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MAKESPACEour first year
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FROM THIS IN 2012…
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210 MEMBERS
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OVER 145 VOLUNTEER-RUN TRAINING SESSIONS TO HELP PEOPLE USE MAKESPACE KIT
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OVER 100 TOURS SHOWING MAKESPACE AND MAKING TO
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC
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WELL OVER 400 INSTANCES OF PEOPLE LEARNING A NEW
MANUFACTURING SKILL
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910 MAKERS IN OUR MEETUP GROUP43 people taking significant event organising responsibility
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SUSTAINED GROWTH AND ACTIVITY ON MEETUP GROUP
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pens
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200+ MAKESPACE MEMBERSand many more have been members for some of the year
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STEADY GROWTH OF NEW MEMBERS
Current 205 members
Founder members
Student members
Members
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ABOUT MAKESPACE MEMBERS
• we induct & vet all new members
• but we don’t know much about them - we don’t ask demographic questions
• all members
• are over 18
• can bring guests to the space
• can run events
• can use some kit without training, and other kit after being inducted
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EVENTS
• 482 past events
• 21 upcoming events
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REVIEWS ON MEETUP
• “Fantastic”
• “Indispensible”
• “Great and it seems to be getting better all the time”
• “God's own toolshed :-) “
• “Love Makespace, love love love - you don't know how much you have done for me. You are making me feel human again”
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TRAINING• over 145 hands-on training sessions on Makespace equipment given by volunteer
Makespace members
• making over 400 people who have learnt a new skill
• many other workshops and training events including
• solidthinking CAD
• Matlab
• Unity 3D
• Arduino robots
• Well over 100 tours of Makespace to the public
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MEETUPS + EVENTS• regular maker nights
• student MakerSoc
• Meetups+learning+making from: Open DCU + Raspberry Pi-Makers, PCB Makers, K1 co-housing, OCAML hackers, Cambridge Clojure Group, Arduinos&Cake, Modular Synth
• Hosting events+meetups: Cambridge internet of things, CamMacDev, CamGeekNight, DorkBot Anglia
• PechaKucha lightning talks, project speed dating events
• Talks from all kinds of speakers, local and visiting
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OTHER EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES
• Arty Crafty Makers, Instructables Nights, Gaming nights, Theme maker nights, making Marble machines
• Big projects: cardboard boat, Chain Reaction,
• Trips: to ElectroMagneticWave, to MakerFaire +more
• Hosted companies from Springboard Internet of Things accelerator, Spring 2013
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FAMILY MAKERS MOST WEEKS
ACTIVITIES FOR ALL AGES
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STUDENT SOCIETY
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LOTS HAS HAPPENED
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RESPECTED• Keynote address at RSA and many other talks
• Directly inspired creation of Madrid Makespace
• 3rd largest hackspace in UK by member numbers (?)
• Lots of calls from people around the UK and around world wanting advice on setting up something like Makespace
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WORKSHOP KIT• BandSaw
• Circular Saw - Makita
• CNC Router
• Drill Presses
• Grinder
• Lathe - Myford
• Lathe - Sherline
• Metalwork Benches
• Mill - Sherline
• Mill - Warco
• Mitre Saw - Rage 3
• Power Tools (small)
• Woodwork Benches
• Woodworking Lathe
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MAIN SPACE KIT• 3D Printer
• CNC Model Mill
• Electronics Workbenches
• Fine Metalwork Bench and Flexible Shaft Drill
• Glassworking kiln, torch and associated tools
• Laser Cutter
• PCB Mill
• PrimeTest 100 PAT Tester
• Vacuum Former
• Vinyl Cutter
• General tools
• HP 750C A0 Plotter
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AND LET’S NOT FORGET
• there’s money in the bank
• only minor accidents (we’ve used quite a few plasters)
• (since we opened) no major thefts
• no significant problems with equipment damage
• no significant problems with community behaviour
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SPACE
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WE’VE REARRANGED THINGS(a few times!)
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WE’VE STARTED SIMPLEand then improved and enhanced
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WE’VE ADDED HEALTH AND SAFETY EQUIPMENT - LIKE THIS INTEGRATED EXTRACTION SYSTEM
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WE’VE STOCKED AND RESTOCKED OUR CONSUMABLES BANKS
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WE’VE INSTALLED NEW KIT
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WE’VE SAFETY-TESTED THINGS
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WE’VE SALVAGED
EQUIPMENT
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WE’VE RESTORED EQUIPMENT
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WE’VE EVALUATED A
LOT OF CHAIRS(including quite a few we
made ourselves)
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WE GREW PLANTS
(and made pulley systems for them)
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WE’VE EATEN A LOT OF SNACKS(and been honest about paying for them - our honesty
boxes run a surplus)
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WE’VE BEEN CREATIVE(and a little wacky)
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WE’VE CLEANED
AND TIDIED!
(really, we have :)
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TOOLS
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WE VACUUM FORMED
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WE ROUTED
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WE DID FINE METAL WORK
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WE CALIBRATED
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WE TURNED
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WE DIDN’T ALWAYS USE COMPUTERS
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WE MILLED
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WE FUSED AND SLUMPED GLASS
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WE DRILLED
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WE CONNECTED THINGS TO THE INTERNET
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MAKING
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WE INTRIGUED PEOPLE
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WE MYSTIFIED PEOPLE
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WE BUILT VEHICLES
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WE TESTED THINGS
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WE DID FINE, BEAUTIFUL DETAILED WORK
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WE WENT FROM PROTOTYPE TO PRODUCT IN JUST 4 MONTHS NOT 18 MONTHS: THANKS TO MAKESPACE
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WE EXPERIMENTED
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WE MADE ROBOTS
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WE MADE JEWELLERY
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WE STARTED WORK ON A ROBOTIC STORAGE SYSTEM
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WE MADE GAMES
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WE MADE SECRET PROTOTYPES FOR OUR BUSINESSES
!
(NO PICTURES, SORRY!)
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WE USED A LOT OF LEDS
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WE MADE FURNITURE
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WE MADE THINGS THAT MADE US HAPPY
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WE ETCHED “MADE IN MAKESPACE” ON WHAT WE MADE WHERE EVER WE COULD
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COMMUNITY
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WE HACKED
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WE SHARED
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WE HAD FUN
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WE NETWORKED(in more ways than one)
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WE TRAINED
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WE TRAINED
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WE MADE MARVELLOUS
MARBLE MACHINES
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WE TRAINED
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WE LEARNED FROM EXPERTS(even experts from London who said Cambridge
expertise had made their products a reality)
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WE DID SHOW & TELL
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WE MET NEW PEOPLE
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WE HAD TALKS
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WE ADMIRED THINGS WE MADE
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WE SHOWED PEOPLE AROUND
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WE COLLABORATED
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WE EXPLAINED THINGS
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WE ATE CAKE
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WE MADE THINGS TO PUT CAKES ON :)
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MANY PEOPLE MADE ALL THIS HAPPEN !
IF YOU WERE ONE OF THEM: THANK YOU
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ALSO THANK YOU TO ALL THE MAKESPACE MEMBERS WHOSE PHOTOS ARE INCLUDED HERE
TOM OINN BRIAN CORTEIL MARKTCHAOS
KYLLIKI3 PERFECTPHASE
MARK MELLOWS DAVID BAR HAM
AND MORE