Open Day 2019
The Nottinghack Open Day 2019 will feature workshops, demonstrations and tours. Your ideas and participation are welcome.
Date: Saturday, July 20th, 2019
Time: 11:00am-4:00pm
Organisation
We are just starting to organise the 2019 Open Day.
- Google Group for initial discussions.
- Open Day 2019 Slack channel
Projects, workshops and demonstrations being planned
| Project / demonstration / workshop | Organiser | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3D Printer / printing demos | Ax | Studio? | Demonstrations of 3D printing, including a printer assembled from parts made at the hackspace. 3D HSNotts Coin |
| Robot table football | Steve | Studio | Made on the Hackspace laser cutter and the Denford CNC lathe, along with 3D printed parts, crochet parts, and electronics that were prototyped in the Hackspace. Video |
| Ensign Wedgeley Crusher | Sam R | Studio | We'd love to bring Ensign Wedgeley Crusher along to show... can't really drive it around people for safety reasons but can help out with the recycling. It's maybe not the finest example of hackmanship but everyone loves robot wars... |
| Hackspace Roulette | Bob W & Ian D | Studio | Place a 2p bet on the hackspace roulette wheel. See if you can stop the pointer and LEDs on a marker to win a small prize. As seen at the Green Festival. |
| 3D scanning | Eugen | Studio | 3D scanning of objects using a Kinect. More info |
| Laser Cutter demos | Arthur, Ali & Ed P | Laser cutter | Demonstrations of the hackspace A0 laser cutter. Watch a small item being cut that you can take home. |
| Screen printing | Sarah | Main Workshop? | Screen printing demonstrations |
| Learn to solder | Matt Little | Studio | Solder together a hackspace robot badge - Small charge will apply. |
| Textiles, macrame, embroidering | Cazz | Textiles room | Demonstrations of macrame and our computer controller embroidery machine |
| Short talks | Mike H | Blue Room | Details TBC |
| Projects exhibition | Anyone | Studio | Exhibition of projects made or currently in progress at the hackspace |
| Visitor tours | IanD, Ava, but need a few more helpers | All areas | Guided tours of the hackspace |
| ? |
Resources
There is folder on JARVIS called '#Nottinghack OPEN DAY 2019' to share resources for the event; it currently has example designs for the Laser Cutter.
Preparation
Things to do. so we are ready.
| Task | Date/time | Organiser | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Print and put up posters | ASAP | IanD | Done |
| Promote the event | Left Lion, Ask Lion, EventBrite, AllEvents.in, Evening Post, NTU, UoN, Tech Notts, Libraries, (see Leaflet Targets) | ||
| Organise tidy up day / evening | 14/7/19 | Ian D | Please come along sometime during the day and find something to do to make the hackspace better. See Google Group post: Getting ready for Open Day 2019 |
| Laser check / align | 19/7/19 | Laser team | Laser booked 19/7/19 19:00 for maintenance |
Publicity
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Also available in PDF format.
