Hack the Space Days/Hacking The Space 2012-2013

A list of ideas for things we can do to make the Hackspace even better.

Tuesday evenings in May - an opportunity to tackle some of these before the Open Day.

Further Formatting and clarifications to be added later today. This page, as well as the items within it, are very much work in progress.--Dclarke 10:07, 3 May 2012 (EST)

Workshop Tools - Sorting / Labelling / Storage etc.

Allen Keys. Make (CNC) tray(s) to fit tool drawers.

Blades, small knives - to Tool Drawers. Different container for Stanley Knives.

Sort / Evaluate Chisels

Make Chisels Stand

Drillbit sort and store

Make Drill Bit Stand

Make pattern for standardised holders. Trays for backup stock and oddities.

Pegboard toolrack for metalworking bench area.

Hole Saws, Tray for storing these. N.B. large arbor + saw needs special attention.

Punches

Sort and discard unusable.

Sharpen?

DONE Pillar Drill Belt Replacement

Labelling equipmenmt / tools

Various possibilities. Including colour-coding different sizes of bits / keys etc.

Tool and Machinery photos / catalogue

Some interesting and useful tools are not on open view - for instance under the metalwork bench. Get these (roughly) set up and photographed to that wiki pages can be generated for them.

Assigning equipment / tools to 'experts'

Make known who can be approached for knowledge about using some of the more serious tools. e.g. The Laser Cutter and Lathe already have induction courses, but some other items (Welding / CNC / etc.) may need the name of an 'expert' to approach before use.

Donated Grinding Wheel

Restore (Needs a new cable, re-assembly) + new grinding wheels (purchase when we have funds).

Old Hand Tools

Identify unusable items and discard.

Old Power Tools

Identify unusable items and discard / break for scrap metal.

Try and identify tools that work but for the lack of battery / charger.

Tape Dispensers

Spanners - set for general use as well as set for Bicycle Maintenance

Re-Fit the big toolboard.

Add tool outlines to encourage correct return

Redistribute toolboard tools - some to second 'Metal / Mechanics' area.

Hex Toolbits storage

Workshop and Craft Consumables

Some of these already have their own storage. Things like screw / nuts / bolts are in some cases in need of additional storage / drawers and further sorting of mixed into separate.

StanleyKnife blades

Junior Hacksaw blades

Coping Saw blades

Mitre Saw blades

Band Saw blades

Grinding Discs

Sanding Discs

Wood Glue

Epoxy Glue

Masking Tape

Gaffer Tape

Parcel Tape

WoodScrews

Machine Screws, nuts, washers

Self-Tappers

Nuts and Bolts

General Infrastructure

Network points.

Blue room

Some cables partly run, need securing and terminating.

Cable run feeding over-the-table box - needs securing / tidying up.

Workshop

Cables to provide points near the laser cutter, over the CNC bench and toward the rear door on the back wall are already partly run. Needs completing (cable tie bases need purchsing to allow this).

Games Pillar.

Provide outlet box and two circuits in this area.

Blue room table cups for legs

The table is a bit wobbly. Rather, the table isn't but there is a lack of floor under the outer-end legs, adding MDF discs (like castor cups, but bigger) will steady it.

Lighting: Over the lathe / welding bench (HF gear required?)

Lighting: Electronics Bench.

Draught Proofing

Identify, and mark, window frames that need repairs / installation of permanent draught proofing. e.g. window by the toolboard, where daylight can be seen where no daylight ough to shine.

Ventillation

Extractor Fan

Electronics

Electronic Components.

Continue to bag and label. ONGOING

Assign to storage when we know what there is.

Integrated circuit store and catalogue ONGOING

Make 'Feet' for Green IC Chest

To lift this a finger-height off the worktop so that the lowermost tray is usable.

Semiconductor ('tube') stock. Complete shortening of tubes, Assign and Label drawers, Backup stock (full tubes) - sort into davpack boxes.

PCB drilling instructions card

Create a colour / double-sided A4 sheet (to laminate) giving the information needed for safe and successful PCB drilling.

