Hitchin Hackspace
@hackhitchin.bsky.social
An innovative space for makers to create using state of the art tools, in a transformed former public toilet. Come join us to do something out of the ordinary!
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Repair Manifesto: If we can't fix it, we don't own it.
- Repair is better than recycling.
- Repair saves us money.
- Repair teaches basic engineering.
- Repair saves the planet.
- Repair connects people and things.
- Repair is sustainable.
#Minimalism
- Repair is better than recycling.
- Repair saves us money.
- Repair teaches basic engineering.
- Repair saves the planet.
- Repair connects people and things.
- Repair is sustainable.
#Minimalism
February 10, 2026 at 9:17 PM
Repair Manifesto: If we can't fix it, we don't own it.
- Repair is better than recycling.
- Repair saves us money.
- Repair teaches basic engineering.
- Repair saves the planet.
- Repair connects people and things.
- Repair is sustainable.
#Minimalism
- Repair is better than recycling.
- Repair saves us money.
- Repair teaches basic engineering.
- Repair saves the planet.
- Repair connects people and things.
- Repair is sustainable.
#Minimalism
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Sometimes you can augment old techniques with new equipment.
Member Dan wanted to engrave a pint glass so used the Cricut at the Hackspace to cut out some stencils from some stencil film, then applied glass etching cream.
Member Dan wanted to engrave a pint glass so used the Cricut at the Hackspace to cut out some stencils from some stencil film, then applied glass etching cream.
February 10, 2026 at 2:25 PM
Sometimes you can augment old techniques with new equipment.
Member Dan wanted to engrave a pint glass so used the Cricut at the Hackspace to cut out some stencils from some stencil film, then applied glass etching cream.
Member Dan wanted to engrave a pint glass so used the Cricut at the Hackspace to cut out some stencils from some stencil film, then applied glass etching cream.
If you are interested in finding out a bit more about #HitchinHackspace and are free this evening why not come along to our Monthly Social evening at The Victoria pub....
Tuesday, 10th Feb, is our next #HitchinHackspace Social Night, at The Vic just down the road from the Hackspace, from 19:30/20:00.
Look out for our sign, say hello and find out about your local #Hackspace over a refreshing beverage or two #Hitchin #Letchworth #Stevenage #Baldock
Look out for our sign, say hello and find out about your local #Hackspace over a refreshing beverage or two #Hitchin #Letchworth #Stevenage #Baldock
February 10, 2026 at 3:49 PM
If you are interested in finding out a bit more about #HitchinHackspace and are free this evening why not come along to our Monthly Social evening at The Victoria pub....
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Both of March's #Hitchin Town Hall #MostlyComedy dates - 12th March with Andy Hamilton & @rachelparris.bsky.social, and 26th March with Kate Robbins & @shappikhorsandi.bsky.social - are now on general sale at www.mostlycomedy.co.uk. Book now for a Mostly month to remember. #livecomedy #hertfordshire
February 9, 2026 at 10:53 AM
Both of March's #Hitchin Town Hall #MostlyComedy dates - 12th March with Andy Hamilton & @rachelparris.bsky.social, and 26th March with Kate Robbins & @shappikhorsandi.bsky.social - are now on general sale at www.mostlycomedy.co.uk. Book now for a Mostly month to remember. #livecomedy #hertfordshire
Our monthly social night is a good chance to meet some of our members and have a chat
Tuesday, 10th Feb, is our next #HitchinHackspace Social Night, at The Vic just down the road from the Hackspace, from 19:30/20:00.
Look out for our sign, say hello and find out about your local #Hackspace over a refreshing beverage or two #Hitchin #Letchworth #Stevenage #Baldock
Look out for our sign, say hello and find out about your local #Hackspace over a refreshing beverage or two #Hitchin #Letchworth #Stevenage #Baldock
February 8, 2026 at 9:56 PM
Our monthly social night is a good chance to meet some of our members and have a chat
Weekly open evening on Monday...
Monday the 9th February is our next open evening at #HitchinHackpace. Why not come along and see what the hackspace is all about? From 19:30. Free tea or coffee and biccies 🫖☕🍪🙂
#make #craft #invent #learn #Hitchin #Stevenage #Letchworth #Baldock
#make #craft #invent #learn #Hitchin #Stevenage #Letchworth #Baldock
February 8, 2026 at 9:55 PM
Weekly open evening on Monday...
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Our presale for 26th March’s #Hitchin #MostlyComedy has begun. Good luck!
