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MAR 25 2026

Using a domestic sewing machine: 14 Apr

At 8pm on Tuesday 14 Apr 2026 there will be a demonstration open to all.  Alan will show the steps to set up and  use a simple domestic sewing machine.  From threading, to setting tension, setting stitch length, to actually sewing. Alan will also provide some material so anyone […]

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MAR 25 2026

Every Tuesday 7-9 pm – Makerspace Free Open Evening

Solder practice 2025 Do you know what happens in a makerspace? Drop in to Basingstoke Makerspace 7:00 pm EVERY Tuesday evening to find out. In the past we have … Made a garden chair   Had a pottery relay race       Made an Eiffel tower from […]

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MAR 06 2026

Grand Opening: 21 Mar 2026

We had a celebration to mark our purchase of Maritime House at 3:30pm on 21 Mar 2026.  Luke Murphy, our local MP, and the mayor, came along to make a plaque and hand out certificates to our bond holders. This was open to all.  Drinks and some nibbles […]

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MAR 04 2026

Solder 5: Bluetooth Speaker kit

In May Basingstoke MakerSpace will hold our fifth annual “solder day”. This year it will be building a Bluetooth Speaker Kit. Anyone can come along and build a solder kit (first come first served).  Learn how to solder and build something. This event will be on Tuesday 19 […]

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FEB 23 2026

Quick AI Wins for Normal People

If you are a typical user you don’t keep up with the latest AI developments. This series of short talks is aimed at you. Each one will outline how specific AI tools can be used to make normal people’s lives easier. #1: Talking to Computers In this initial […]

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FEB 17 2026

Getting Started with Linux

“Getting Started with Linux Mint” was presentation Open to all at 65 New Road – 24th Mar 2026 – 8pm Don’t buy a new PC to run Windows 11 or 12! Give your old PC a new life with Linux Mint.  This demonstration went through the steps to […]

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FEB 11 2026

Photo Editing With AI

Ariel set a challenge to make some pictures taken of her last year match those from 2012. On 3 Mar 2026 Kevin explained how he completed this test with the help of ComfyUI, two AI models called ‘Z-Image-Turbo’, and ‘Qwen2512’ and some help from LoRA. ComfyUI: https://www.comfy.org/ Z-Image: […]

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JAN 21 2026

Introduction Video

We have created a short video to introduce the MakerSpace.  It features some of our members and explains what we do.  The video can be seen on YouTube by selecting this link:

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JAN 20 2026

Advanced Excel

This is a series of short presentations about using Excel to solve some interesting data challenges.  Each one comes with a working Excel file that shows some advanced techniques.  We hope this is of interest.  The videos we have are: Voting Data Selection Data Slicing Data Slicing Theory […]

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JAN 03 2026

FNIRSI unboxings 2026

 Two unboxing events – 20th & 27th Jan 2026 – Open to All We held two unboxing events in Jan 2026, both open to all.  The FNIRSI LC1020E meter (left) is a component tester (unboxed on the 20th).  The FNIRSI 2D15P (right) is a 3-in-1 Oscilloscope, Multimeter & […]

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