

A few months ago a few of us went to the Harrogate engineering show. We failed to convince Joran to use his new credit card to buy us a new milling machine but we did all come back with moderate … Continue reading →

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Recent improvements

Posted on May 1, 2015 by japoteg

Few posts here for three months implies nothing much as happened. In reality we have been working hard to make the hackspace more awesome. Our partition wall to separate off the workshop now has 78% more wall. We have also … Continue reading →

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Making board games with lasers

Posted on November 3, 2014 by japoteg

With our new laser cutter being purchased I thought it about time to finish of a post about what I did with the last one. Shogi is a Japanese variant of chess and unfortunately it is difficult to get a … Continue reading →

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While tomorrow’s workshop is on…

Posted on May 30, 2014 by japoteg

A quick reminder: There is a workshop ongoing at Leeds Hackspace tomorrow 1330- 1630. The space hasn’t been closed to other members during that time but other members are asked to try not to interfere/ disrupt the workshop and as … Continue reading →

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Switching over to RFID locks at the hackspace.

Posted on November 30, 2013 by japoteg

We are currently changing over our locking system to access the space from mortice and yale locks to RFID cards. The upstairs door has already successfully been installed and we hope to get the downstairs one in place in the … Continue reading →

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