Talk Archives - Ipswich Makerspace

October Gets Talky, Tech Talky

September 27, 2017 by Steve Chalkley Leave a Comment

Coming up in October we have not one but two Tech Talks to take your minds off the gathering gloom.

First up we have David Kirkby (Thurs 5th Oct), a talented local sculptor and maker who will be explaining the ins and outs of mould making and cold resin casting. Imagine being able to reproduce your favourite thing in glorious but lightweight bronze.

For fans of animation we have Alan Clark and Doug Selway (Thur 19th Oct) who will be showing us their cunning video camera rig which allows programmable, repeatable camera control for stop motion animation. The team designed, built, programmed and fettled the rig themselves and you can see the results on YouTube.

If you want to come along, both events are completely free of charge and you can have a tour of the makerspace and a chat afterwards. Of course we’re also open on our regular Tuesday and Thursday evening slots.

Keep up to date with all things Makerspace on here or on our Facebook group.

AutoDesk Fusion 360 walkthrough

June 15, 2016 by Keith Ellis Leave a Comment

The fourth Thursday of the month is approaching, that can only mean one thing. It’s talk night.

On Thursday 23rd June Keith will be giving us a broad overview of 3D modelling in AutoDesk Fusion 360. This is a powerful, easy to use modelling environment free to Makers for Windows and MacOS. It can produce very nice 3D renders as well as easily outputting files for 3D printing or laser cutting, with advanced CAM features and also allows movement studies and stress analysis to be carried out. Keith will outline the general workflow which he has come to know well whilst designing last years Pi Wars entry along, with a live demonstration and quick overview of the move advanced features.

: Wheel hub and motor

: Line sensor PCB mounted to chassis

: Looking awesome

See the event page for more information

OpenTech 2015

June 25, 2015 by Keith Ellis Leave a Comment

On 13th June just gone OpenTech 2015 happened. It was an event sponsored by the Open Data Institute.

The event hosted talks of various kinds, all relating to Open Tech and open data particularly. Although I did not go, or even realise it was happening, looking at their web site it looks like they had a good selection of talks. Some of which have been made available in either audio or video form.

So if you want to learn about some great open data projects this is the place to go. Unfortunately the talk about The Great British Public Toilet Map is not online, but I’m sure there will be other things to take your interest.

SQL for beginners – part two

May 22, 2015 by Keith Ellis 1 Comment

So the next meeting, Thursday 28th May will see Tim run the second part of his three part SQL course. This time we are planning to have access to the break out room to ensure other making and discussion is not hindered.

Tim will be discussing advanced data retrieval, this will be an interactive session so please remember to bring your laptops along and make sure you have access to a ‘proper’ text editor. It makes lift so much easier.