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FrankenWinder printed its first Benchy at @leigh_hackspace.
Donated Artillery Sidewinder X1 from 3DQF, Hemera tool head from one of our members, E3D Volcano hotend, BLTouch, and Klippered.
A few refinements to go (the current .8mm nozzle is a *bit* brutal, but all we had for the Volcano), but this is now looking serviceable.
Oh, and we have a second machine and another Hemera, so ... building another.
That gives us *three* large(ish) format printers, including the Voron 2.4.
New Post :: Leigh Hackspace - Or How I Learned To Stop Worrying, and Embrace The Chaos
As alluded to on the Now page, after my RTA in 2022, the sporting side of my life slowed down. In the early part of my recovery, I walked in to Leigh Hackspace, which was in it’s early days of coming out of Covid lock down. A Hackspace is peculiar...
This Sunday is our next electronic music and sound day at the 'Space.
Fancy joining us for some noisy playtime?
Tickets are available via our Eventbrite page: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/electronic-music-sounds-leigh-hackspace-tickets-1982034086307
@leigh_hackspace were asked to print several
sets of terrain for the Tabletop Tavern Warhammer players. Used 3DQF Battleship Grey PLA, and ended up using every printer available,and several home printers. Finished with hours, *hours* to spare.
On the plus side, we now know the faults and tuning needed on every printer.
"Your princess is in our castle now,
Yeah she's gone."
That's the roof done.
Time for a coffee, then to load it.
Been a busy weekend.
Finished putting the roof on the new pod at @leigh_hackspace. We're almost done with this build. Far pod is rented, near pod is being used for metalworking (for now).
The build has been a group effort, and workshops should be back to their usual dysfunctional state, as opposed to the current non-functional state by the end of the week.
Main space, electronics, Pi room and social room are all still available.
@leigh_hackspace refurbished this Santa sleigh for AIM North West.
https://www.aimnorthwest.org.uk/
We stripped it back to wood, added a roof, cut the side away (with reinforcements), designed and cut a new reindeer, repainted, added upholstery, then added 12V audio and lights.
It's loud.
A few more bits to finish when it's dry, but it's now out on rounds.
This turned in to a full Hackspace project, with input from lots of members.
@leigh_hackspace are hosting a retro day and LAN party on the 23rd of November.
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/retro-game-day-and-lan-party-tickets-1963182842730
Does your childhood smell like 8 bit, 16 bit or even 32 bit? Yearn for square pixels in a resolution you can see? We're going to bring in all our old systems (Spectrums, Commodores, Ataris, even some vintage Macs) and hook them up for people to play with. Most will have fast loading and an array of games to choose from.
In our classroom, we're going to be running a LAN party, with a bunch of 2000s era games through the day. OpenArena (Quake 3), Unreal Tournament, Red Alert, Dune 2000 and Worms Armageddon. Win, lose, all done in the same room as your co-players.
We ask players to bring their own headphones or earphones with a standard 3.5mm jack. (Bluetooth headphones are not supported)
Doors open at 11am, LAN party games will change every hour, and a casual drop-in, drop-out approach.
Code of Conduct will be displayed and will apply to all players.
Under 18s must be accompanied by an adult at all times.
Refreshments available on site.
#lanparty #retrogaming #retro #wigan #leigh #bolton #manchester
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