DeWALT and WD-40 have each made sizeable in-kind donations to the makerspace. DeWALT donated a beautiful chop saw, while WD-40 contributed a large amount of lubricants, a staple of any maker’s toolkit. We know these tools and supplies will get a lot of use from the membership! The Manchester Makerspace is a nonprofit volunteer run […]
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New marquee sign installed
This Saturday a team lead by Christopher Perry installed our new sign. Special thanks to Preston Moulton, Dave Collins, Thaddius Hughes, Will Lynch, Josh Reap, Kevin Kadow, Todd Hanneman. Sign was product from 1/4 inch that was CNC Plasma cut by Chris we will upload a project report Shortly. Special thanks to Christopher Perry for […]
New space for teaching CAD
Thaddeus Hughes and Assistant Preston teaching first CAD class in the new class space upstairs.
Cruizing
Cruzing #downtownmanchester with the RC bean bag chair during the car show. Photo credit goes to new member Jared England
Manchester Makerspace Code of Conduct
We’re voicing our strong, unequivocal support of appropriate behavior by all members, guests of members, and participants at the Manchester Makerspace (MMS) and associated events. This applies to activities inside the MMS, as well as any off-site community events where members are representing our organization. We invite you to help us make the MMS a […]
Bike Upgrading
Member Thad needed a longer neck on his bicycle handle bars, so he came down and made what he needed all out of aluminum.
President
Effective February 20th, 2019 the office of president will be assumed by Manchester Makerspace Co-founder Steve Korzyniowski
Automating our Open House
Thanks to our ISY automation controller from Universal Devices, we’ve been able to automatically prep the HVAC (heat or cool) for our Monday Open House nights. This program automatically pre-sets the thermostat on Monday evening:
Webhooks aren’t for fishing
Our new ISY-994 z-wave controller has a bunch of options for webhooks, interfacing with open/close sensors, etc. Tons of documentation, under “IFTTT/Webhooks”. https://wiki.universal-devices.com/index.php?title=ISY_Portal_IFTTT_Integration We currently use these for sending out notifications via the ISY Portal to IFTTT destinations
Woodshop thermostat automations via ISY Portal
Thanks to Universal Devices (UDI) we have an ISY-994 with Z-Wave and access to their web Portal! We can also enable Google/Alexa/IFTTT now. https://wiki.universal-devices.com/index.php?title=ISY_Portal_Amazon_Echo_Integration_V3#Thermostats For example, in the woodshop, we use our Axis Communications camera motion detector to set-back the thermostat when room is empty for an hour. For the main hydronic baseboards, we’re going to […]