Tomorrow sees our mailing list presale for 26th March's #Hitchin #MostlyComedy with Kate Robbins, @shappikhorsandi.bsky.social, Joe Haddad & @davidephgrave.bsky.social. Tickets go on sale from 10am, with general sale from 10am on Mon, 9th Feb.
Sign up for the secret code at www.mostlycomedy.co.uk
Sign up for the secret code at www.mostlycomedy.co.uk
February 7, 2026 at 10:15 AM
Our presale for 26th March’s #Hitchin #MostlyComedy has begun. Good luck!
Well done to everyone at East Essex Hackspace 👏👏👏
#Essex #Hackspace #RepairCafe #Volunteer #Community #Rochford
#Essex #Hackspace #RepairCafe #Volunteer #Community #Rochford
We're proud to say that last night the Hackspace won "Volunteer Group of the Year" in Rochford District Council's citizen awards. Thank you everyone who nominated us and thanks to RDC for the support!
February 8, 2026 at 3:50 PM
Well done to everyone at East Essex Hackspace 👏👏👏
#Essex #Hackspace #RepairCafe #Volunteer #Community #Rochford
#Essex #Hackspace #RepairCafe #Volunteer #Community #Rochford
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We won a thing! The Hackspace is quite prominent locally due to our engagement with non-members and things we run like the Repair Cafe. Lots of it is down to fellow Trustee Tim whose superpower is engaging with a bazillion people and organisations to the extent it would boil my brain.
We're proud to say that last night the Hackspace won "Volunteer Group of the Year" in Rochford District Council's citizen awards. Thank you everyone who nominated us and thanks to RDC for the support!
February 7, 2026 at 11:07 AM
We won a thing! The Hackspace is quite prominent locally due to our engagement with non-members and things we run like the Repair Cafe. Lots of it is down to fellow Trustee Tim whose superpower is engaging with a bazillion people and organisations to the extent it would boil my brain.
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Love this photograph last night of Paul McGann and me at @slapstickfest.bsky.social - we’re ready for our Joe Orton play
February 5, 2026 at 1:51 PM
Love this photograph last night of Paul McGann and me at @slapstickfest.bsky.social - we’re ready for our Joe Orton play
Tuesday, 10th Feb, is our next #HitchinHackspace Social Night, at The Vic just down the road from the Hackspace, from 19:30/20:00.
Look out for our sign, say hello and find out about your local #Hackspace over a refreshing beverage or two #Hitchin #Letchworth #Stevenage #Baldock
Look out for our sign, say hello and find out about your local #Hackspace over a refreshing beverage or two #Hitchin #Letchworth #Stevenage #Baldock
February 5, 2026 at 3:21 PM
Tuesday, 10th Feb, is our next #HitchinHackspace Social Night, at The Vic just down the road from the Hackspace, from 19:30/20:00.
Look out for our sign, say hello and find out about your local #Hackspace over a refreshing beverage or two #Hitchin #Letchworth #Stevenage #Baldock
Look out for our sign, say hello and find out about your local #Hackspace over a refreshing beverage or two #Hitchin #Letchworth #Stevenage #Baldock
Monday the 9th February is our next open evening at #HitchinHackpace. Why not come along and see what the hackspace is all about? From 19:30. Free tea or coffee and biccies 🫖☕🍪🙂
#make #craft #invent #learn #Hitchin #Stevenage #Letchworth #Baldock
#make #craft #invent #learn #Hitchin #Stevenage #Letchworth #Baldock
February 5, 2026 at 3:16 PM
Monday the 9th February is our next open evening at #HitchinHackpace. Why not come along and see what the hackspace is all about? From 19:30. Free tea or coffee and biccies 🫖☕🍪🙂
#make #craft #invent #learn #Hitchin #Stevenage #Letchworth #Baldock
#make #craft #invent #learn #Hitchin #Stevenage #Letchworth #Baldock
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Just two weeks until 19th February's #Hitchin #MostlyComedy with @halcruttenden.bsky.social, Nabil Abdulrashid, Julia Eckhoff & @davidephgrave.bsky.social. Only a handful of tickets left. Book now. www.mostlycomedy.co.uk
#livecomedy #hertfordshire #hertslife
#livecomedy #hertfordshire #hertslife
February 5, 2026 at 8:02 AM
Just two weeks until 19th February's #Hitchin #MostlyComedy with @halcruttenden.bsky.social, Nabil Abdulrashid, Julia Eckhoff & @davidephgrave.bsky.social. Only a handful of tickets left. Book now. www.mostlycomedy.co.uk
#livecomedy #hertfordshire #hertslife
#livecomedy #hertfordshire #hertslife
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Yesterday I was messing around with an ODrive again. Now I need to write some code to do basic mixing to set the requested motor speeds off the throttle, steering, and brake inputs. We're using a Pi Pico for this to make it easily changeable. May have different profiles set over BLE with a basic app
Progress on our Hacky Racer is slow but yesterday things got done. We've got a MakerBase ODrive v3.6-56V to run our dual motor setup. This is going to need some mixing of the two based off throttle and steering and also the brake switches to cut drive when braking. So we've connected a Pi Pico.
