Canberra Makerspace

THIS IS DEMOCRACY, MANIFEST

The Make, Hack, Void Inc Annual General Meeting for FY24/25 was held today, Sunday the 5th of October 2025.

👥 The new o̶v̶e̶r̶l̶o̶r̶d̶s̶ committee:

👑 President - Varvara Efremova @varvara@aus.social
🌟 President of Vice - Steve Kennedy
🗒️ Secretary - Max Van Woerkom
🤑 Treasurer - James Wilmot @jimmy_wilmot@mastodon.social

#makerspace #Canberra #hackerspace #belconnen #makerspaces #hackerspaces

A woodworking, van-building and laser-cutter tinker extravaganza Maker Sunday.

🚐 @varvara@aus.social with some excellent progress on her #vanlife build

⚡@cefiar@social.chinwag.org has been making some very useful quality of life improvements for our K40 #lasercutter

🪚 Pablo dropped in to rip some plywood

And a good time was had all round.

#Canberra #makerspace #makerspaces #makehackvoid

A very self-hosted Electronic Wednesday at MakeHackVoid

🖥 A #selfhost server was built which we still haven't got to POST

🛜 Setting up a #PiHole for less ads and tracking on the great unwashed web

💻 Tinkering with a FriendlyElec CM3588 ➡️ rootless #podman containers for security

Come along next time for the next installment of Electronic Wednesday. Same time, same place next week at MHV.

A productive Maker Sunday at Canberra Makerspace.

Featuring -

🔌 Harvesting electronic components for projects from old PCBs

🖨️ First experimental print on the Spaces' TAZ printer after a truly epic amount of work

🖨️ A nifty control knob for the laser cutter extraction fan

🖨️ Mounting a 3D printed Ryobi tool holder for improved workspace ergonomics

⛵ A visitor who wants to work on a beautiful wooden sailboat at the Space

#Canberra #MakeHackVoid #Makerspace #Hackerspace #ReduceReuseRecycle #3dprinting

I think city-based Mastodon instances are absolutely analogous to physical spaces like libraries & makerspaces—spaces which have a sense of embodied place in their communities.

Really enjoyed this article:

📗 Why Doesn’t Every City Have a Fediverse Server?

🔗 https://hamishcampbell.com/why-doesnt-every-city-have-a-fediverse-server/

👤 By @hamishcampbell@mastodon.social

#MastodonCanberra #Canberra #Makerspace #Hackerspace

The Recylery's Saturday second-hand bike sale is this weekend!

🚲 Road, mountain, hybrid and e-bikes

⌚ From 10am to 12noon

📅 This Saturday (7 June)

📍 Gungaderra Homestead, Harrison ACT

https://osm.org/go/uNlXBJswD?node=12058051322

🗺️ Getting there:

You can take the light rail to Mapleton Ave, walk down Mapleton Ave and take the left onto Otway St

https://www.canberraenvironment.org/the-recyclery

#bikes #AdaptiveReuse #repairculture #cycling #canberra #CanberraEnvironmentCentre #therecyclery

🔖 An interesting article for today:

Modern life depends on the habit of discarding things. What if we fixed them instead?

https://www.plough.com/en/topics/justice/sustainable-living/in-praise-of-repair-culture

#makehackvoid #repairculture #makerspaces #HackerEthic

A massive Electronics Wednesday night at the space

🏗️ Things that we worked on:

Fixing an electric toothbrush

Tinkering with a gas heater (winter is here in Canberra 🥶 )

Upgrading the space's TAZ5 3D printer to a new motherboard and user interface

Learning about soldering

Tinkering with a Creality CR-10S from the University of Canberra Workshop 7 makerspace

#makehackvoid #electronics #ElectronicWednesday #HackerEthic #hackerspace #makerspace #repairculture #canberra #3dprinting #fpv

🛠️ Go out and Make Hack Void

"In a moment where machines churn out mediocrity, make something yourself. Make it imperfect. Make it rough. Just make it.

Be yourself.

Be imperfect.

Be human.

Care."

📘 From this excellent article:
https://dansinker.com/posts/2025-05-23-who-cares/

By:
@dansinker@omfg.town

#makerspace #makehackvoid #makerspaces #hackerspaces #hackerspace #HackerEthic

‼️ Start—or join—a computer club in the place that you live

https://startacomputer.club/

(we do many nerdery things at Canberra Makerspace!)

#digitalsovereignty #selfhosting #selfhost #hackerspaces #makerspace #makerspaces #makehackvoid #canberra

Hello, Fediverse! #introduction

ℹ️ Canberra Makerspace is a multi-use workshop and meeting space in Giralang. We are a space for makers and aspiring makers of all kinds to meet, share knowledge, and work on projects together.

Come Make Hack Void with us!

🗓️ We're open:
Electronic Wednesday: from 6:30pm
Maker Sunday: 1pm–4pm

#woodworking #metalworking #hamradio #makerspace #hackerspace #3dprinting #electronics #prototyping #linux #selfhosting #repair #makehackvoid #canberra