MAKESPACEour first year

FROM THIS IN 2012…

210 MEMBERS

OVER 145 VOLUNTEER-RUN TRAINING SESSIONS TO HELP PEOPLE USE MAKESPACE KIT

OVER 100 TOURS SHOWING MAKESPACE AND MAKING TO

MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC

WELL OVER 400 INSTANCES OF PEOPLE LEARNING A NEW

MANUFACTURING SKILL

910 MAKERS IN OUR MEETUP GROUP43 people taking significant event organising responsibility

SUSTAINED GROWTH AND ACTIVITY ON MEETUP GROUP

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200+ MAKESPACE MEMBERSand many more have been members for some of the year

STEADY GROWTH OF NEW MEMBERS

Current 205 members

Founder members

Student members

Members

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

EVENTS

• 482 past events

• 21 upcoming events

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”

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

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

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

FAMILY MAKERS MOST WEEKS

ACTIVITIES FOR ALL AGES

STUDENT SOCIETY

LOTS HAS HAPPENED

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

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

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

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

SPACE

WE’VE REARRANGED THINGS(a few times!)

WE’VE STARTED SIMPLEand then improved and enhanced

WE’VE ADDED HEALTH AND SAFETY EQUIPMENT - LIKE THIS INTEGRATED EXTRACTION SYSTEM

WE’VE STOCKED AND RESTOCKED OUR CONSUMABLES BANKS

WE’VE INSTALLED NEW KIT

WE’VE SAFETY-TESTED THINGS

WE’VE SALVAGED

EQUIPMENT

WE’VE RESTORED EQUIPMENT

WE’VE EVALUATED A

LOT OF CHAIRS(including quite a few we

made ourselves)

WE GREW PLANTS

(and made pulley systems for them)

WE’VE EATEN A LOT OF SNACKS(and been honest about paying for them - our honesty

boxes run a surplus)

WE’VE BEEN CREATIVE(and a little wacky)

WE’VE CLEANED

AND TIDIED!

(really, we have :)

TOOLS

WE VACUUM FORMED

WE ROUTED

WE DID FINE METAL WORK

WE CALIBRATED

WE TURNED

WE DIDN’T ALWAYS USE COMPUTERS

WE MILLED

WE FUSED AND SLUMPED GLASS

WE DRILLED

WE CONNECTED THINGS TO THE INTERNET

MAKING

WE INTRIGUED PEOPLE

WE MYSTIFIED PEOPLE

WE BUILT VEHICLES

WE TESTED THINGS

WE DID FINE, BEAUTIFUL DETAILED WORK

WE WENT FROM PROTOTYPE TO PRODUCT IN JUST 4 MONTHS NOT 18 MONTHS: THANKS TO MAKESPACE

WE EXPERIMENTED

WE MADE ROBOTS

WE MADE JEWELLERY

WE STARTED WORK ON A ROBOTIC STORAGE SYSTEM

WE MADE GAMES

WE MADE SECRET PROTOTYPES FOR OUR BUSINESSES

!

(NO PICTURES, SORRY!)

WE USED A LOT OF LEDS

WE MADE FURNITURE

WE MADE THINGS THAT MADE US HAPPY

WE ETCHED “MADE IN MAKESPACE” ON WHAT WE MADE WHERE EVER WE COULD

COMMUNITY

WE HACKED

WE SHARED

WE HAD FUN

WE NETWORKED(in more ways than one)

WE TRAINED

WE TRAINED

WE MADE MARVELLOUS

MARBLE MACHINES

WE TRAINED

WE LEARNED FROM EXPERTS(even experts from London who said Cambridge

expertise had made their products a reality)

WE DID SHOW & TELL

WE MET NEW PEOPLE

WE HAD TALKS

WE ADMIRED THINGS WE MADE

WE SHOWED PEOPLE AROUND

WE COLLABORATED

WE EXPLAINED THINGS

WE ATE CAKE

WE MADE THINGS TO PUT CAKES ON :)

MANY PEOPLE MADE ALL THIS HAPPEN !

IF YOU WERE ONE OF THEM: THANK YOU

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