Ed_S
25 November 2025 10:23
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Once again, and for the last time in 2025, it’s time for our semi-regular last-Sunday-of-the-month afternoon session! We’re meeting from 14:00 til 16:00 on Sunday 30th at the Remakery/Welshmill hub.
Feel free to bring any projects you’re working on, use the tools, discuss any interesting tech you’ve been looking into, ask questions, or just catch up.
The 3D printer is ready for action, as is the laser cutter, and also the CNC machine (but that needs a training session and a bit of supervision to use.)
When : 2pm - 4pm Sunday 30th November.
Who : members and prospective members.
Where : The Remakery, upstairs at Welshmill Hub, Park Hill Drive, BA11 2LE . (Park Hill Drive is off Welshmill road, near the Play Park/Bump Track)
qscons
25 November 2025 12:08
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I hope to come. Weather and health permitting, as usual.
Ed_S
25 November 2025 13:05
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Great! See you there, with luck.
I hope to make it to this one too.
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Ed_S
27 November 2025 08:40
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That’s great - see you on Sunday!
Ed_S
30 November 2025 14:23
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Here’s a blog post I mentioned - OCR on a tiny microcontroller
Ed_S
30 November 2025 14:46
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We mentioned Howard Johns and the Onezero presentation (or project idea) to make a Frome-local power company, to pool people’s solar and battery investments and get over the low feed-in tariffs which presently act as a disincentive to generate more energy than you need.
Howard did a talk at the town hall - long version here and highlights here:
Ed_S
30 November 2025 15:13
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we talked about precision GPS for the likes of robotic lawnmowers
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Ed_S
30 November 2025 15:14
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We talked about generating water mists - it turns out firefighting uses mists
Ed_S
30 November 2025 15:18
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we talked about the pricing of travel on supersonic aircrafthttps://simpleflying.com/concorde-cost/
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Studies began in 1954 and a UK–France treaty followed in 1962, as the programme cost was estimated at £7...
Ed_S
30 November 2025 15:37
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we mentioned a couple of 3D design applications
Ed_S
30 November 2025 15:44
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we mentioned some older computers…
