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+title: "Month updates - September & October 2024"
+date: '2024-11-01T00:00:00+01:00'
+author: alifeee
+layout: post
+permalink: /month-updates-september-october-2024/
+excerpt: "Month updates from September & October 2024 - what's been going on around Sheffield Hackspace?"
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+What have members of Sheffield Hackspace been up to this month?
+
+Let's find out!
+
+1. [A guided tour of the NAMRC](#a-guided-tour-of-the-namrc)
+2. [Dave - big connectors](#dave---big-connectors)
+3. [Nik - interference waves](#nik---interference-waves)
+4. [Nik - pen plotter](#nik---pen-plotter)
+5. [Stuart - relay](#stuart---relay)
+6. [new blinds and new stairs](#new-blinds-and-new-stairs)
+7. [Alfie - a vinyl cut sign](#alfie---a-vinyl-cut-sign)
+8. [Richard - straightening wires](#richard---straightening-wires)
+9. [Alex H - new zip](#alex-h---new-zip)
+10. [Alex K - the bionic man](#alex-k---the-bionic-man)
+
+
+## A guided tour of the NAMRC
+
+> A visit to the University of Sheffield's Nuclear Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre was hosted by Ben and Robin, with around seven other hackspace members attending. They had a tour around the workshop which hosts a number of very large bits of precision manufacturing kit.
+
+<figure>
+  <iframe width="425" height="350" src="https://www.openstreetmap.org/export/embed.html?bbox=-1.3843631744384766%2C53.385338049442794%2C-1.371145248413086%2C53.392401962503264&amp;layer=mapnik&amp;marker=53.388870152496956%2C-1.3777542114257812" style="border: 1px solid black"></iframe><br/>
+  <figcaption>
+    The NAMRC, <a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=53.38887&amp;mlon=-1.37775#map=16/53.38887/-1.37775&amp;layers=N">View Larger Map</a>
+  </figcaption>
+</figure>
+
+## Dave - big connectors
+
+Dave has been making some big connectors for the back of a CNC machine.
+
+<figure class="gallery" markdown="1">
+![picture a 3D printed CNC connector]({{site.baseurl}}/assets/blog/2024-11-01-month-updates-september-october-2024/dave m - cnc connector.webp)
+![picture of two very large 40-pin plugs]({{site.baseurl}}/assets/blog/2024-11-01-month-updates-september-october-2024/dave m - cnc connector 2.webp)
+![picture of two very large 40-pin plugs]({{site.baseurl}}/assets/blog/2024-11-01-month-updates-september-october-2024/dave m - big plugs.webp)
+</figure>
+
+## Nik - interference waves
+
+Nik has been making impressive visual art for a projection mapping showcase.
+
+> Interference Waves is a 1 minute experimental audiovisual animation created for the Minute MAPP Monreal projection mapping showcase, part of the annual MAPP festival in Montreal, screened on 26 Sept 2024.
+
+Read more about it here <https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/projection-mapping-case-study-mapp-festival-nikola-nenov-lti5e>, and watch a video of the event here:
+
+<iframe width="1236" height="695" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/1riGU883XV0" title="Interference Waves - Projection Mapping Project using TOOLL3" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" allowfullscreen></iframe>
+
+## Nik - pen plotter
+
+Nik has also been experimenting with a new (to him) pen plotter, a Roland CAMM-1 PNC-1000.
+
+Read more in Nik's Mastodon thread <https://mastodon.social/@nnenov/112993543103726333>.
+
+<figure class="gallery" markdown="1">
+![picture of an abstract drawing of a person by a pen plotter]({{site.baseurl}}/assets/blog/2024-11-01-month-updates-september-october-2024/nik - pen plotter 2.webp)
+![picture of several abstract drawings of people by a pen plotter]({{site.baseurl}}/assets/blog/2024-11-01-month-updates-september-october-2024/nik - pen plotter.webp)
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+</figure>
+
+## Stuart - relay
+
+> This is a prototype of a device to count attendance at a non-league football ground. The relay is to control the turnstile and let people in.
+>
+> Here’s a video with the relay working and the LED display showing a count of how many times the button has been pressed, i.e., how many people are inside.
+
+<video controls="" preload="none" loop="" crossorigin="anonymous" poster="{{site.baseurl}}/assets/blog/2024-11-01-month-updates-september-october-2024/stuart - relay.webp" style="max-height: 40rem;">
+  <source src="{{site.baseurl}}/assets/blog/2024-11-01-month-updates-september-october-2024/stuart - relay.webm" type="video/webm">
+</video>
+
+## new blinds and new stairs
+
+New stairs have been put in place between the engine room and main room. As well, the blinds in the main room are now controllable automatically.
+
+> There are 5 blinds, there are 5 sliders.  Push a corresponding slider up, the blind goes up; push a slider down, the blind goes down.
+>
+> Above the sliders is a secret red button, push it and see what happens.
+
+![picture of the stairs between the main room and engine room in Sheffield hackspace]({{site.baseurl}}/assets/blog/2024-11-01-month-updates-september-october-2024/bill - stairs.webp)
+
+## Alfie - a vinyl cut sign
+
+This month I had my first go on the vinyl cutter, to make a sign for me and my housemate. It's very satisfying to use, so much that I took a timelapse of it cutting my sign.
+
+<figure class="gallery" markdown="1">
+![picture of computer screen showing vinyl cutting software, showing text "alfie ! tania &"]({{site.baseurl}}/assets/blog/2024-11-01-month-updates-september-october-2024/alfie - vinyl cutter.webp)
+![picture of a vinyl sign stuck to a wall that says "tania & alfie!"]({{site.baseurl}}/assets/blog/2024-11-01-month-updates-september-october-2024/alfie - vinyl cutter 2.webp)
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+</video>
+</figure>
+
+
+## Richard - straightening wires
+
+Richard made a video about how to straighten cables that has gained an impressive amount of popularity online for being useful and to-the-point.
+
+<iframe width="1236" height="695" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/YTmLQ9q1m50" title="Straighten cables. How to remove the kinks in your cables." frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" allowfullscreen></iframe>
+
+## Alex H - new zip
+
+Alex has been learning how to put new zips into old clothes, and has replaced zips in a few different items at this month's craft nights.
+
+![picture of a pink jacket with zip attached]({{site.baseurl}}/assets/blog/2024-11-01-month-updates-september-october-2024/alex h - zip.webp)
+
+## Alex K - the bionic man
+
+Alex has been experimenting with robotic arms.
+
+> 
+
+Read more here: <https://alexkelly.world/posts/2024-10-03_robotics/robot.html>
+
+<video controls="" preload="none" loop="" crossorigin="anonymous" poster="{{site.baseurl}}/assets/blog/2024-11-01-month-updates-september-october-2024/alex k - robot.webp" style="max-height: 40rem;">
+  <source src="{{site.baseurl}}/assets/blog/2024-11-01-month-updates-september-october-2024/alex k - robot.webm" type="video/webm">
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+
+<iframe width="1278" height="719" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/DYamfGeHgsM" title="koch robot" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" allowfullscreen></iframe>
+
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+## That's all
+
+That's all for this month! Remember, you can:
+
+- come and visit the space! <https://www.sheffieldhackspace.org.uk/calendar/>
+- add your own items to next month's month update: <https://github.com/sheffieldhackspace/month-updates>
+
+Until next time :)
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