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Making a Mezzanine

🇬🇧 · Surrey and Hampshire Makerspace · Julian Warren

Friday and the weekend also saw the creation of a new mezzanine area in the space, something that’s easy to say, but a lot more work to build. The end of day 3, a mostly finished mezzanine area. The area under the mezzanine is going to be our workshop area for woodworking and similar activities. As you can see there’s a significant amount of work still to do on the space. I’m sure you’ll all agree that its an important addition to the space and great work by the construction team: Matt, Andrew, Ramy, Julian, Matthew, and Ben.

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A Crackling Festival of Modular Music

🇬🇧 · Surrey and Hampshire Makerspace · Julian Warren

Farnborough has played an important role in the history of both aviation and our makerspace. Last weekend it was also host to a unique musical event. The Modular Café Aldershot (MODCAF) a local community of modular synth enthusiasts organised a one of a kind musical event called TEST CHAMBER LIVE in Q121, a historic wind tunnel building. A view from behind the fan in the wind tunnel A set of huge concrete veins used to direct the air around a corner A propeller testing rig Warning signs from when the site was in use Part of a larger project the event brought together performers using modular synthesizers, giving them a chance to compose, collaborate, perform and record in this unique space. A portable modular synth system The traditional Nepali 1st Naumati Baja Gulmi UK band as accompanied on modular synth I was helping out with a beginners soldering workshop on the Sunday, where people had the chance to build a Disintegrated Cracklebox a touch controlled noise synth. A Cracklebox kit in progress Cracklebox kits ready for the start of the workshop Unfortunately the event was a one off, but FAST (Farnborough Air Sciences Trust) continue to run Wind Tunnel Tours which give you the chance to visit the Wind Tunnels and learn more about them from their knowledgeable volunteers. If you’re local and interested in learning to solder keep an eye on our blog, as we hope to be announcing some workshops which are likely to include soldering for beginners.

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