East Essex Hackspace

Hmmm. Ooops. Laser lens and mirrors aren't well.

@prusa3d.com would appreciate it if someone could dig out our email we sent about being blocked from printables. It's not massively convenient being a hackspace that can't access a 3D printing repository :( Pretty please?

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EEH is looking to host a hackathon at their space in Hawkwell, Essex on the 12th July from 10am making a LoRaWAN enabled bat identifer device. Signup is here forms.gle/dQTK19T9FtNV... we would love to see you. The discord is here: discord.gg/qQUVUdKBbS. #hackathon #batdetector #loRaWAN #hackspace

A dismantled table lamp.

Another popular item: table lamps.

A glass flower

One of our members brought a project, this glass decoration they've made that needed the mount threading.

Using a MAPP has torch

Soldering the watering can.

A 2-stroke motor.

This petrol strimmer wasn't starting due to an HT lead fault but now it's going.

A galvanized metal watering can.

The spout stay on this watering can has detached making the spout fragile. Thin to weld and it's galvanised so we're going to try soldering it.

A fan heater upturned and about to be dismantled.

Ah, fan heaters another repair you see a lot.

A bright yellow Karcher pressure washer.

This pressure washer failed with no obvious fault so might need a little investigation.

A handheld vacuum cleaner

Broken portable vacuum cleaners always seem to be a Repair Café staple, here's today's first.

The insides of a wooden clock with the connections being checked with a multimeter.

This clock has a broken battery box that needs sorting.

A boat propeller with very obvious damage where a chunk is missing.

We're going to try and fill the damage in this boat propeller with weld and grind it back. It's taken quite a smack.

A large white plastic box with complicated internals.

Automatic cat flap where the mechanism has failed being checked over. One of the internal parts has broken and we're 3D printing a replacement.

A record deck propped up on its side on a table. Somebody is dismantling the internals with a screwdriver.

A record deck getting a fixing.

A red "Drift Kart" toy being carried by two people.

Child's ride on with a simple switch fault fixed.

A view of the outside of the Hackspace with our flag up.

We're doing a Repair Café today at the Hackspace 10:00-14:00.

A picture of the low square Hackspace building in bright sunshine. The grass on the field looks recently mowed.

It's Tuesday so it's Social Night at the #HackSpace from 19:30 tonight. Not sure who else will be down but Nick is working on some #LARP props.

We are thrilled to announce that in March, we received a micro-grant from @LoveEssexUK. This funding was awarded due to our efforts to reduce household waste in Essex. To read more about the Love Essex Fund, visit www.loveessex.org/love-essex-fund-success-stories.

East Essex Hackspace Merch We create amazing designs.

We’ve got merch! 🎉 merch.eehack.space

Items take around 10 working days to produce, followed by about 5 days for dispatch. It’s all handled by a third-party service so we’re just managing the front end.

Any profits go straight back into supporting the space.

LEDs wired up, may change the resistors because it's a bit brighter than I fancied. I'm going to write the sequence procedures in first and see how it looks, but it's probably too bright to be even slightly canon.

Today the scary laser got a new shiny base to reduce airflow. Plan is to fully seal it with ventilation tape except for the extractor we have been building!

Today's project doesn't have anything to do with breaking the laws of physics.

A view of the Hackspace and playing field on a warm Spring day.

It's Tuesday, which means it's social night at the #Hackspace tonight from 19:30. What we'll be doing in not sure but I suspect it will involve laser ablation of metal again.

A view of the Hackspace in glorious sunshine.

It's Social Night tonight at the #Hackspace again from 19:30. It's a lovely sunny day so what could be better than hiding in our windowless bunker. :-)

A view of the Hackspace building which is squat and bunker-like. It's on the edge of a large grass field and the trees are yet to leaf.

It's Social Night tonight at the #Hackspace again from 19:30. You can come and laugh at Nick as he tries to adjust his platemail.

The outside of the Hackspace viewed from the car park. False Spring has disappeared and we're back to a cold grey day.

It's Social Night tonight at the #Hackspace again from 19:30. There may be yet more faff with the MOPA laser as Tim engraves custom coins.

A large enclosure made from 2020 extrusion and board. There's a hatch in the front with a rudimentary handle to slide it up.

Did some work on the enclosure for the MOPA laser engraver. It's now fixed down firmly on the table and the hatch has a minimum viable safety interlock. The camera is simply fixed to the head with double sided tape but seems solid. Next we need some lighting and a laptop shelf.

A view of the Hackspace on a fairly bright but damp winter's day.

It's Social Night tonight at the #Hackspace again from 19:30.

A view of the Hackspace on a grey winter's day.

The head unit of our MOPA laser engraver sat on a wiring table. A square hole has been cut in the top to allow the big cable bundle that includes the fibre can pass down to the laser module that sits on the shelf below. The head unit is a chunky square body raised above a large aluminium need used to hold the workpiece. This can be wound up and down to get the focus right with a handwheel. It sort of looks like a prop from Star Trek TOS.

It's Social Night tonight at the #Hackspace from 19:30. We'll probably be working on the enclosure for our new MOPA laser engraver again.