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Welcome!

Kzoomakers Makerspace is a place where people who like to create things can come together. We have a workshop with machinery for woodworking and metalworking, as well as electronics equipment, a lasercutter, and other tools. We are also a community of hackers, makers, scientists, and artists, with subgroups that focus on specific interests.

We don't have a formal training program, but there are many knowledgeable people who can help answer your questions. If you are willing to learn by trying things, reading up on them, and asking for advice, you will probably do well.

Kzoomakers Makerspace is run entirely by volunteers and governed by the community. We rely on donations to keep the space running and expect our members to be involved in the community and help maintain the space.

Just looking?

Not sure you want to be a member? Check our discord to get a feel for us; come along on a Saturday or arrange (via discord) to come along at another time.

Guides for New Members

Communication

Events and Workshops

The space hosts a variety of events, including a number of recurring meetups and workshops.

Most Workshops are free, some come at a small cost (especially those that supply equipment). Workshops usually have limited attendance, so register early!

If you want to run your own event have a look at our documentation for planning an event, it's not hard. Anyone can organise a workshop, it can be a 30 minute 'lightning talk' on what you do for a living (thats how the biohacking subgroup started) or a much longer, full weekend teaching session (eg the Arduino workshops).

If you want to request a workshop: ask about it on the list, and then put it on the request list.

Projects

The main project page is here, as well as this there are assorted members projects here. In general projects progress when people work on them; if there is a public project you are interested in read the wiki page for it, ask around on IRC or the mailing list then go for it.

No matter what the project (personal or public) these pages may help:

Suppliers lists local, national and internet based suppliers for all sorts of things.
Guides contain assorted "how-to's" (and some "how-not-to's") for tools around the space
Equipment, what we have. Be aware some tools require training (notably the laser cutter and the Makerbot, these are delicate, expensive, tools: if you don't know how to use them please ask).
Our library contains a range of books (many more than listed here) that are free to use and cover a range of topics, members can borrow books but must list what they've borrowed on the page (at the very bottom).
Our workshops page covers upcoming workshops as well as those passed; the individual pages often contain much useful information (as well as possible contacts), for more see below.

Other Stuff

For more information on other hackspaces in the UK there is this site which has a list of most of the UK hackspaces. There is also an associated google group/mailing list

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 Kzoomakers Makerspace is run entirely by volunteers and governed by the community. We rely on donations to keep the space running and expect our members to be involved in the community and help maintain the space.
 ==Just looking?==
-Not sure you want to be a member? Check our [[IRC|IRC]] channel (Warning: maybe NSFW) or [[#Communication | mailing list]] to get a feel for us; come along on a [[Weekly_meetings| Tuesday]] or arrange (via IRC) to come along at another time.
+Not sure you want to be a member? Check our [https://discord.gg/mT86YZXm33 discord] to get a feel for us; come along on a [[How to Join|Saturday]] or arrange (via discord) to come along at another time.
-==Become a member==
-[http://x/signup.php This] is the website to go to to become a member, for detailed information how to sign up as well as why you should go [[Membership|here]]. The brief summary: members get full access, and their donations allow us to pay the [https://london.hackspace.org.uk/cost-of-hacking/ rent and other expenses]. No members = no space. There are other member [[Membership#Benefits|benefits]].
-Once you've set up the standing order please allow a couple of days for it to clear then come along to the space and ask someone to get you access (best to check on IRC that someone will be there).
-Everyone should read [[Rules| the rules]] which covers things you can/can't do, the [[Guides/Using_the_space|important advice]] on using a communal space, and [[Faceplant| the faceplant list]] which details things you can do but would probably regret (mainly concerned with common tool-related gotchas). For specific activities, we have other [[Guides|guides]]. Some people may also be curious about [[Organisation | our legal structure]].
-Please help look after our equipment by [[Maintenance/Adopt-a-Spanner|'''taking responsibility''']] for its upkeep.
 ==Guides for New Members==
 * [[New_members_guide|New Members Guide]]
-* [[OneHundredThings|A few bits of info about the space]]
+* [[OneHundredThings|History about the space and how it came to be]]
 * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8up7Wm-LAE Video documentary (10mins, YouTube) about Hackspaces.]
 * [https://www.reddit.com/r/london/comments/9ii8xs/london_hackspace_to_reopen_25_sept_2018_in/ Some info on Reddit that may one day become part of a FAQ]
 ==Communication==
-===Mailing Lists===
-Join one of our mailing lists - [[Mailing lists|the list of lists]] has all our lists but the main options are:
-* [http://groups.google.com/group/london-hackspace-announce Announcements] Used only for weekly news announcements and event announcements. Intentionally very quiet, 0% noise.
-* [http://groups.google.com/group/london-hack-space Main mailing list] Used for general communication and discussion between members. Extremely active, 30% noise.
-If you want to post to the main list (the announce list is read-only) please read the [[Mailing_list_FAQ|FAQ]] first.
-These mailing lists don't require a Google account - if you don't have one, email london-hack-space+subscribe@googlegroups.com, or equivalent for other groups.  To unsubscribe, email +unsubscribe.
-===IRC (Internet Relay Chat)===
-* [[IRC|IRC]]. As well as the mailing list there is a fairly lively (although at times NSFW) IRC chat room that is used for more general discussion, feel free to join in, members get ops (just ask).
-===Discord===
-* https://discord.gg/VPqdVsqFX5
-===In Real Life===
-* [[Weekly_meetings|Our Tuesday socials]] every Tuesday we have a social meet at the space from about 19:30. There is normally a large pizza order (currently £5 / person) for food, drink is BYOB (or buy donate to a beer-run). This is an excellent time to meet people and look about.
-===Other places on the internet===
-* [http://twitter.com/londonhackspace Twitter]
-* [http://www.facebook.com/londonhackspace Facebook]
-* [http://www.thingiverse.com/tag:londonhackspace Thingiverse tag]
-* [https://github.com/londonhackspace Github Organisation]
-* [http://www.flickr.com/groups/londonhackspace/ Flickr group]
-* [http://www.last.fm/group/London+Hackspace/ Last.fm group]
-* [http://blog.london.hackspace.org.uk/ Hackspace project blog]
 ==Events and Workshops==
-The space hosts a variety of events, including a number of [[Recurring | recurring meetups and workshops]]. All events are generally announced on the [http://groups.google.com/group/london-hack-space list] and are put on our [http://london.hackspace.org.uk/events/ events calendar].
+The space hosts a variety of events, including a number of [[Recurring | recurring meetups and workshops]].
 Most [[Workshops]] are free, some come at a small cost (especially those that supply equipment). Workshops usually have limited attendance, so register early!