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We’re excited to announce a big addition to Fizzpop — we’ve just installed a two-post car lift in the workshop!

This new addition opens up a whole world of possibilities for automotive projects, from basic maintenance to full-on restorations. Whether you’re into working on your weekend track car or just want to change your oil without crawling on the floor, this lift is here to make your life easier.

As always, safety is key, so we’ll be offering a quick induction session for anyone who wants to…

We’re excited to announce the latest addition to our makerspace: the Makita LS1219L 12″ Dual-Bevel Sliding Compound Mitre Saw! This powerhouse of a saw is a major upgrade from our old radial arm saw, bringing improved accuracy, versatility, and safety to our woodworking projects. With its dual-rail slide system, laser guide, and large cutting capacity, members will find it easier than ever to make precise crosscuts, bevels, and mitres on a wide range of…

We’re delighted to offer a new opportunity for our fizzPOP Makerspace members: beginner-friendly wood turning training led by Peter, an officially approved tutor with the Association of Woodturners of Great Britain (AWGB)!

Peter brings a wealth of expertise and a certified teaching background, making this training the perfect introduction for anyone eager to learn wood turning. With his expert guidance, you’ll gain hands-on experience with the lathe and learn the fundamentals in a relaxed,…

This week we have had Solihull Round Table’s “Sleigh” in for maintenance. They very kindly made a donation to us to help fund making the space more accessible. Its great to be able to help them in return. If you are a charity or community group and you think we may be able to help your organisation with making / repairing something get in touch.

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Its been a while since we have had an update about our woodwork room. We have made several changes to the dust extraction system including relocating the extractor to outside of the woodwork room. This project was completed to reduce noise and dust levels in the workshop.

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After what seems like ages we finally have lights and a ceiling in the pottery and paint room. Fingers crossed we will have sink and kiln sorted in the near future.

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Ask most people to describe a Makerspace simply and they will give a simple answer: “A space with tools and materials, that people buy and maintain as a group, and then use to build projects”. This is unsurprising – the stereotype of “makers” as having a practical and tangible understanding of the world is well-founded.

But it does, albeit unintentionally, do Makerspaces a disservice.

Yes, a Makerspace often has tools and space unavailable to members. And, yes, it allows for people to make things…

As many of you will already know we are crowdfunding the completion of the space throughout October. But with the resources we have we’ve been trying to get parts of the space open now for members to work with.

Today, with the installation of the fire door, we are deeming the woodwork room ready for wood work.

There are some caveats to this:

• The room enclosing the full-size CNC sheet router is still being built out and so this cannot currently be used.
• Extraction is still yet to be installed,…

FizzPOP 3.0 is tantalisingly close to completion – from the walls to the wiring, we are just about ready to put a bow on this build-out and throw open the doors. Members have been working evenings and weekends, and it’s all coming together beautifully.

But we’ve hit a snag.

Since the carefully budgeted plan for build-out was conceived, prices have rocketed up – and that’s left us with a space that’s around 80% ready for makers, but with significant material shortfalls.

We have built and carefully…

Sorry for the long time between posts, a lot has been going on in the background. Thanks to an awful lot of hard work by a few dedicated volunteers, the space is once again becoming usable. We are now once again accepting applications for membership.

The laser cutter has been back up and working for some time now and other than central dust extraction wood work is now mostly usable and metalwork will be in a few days!

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