February 4, 2026 at 10:18 AM
Yesterday I was messing around with an ODrive again. Now I need to write some code to do basic mixing to set the requested motor speeds off the throttle, steering, and brake inputs. We're using a Pi Pico for this to make it easily changeable. May have different profiles set over BLE with a basic app
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Progress on our Hacky Racer is slow but yesterday things got done. We've got a MakerBase ODrive v3.6-56V to run our dual motor setup. This is going to need some mixing of the two based off throttle and steering and also the brake switches to cut drive when braking. So we've connected a Pi Pico.
February 4, 2026 at 10:12 AM
Progress on our Hacky Racer is slow but yesterday things got done. We've got a MakerBase ODrive v3.6-56V to run our dual motor setup. This is going to need some mixing of the two based off throttle and steering and also the brake switches to cut drive when braking. So we've connected a Pi Pico.
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Yesterday, after Repair Café, two members did a bit of a rearrange in the metalshop. One workbench got modified so our new and improved welding table could be stored underneath. The old Welding bench is being repurposed for glasswork with the kiln and oxygen concentrator on it.
February 2, 2026 at 7:52 PM
Yesterday, after Repair Café, two members did a bit of a rearrange in the metalshop. One workbench got modified so our new and improved welding table could be stored underneath. The old Welding bench is being repurposed for glasswork with the kiln and oxygen concentrator on it.
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At the weekend we ran a Repair Café at East Essex Hackspace.
People brought along broken household items, electronics, bikes, and battery-powered kit. Together we diagnosed faults, repaired what we could, and explained what was going on so people could learn in the process.
People brought along broken household items, electronics, bikes, and battery-powered kit. Together we diagnosed faults, repaired what we could, and explained what was going on so people could learn in the process.
February 2, 2026 at 10:48 AM
At the weekend we ran a Repair Café at East Essex Hackspace.
People brought along broken household items, electronics, bikes, and battery-powered kit. Together we diagnosed faults, repaired what we could, and explained what was going on so people could learn in the process.
People brought along broken household items, electronics, bikes, and battery-powered kit. Together we diagnosed faults, repaired what we could, and explained what was going on so people could learn in the process.
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Repair Cafe at the Hackspace this morning!
February 1, 2026 at 10:16 AM
Repair Cafe at the Hackspace this morning!
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Yesterday, Tim was looking at turning a luggage cart into a powered one with the idea of eventually having several in a 'wagon train'. Motive power will be hoverboard hub motors but fitted with pneumatic tyres. Good progress was made, next it will involve chopping the rear frame and some welding.
January 31, 2026 at 12:10 PM
Yesterday, Tim was looking at turning a luggage cart into a powered one with the idea of eventually having several in a 'wagon train'. Motive power will be hoverboard hub motors but fitted with pneumatic tyres. Good progress was made, next it will involve chopping the rear frame and some welding.
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Over 100 tickets already sold for 12th March's #Hitchin #MostlyComedy via presale today. Sign up for our mailing list now for the secret booking code. www.mostlycomedy.co.uk #livecomedy #Hertfordshire
Presale for 12th March's #Hitchin #MostlyComedy with Andy Hamilton, @rachelparris.bsky.social & @davidephgrave.bsky.social kicks off to our mailing list from 10am on Saturday. General sale from Monday, 2nd Feb at 10am.
Don’t miss out. Sign up to the mailing list at www.mostlycomedy.co.uk
Don’t miss out. Sign up to the mailing list at www.mostlycomedy.co.uk
January 31, 2026 at 4:38 PM
Over 100 tickets already sold for 12th March's #Hitchin #MostlyComedy via presale today. Sign up for our mailing list now for the secret booking code. www.mostlycomedy.co.uk #livecomedy #Hertfordshire
Monday the 2nd February is our next open evening at #HitchinHackpace. Why not come along and see what the hackspace is all about? From 19:30. Free tea or coffee and biccies 🫖☕🍪🙂
#make #craft #invent #learn #Hitchin #Stevenage #Letchworth #Baldock
#make #craft #invent #learn #Hitchin #Stevenage #Letchworth #Baldock
January 31, 2026 at 5:48 PM
Monday the 2nd February is our next open evening at #HitchinHackpace. Why not come along and see what the hackspace is all about? From 19:30. Free tea or coffee and biccies 🫖☕🍪🙂
#make #craft #invent #learn #Hitchin #Stevenage #Letchworth #Baldock
#make #craft #invent #learn #Hitchin #Stevenage #Letchworth #Baldock
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Repair Café Galway are looking for volunteer Mender Repairers and Event Meet and Greeters.