PCB manufacture instruction card

Create a colour / double-sided A4 sheet (to laminate) giving safety and process details for PCB etching with the equipment at the Hackspace.

Raw Materials

Metal store - Sort

Sorting is underway, but possible needs some more tubs to divide up the various materias and shapes.

Separated into Aluminium and Steel.

Rods / Sheets / Bits

Plastics / paper storage

Mucky trays - Clean

We still have a number of plastic bins which need cleaning before using around the space.

Wood store - Sort

We have bays for vertical storage of battens, floorboards and similarly shaped wood, and also large sheet material.

There is now a trolley which will take smaller sheets on its top, dividen for easy selection. The lower section of this has a tray for still smaller pieces of sheet wood / ply MDF etc.

We need to sort out the large stock of 'bigger' / 'chunkier' pieces, so that they can be identified and used more easily.

Unsorted Stuff - a section of the workshop storage? Invite (and give instructions for) how to sort into useful tubs.

Waste Management, Cleaning, Etc.

Clean / Sweep floors.

a) Use a brush in the studio / comfy area to sweep the entire area, gathering up dust and rubbish, and move it towards the wall between th Blulr Room and the Kitchen.

b) Sweep the floor in the Kitchen and Bathroom similarly, tpwards the dorways of those rooms.

Vacuum the carpet in the Lobby / Airlock and Blue Room, and then use the vacuum to pick up the accumulated dust from a) and b)

Mop floors

Marcus: You've done this, can you give instructions?

Refill paper towel holders

If stocks are getting low - let someone know (James: is it you that needs to know?)

Empty / ReBag Bins

Take the full bags down to the bin area in the basement.

Take for recycling Card / Glass / Cans

When the tubs fill up, use the various 'Green' (and Yellow) bags to take to local recycling collection points.

The steel cans tub may then need rinsing out (1/2 a kettle of hot water + disinfectant will help keep it sweet)

Aluminium cans to Scrap area.

When the tub becomes full, and a binliner can be filled, using lightweight liners is OK.

First make sure that there are no steel cans in the tub by using the magic wand to stir the cans and extract attractive ones.

Repairs and renovations

Fix / Re-hang blind in comfy area.

This hs been re-hung, but doe not retract as it needs tensining.

An instruction video covering installation and tensioning a similar

blind are at http://www.johnlewis.com/Magazine/Feature.aspx?Id=513

Repair donated PA amplifier for Hackspace / Events use.

This was damaged (Lemonade or similar flooded the internals), but should be repairable.

Pat is doing this, and has started cleainign the main board and has ordered the 'special' amplifier IC; other parts which may be needed are commodity items that we may have or can be obtained locally.

Screen fabric into dust sheeting.

The hospital screen frame has been fitted with welding-proof material for use to shield other 'space users when welding is done. The original floral fabric can be trimmed and used for dust sheets to cover delicate equipment when dirty work is carried out. For example the laser cutter area when the circular saw is in use.

Security

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Storage / Use of space

Airconditioner? What to do?

Portable Air conditioner? ditto (works, but needs castors fixing).

DONE Store away the bubble wrap roll

Main storage rack

Create a HowTo / Instruction card (laminated colour A4) defining a philosophy for this area.

Shelving / Storage in studio - general purpose supplies (glues, tapes etc.) Leave the workshop area for more 'industrial' supplies.

Hacks for the 'space

Can Crusher

Bigger Things

Spray Booth.

Planning underway - Max

Potters Wheel - Received recently on long-term loan.

We need to plan a space for this. Should it have a floor covering that can easily be mopped?

Kiln - Received recently on long-term loan.

We need to plan a space for this. Is smoke involved? - if so, should it share extraction facilities with the spray boothor is it better to keep them apart?

How much power does it use? Do we need a special 'donations box' to collect an hourly charge for usage? What rate?

Donations Area

Cull older donations to 'pending scrap' area.

Scrap even older donations

Members' Storage Stuff

Old / Stock PCs

Limit quantity to those that will fit on the RedCabinet - Older / less capable ones to be migrated to donations / for parts.