Induction

This is an exhaustive list for first time hackspace users

Safety First

Please check out the Health and Safety Policy

Community

We are an open community, which means we welcome *everyone*.

We have a code of conduct everyone should be familiar with.

Someone caused upset? We have a Grievance Procedure

Can I store this or that? Probably not, the space is small. If you need to store something, follow our Storage Procedure

Ventilation

Our fire doors should be shut at all times. Each room is provided with a heat recovering fresh air vent. These should be left on at all times. There are two different types of ventilation at the space. Both have passive and “on” modes. The “on” mode should be used when you’re occupying the rooms for extended time (more than 10-15 minutes). The larger units in the kitchen and the computer lab have an additional boost mode which are there where air quality is poor or cooking is being conducted. See the section above about cooking at the Hackspace.

Dust Collection

The woodshop has additional dust collection facilities. Whenever cutting woods or plastics in the woodshop, please ensure the overhead dust extractor fan is switched on. At the end of the session, please use the shop vacs to clean the dust off the extractor so it is clean for the next user. Similarly we have large shop vacs for removing dust generated by the machinery. Please use them.

Woodshop specific information

Sawdust makes the floor very slippery. Please be very careful in the woodshop and keep the door closed both when entering and leaving the space. Please cleanup after yourself and remove any waste materials including sawdust/shavings when leaving. If you see someone hasn’t, please take their waste away as well and let the trustees know - we don’t have disposal services.

Heating

The hackspace has several forms of heating depending on the type of room.

• Woodshop has an oil heater
• Metal shop has an IR heater (black)
• Computer lab and social space have air conditioning
• Lobby, toilets, laser room, 3D print lab and kitchen have smart convection heaters.

During the winter:

• Social space/Computer lab aircon is set at 10’C heating to ensure the temperature does not drop causing the paint to flake
• Laser room & 3D print lab convection heaters are set at 14’C
• Toilets, lobby and kitchen convection heaters are set at 9’C
• metal shop and woodshop have their heaters set on very low to keep the machinery dry. You can increase the temperature but please return it back to the settings previously used.
• You may change the aircon settings as required, but in winter please leave it on 10’C heating.

There is signage by the convection and air conditioning heaters to tell you how to operate and what settings to leave them on. Convection heaters cannot be changed (they are locked at the required minimum temperatures) but they can be boosted for short periods to make the space more comfortable.

Do not remove / move heaters from workshops.