The Cafe is volunteer led, and which helps people repair household items, through skill sharing. If you would like to find out more about the roles, just go to https://bit.ly/gvcrepaircafe #galway #repair
The Cafe is volunteer led, and which helps people repair household items, through skill sharing. If you would like to find out more about the roles, just go to https://bit.ly/gvcrepaircafe #galway #repair
January 30, 2026 at 3:48 PM
Repair Café Galway are looking for volunteer Mender Repairers and Event Meet and Greeters.
The Cafe is volunteer led, and which helps people repair household items, through skill sharing. If you would like to find out more about the roles, just go to https://bit.ly/gvcrepaircafe #galway #repair
The Cafe is volunteer led, and which helps people repair household items, through skill sharing. If you would like to find out more about the roles, just go to https://bit.ly/gvcrepaircafe #galway #repair
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Remembering Dr. Gladys West (1930-2026), the mathematician whose complex algorithms modeling Earth's shape and satellite data became the foundation for GPS. A true "hidden figure" whose brilliance transformed how billions navigate the world.
#GladysWest #GPS #WomenInSTEM #HiddenFigures #STEM #Tech
#GladysWest #GPS #WomenInSTEM #HiddenFigures #STEM #Tech
January 27, 2026 at 4:12 AM
Remembering Dr. Gladys West (1930-2026), the mathematician whose complex algorithms modeling Earth's shape and satellite data became the foundation for GPS. A true "hidden figure" whose brilliance transformed how billions navigate the world.
#GladysWest #GPS #WomenInSTEM #HiddenFigures #STEM #Tech
#GladysWest #GPS #WomenInSTEM #HiddenFigures #STEM #Tech
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Presale for 12th March's #Hitchin #MostlyComedy with Andy Hamilton, @rachelparris.bsky.social & @davidephgrave.bsky.social kicks off to our mailing list from 10am on Saturday. General sale from Monday, 2nd Feb at 10am.
Don’t miss out. Sign up to the mailing list at www.mostlycomedy.co.uk
Don’t miss out. Sign up to the mailing list at www.mostlycomedy.co.uk
January 29, 2026 at 11:10 AM
Presale for 12th March's #Hitchin #MostlyComedy with Andy Hamilton, @rachelparris.bsky.social & @davidephgrave.bsky.social kicks off to our mailing list from 10am on Saturday. General sale from Monday, 2nd Feb at 10am.
Don’t miss out. Sign up to the mailing list at www.mostlycomedy.co.uk
Don’t miss out. Sign up to the mailing list at www.mostlycomedy.co.uk
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5rd QRFL ant workshop in London 🇬🇧
8th Rock & Robots sportsman ants in London 🇬🇧
14th Valmieras ants in Valmiera 🇱🇻
15th Czech ants in Pilsen 🇨🇿
21st Robodojo ants & beetles in York 🇬🇧
21st Combat Robotics NI 450g in Belfast 🇬🇧
5rd QRFL ant workshop in London 🇬🇧
8th Rock & Robots sportsman ants in London 🇬🇧
14th Valmieras ants in Valmiera 🇱🇻
15th Czech ants in Pilsen 🇨🇿
21st Robodojo ants & beetles in York 🇬🇧
21st Combat Robotics NI 450g in Belfast 🇬🇧
January 29, 2026 at 11:56 AM
🇪🇺🤖⚔️📅 bbb.gd/events February in European Robot Combat!
5rd QRFL ant workshop in London 🇬🇧
8th Rock & Robots sportsman ants in London 🇬🇧
14th Valmieras ants in Valmiera 🇱🇻
15th Czech ants in Pilsen 🇨🇿
21st Robodojo ants & beetles in York 🇬🇧
21st Combat Robotics NI 450g in Belfast 🇬🇧
5rd QRFL ant workshop in London 🇬🇧
8th Rock & Robots sportsman ants in London 🇬🇧
14th Valmieras ants in Valmiera 🇱🇻
15th Czech ants in Pilsen 🇨🇿
21st Robodojo ants & beetles in York 🇬🇧
21st Combat Robotics NI 450g in Belfast 🇬🇧