I love my Solidoodle 3 3D printer for a number of reasons one of the biggest is that I love the fact that Sam Cervantes went his own way when the Makerbot printer was bought out by Stratasys and made closed source. From that desision came the Solidoodle printer, my...
The Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) students and new graduates came down to the Connected Community HackerSpace (CCHS) and explored what a Makerspace had to offer to the Library Services. Organised by the good friend and fellow maker, Jennifer...
On the 19th of April 2015, Melbourne Library Services held a gathering of the local Melbourne Maker groups at their flagship library, Library at The Dock. This venue was the perfect place for Mini Make Day as it houses City of Melbourne first Makerspace, a place where...
Almost a year ago, I was lucky enough to purchase a vinyl cutter that was not operational at the time. While the machine had seen better days, it took a little bit of time to get it back up and running. The first problem I had to tackle was to get it powered up, and...
This weekend I went into the CCHS and assembled some prototype boards for a super secret Kickstarter project that will be launched later in the year. These boards are the final step to getting the prototypes online and tested. They are all surface mount assembly; the...
