Recently I took a workshop at the Vancouver Hackspace on SMD soldering which is the process of soldering surface mount devices (aka really TINY parts). This is the kind of soldering usually done by robots to help shrink down our electronic devices and isn’t typically done by hand. I’ve been wanting to learn how to…
Last night was the first international maker meetup on 3d printing, hosted by MAKE magazine. I was able to help gather about 17 folks down at the Vancouver Hack Space (aka VHS) to watch the live Google+ Hangout and generally geek out about 3d printing. MAKE just published their guide to 3d printing and sent…
Last night at the Vancouver Hack Space (VHS), there was a build night for all the local buyers of Tantillus 3d printers. There were 11 Tantillus’ (tantilli?) in the room in various stages of completion, plus a handful of other awesome printers in the hackspace. I worked on my Tantillus and made some progress. All…