We like spreading some festive fun with making and sending baubles to people. This year we started off with the a great design by Cartonus and customised it by adding the required amount of ducks. You can download our design here.
Test Gear Donation
We received another donation of Electronic test gear from Testwall. It’s a mix of equipment which we’ll put to good use in our space.
At Testwall they offer a wide range of refurbished test and measurement equipment and supply globally across a number of industries such as Manufacturing. https://www.testwall.com/office/ireland/ Thanks for all the grear.We will put it to good use.
Drop into our regular Monday night electronics if you’d like to have a look an get involved. Check our events page for details.
December Open Social
So the year has almost come to an end. Take a break from the Christmas shopping and drop in to our Open Social. The Social will take place on Saturday 15th December from 7PM.
Our Finishathon will be in progress that very same day in the space from 10:00, so expect to see members and visitors trying to get assorted projects and jobs finished. What exactly have they been trying to finish? Well you’ll have to drop in and find out!
From 16:00 we have an Electronic Build-It workshop running. This is a chance for participants to build a small electronic kit. All proceeds from this workshop go to support TOG. Checkout here for more details.
If you’ve never been to our Social, you’ll find it a great alternative Saturday evening in town. Come in and look around. If you’ve never been in before, we’ll give you the grand tour of the space. Talk to members and visitors about projects or things you’d like to do. If you like what you see, ask about joining as a full member. Weather and volunteer permitting, we might have our wood fired pizza oven going outside. Expect caint, ceol agus craic as usual. The space stays open until the last member is left……usually the small hours of Sunday morning.
Our Open Socials are always free to attend for both members and visitors alike. No need to book…. just turn up. You can drop in for 10 minutes, or stay the whole night. We have parking available. Bring beer, food, gadgets! Our doors will be open from 19:00. Hope to see you there.
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Return of the Finish-a-Thon
If you’ve been meaning to complete a project, or you have something put away somewhere that you’re going to finish someday – lucky you! That day is Saturday 15th December, from 10 in the morning until late.
There’s an Open Social running on the same day, so you can stay as long as you want. Small handmade trophies for finished projects. Tog, 22 Blackpitts, Dublin 8, D08 P3K4.
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Image attribution: NASA/JPL/Thomas Wynne [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
Electronic “Build-It” Workshop
Once again, we’re running our electronic “Build-It” workshop in TOG on Saturday 15th December from 16:00 – 18:30. Many visitors to TOG tell us that they would like to get started with electronics, soldering or assembly, but they are unsure how to do so. This workshop will help. You get to build (and keep) an electronic kit. The kit that we have chosen is a line-follower robot car. It will follow a black line or any line where there is reasonable contrast. You can see a video of the kit in action, from our previous workshop here.
The kit comes as a complete set of mechanical and electronic parts including a bare circuit board. You do all the electronic assembly and soldering as well as the mechanical assembly. If you’ve never built an electronics kit or soldered before, then this workshop is ideal for you. We’ll show you everything that you need to know. No previous experience at electronics, soldering or kit assembly is needed. We’ll explain the circuit and how it works too. All tools and equipment are provided. The workshop will take up to 3 hours, which is plenty of time. All proceeds from this event go to support TOG. We have 10 places available.
Sign up for tickets on eventbrite. The workshop costs €25 plus booking fee.
You might like to stick around afterwards for our regular Open Social evening which is happening on the same day.
*** You must be 18 years of age or older to take part in this workshop. Please do not book places for children ***
48-Hour Film Challenge
Writers, directors, actors, DOPs, all filmmaking enthusiasts are welcome to join us and get yourself on a team for the 48hr filmmaking challenge, taking place in Tog from Friday 7th to Sunday 9th December.This is a great opportunity if you want to try out filmmaking and don’t know where to start. All skill levels welcome. We will meet and form teams on Thursday 6th, and teams will get together over the weekend to shoot.
THERE WILL BE A SUGGESTED DONATION TO TOG OF €5 PER PERSON TO COVER THE COST OF SCREENING (OR WHATEVER YOU CAN AFFORD). Hopefully see you all there.
Facebook event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/351903748909360/