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Tog Hackerspace
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Tog Hackerspace is a volunteer-driven community space based in Dublin, Ireland, where people from all backgrounds come together to share knowledge, work on projects, and explore technology and creativity.

Come hack, craft, code, and create with us!
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Soldering workshop is booked out — cheers! 🔥
Still time to book Learn to Wire a Plug for Engineers Week (Tue 3 March, 7:00–8:30pm):
www.tog.ie/2026/02/lear...

#EngineersWeek
Participants in a practical plug-wiring class working in small groups, with extension lead cases, plugs, wire cutters and instructions on the tables.
February 18, 2026 at 6:57 PM
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Plant All The Things 🌱
Free seed + plant swap at TOG this Sat 21 Feb, 3–7pm. Bring seeds/cuttings/plants (or just yourself). We’ll have pots + compost and we’ll be planting a pile of seeds on the day.
www.tog.ie/2026/02/plan...
Table at TOG Hackerspace covered with seed packets, plant labels, cups of soil seedlings, and gardening supplies prepared for a seed and plant swap event.
February 18, 2026 at 2:25 PM
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A lovely bit of Monday-night tinkering at TOG: resurrecting a ~25-year-old Canon camcorder by grafting in 2×18650 cells after the original battery gave up.
720×576 video — not far off “standard VGA”, and plenty of retro charm. 🔧🔋📼
#TOGHackerspace #Electronics #Repair
Two pink 18650 battery cells taped together on a workbench, connected by wires and crocodile clips to a small USB power/charging circuit board. Hand tools and cables are visible in the background. Close-up of an older Canon camcorder on a workbench with the flip-out screen open. The camcorder casing is partially open, showing internal parts, with tools and cables visible around it.”
February 18, 2026 at 11:26 AM
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We’re calling into IRTS News tonight from TOG Hackerspace. 📻
5 SWLs listening in — including a few hearing amateur radio live for the first time.

Thanks EI7IRB for the setup help and mentoring. 🙌
On air as EI0TOG 📡
#IRTS #EI0TOG #SWL #AmateurRadio #TOGHackerspace
“Close-up of a Yaesu FT-897 HF/VHF/UHF all-mode transceiver on a desk with an external SWR/power meter sitting on top.” Group photo inside a workshop space: six people seated and standing, smiling and waving at the camera in a dimly lit room
February 17, 2026 at 9:23 PM
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We’re out in the wild this weekend 🛠️📻
Sat: Eat the Streets (Ballyfermot)
Sun: Coolmine Radio Rally (Phoenix ARC)
Drop by + say hi!
www.tog.ie/2026/02/eat-...

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People gathered around a table at TOG Hackerspace doing a practical plug-wiring session, with tools on the table and a safety wiring slide projected on the wall
February 13, 2026 at 2:49 PM
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New for Repair Café in a Box: we’ve added a range of power tools to the free-to-borrow kit 🔧
Helping community Repair Cafés fix more items and cut waste.

More info: www.tog.ie/2026/02/new-...

#RepairCafe #RightToRepair #CircularEconomy
Stacked black DeWalt tool cases with several boxed DeWalt power tools on top, photographed on a workshop floor with storage shelves in the background.
February 12, 2026 at 4:45 PM
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Radio rally season is back! 📻
Phoenix ARC “Coolmine” Rally is on again — and we’ll be there as TOG (EI0TOG). If you like electronics, making, fixing, or just browsing interesting kit, you’ll fit right in.

Details + photos:
www.tog.ie/2026/02/tog-...
A busy indoor hall at a radio rally, with people browsing tables of radio and electronics gear. In the centre, a person in an orange hoodie gives two thumbs up in front of a TOG/Dublin Hackerspace table covered with a branded cloth and small electronics items.
February 11, 2026 at 12:38 PM
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TOG is taking part in Eat the Streets in Ballyfermot! 🌱🍲
We’ll be running a Learn to Wire a Plug workshop (with Jeffrey Roe) alongside a brilliant line-up of cooking demos, workshops, stalls, and family fun.

All the details: www.tog.ie/2026/02/eat-...

#EatTheStreetsFestival #Ballyfermot
Neon-style illustration of two faces made from colourful fruit and vegetables on a black background.
February 10, 2026 at 10:56 AM
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Engineers Week @ TOG 🔥 Soldering Workshop – build a kit on the night
Thu 5 March, 7:00–8:30pm. Beginner-friendly, all materials included. Choose 1 of 5 kits and take it home.
www.tog.ie/2026/02/sold...

#EngineersWeek
People seated around tables at TOG Hackerspace, concentrating on soldering electronics kits with helping hands, soldering irons and components spread out.
February 9, 2026 at 4:32 PM
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The Salvage Squad TV crew dropped into our TOG Repair Café with a lamp that needed attention. With Shane on the case and the rest of the fixers mucking in, it was repaired and headed home looking class
Catch up on Virgin Media One Player: www.virginmediatelevision.ie/player/show/...
#TheSalvageSquad
Promotional image for The Salvage Squad on Virgin Media Television showing three presenters smiling in a workshop or antiques setting, with vintage furniture and a framed painting in the background. The Salvage Squad logo is in the top left and the Virgin Media Television logo is in the top right.
February 9, 2026 at 1:49 PM
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🌱 Plant All The Things @ TOG Hackerspace
Free seed + plant swap — Sat 21 Feb, 3–7pm. Bring surplus seeds/seedlings/cuttings, swap for something new. Pots + compost ready, kettle on ☕🍪
From 7pm: Open Social (pizza + chat + craic).
www.tog.ie/2026/02/plan...
Close-up of overlapping vegetable seed packets, including sunflower, peas, courgette, tomatoes, and watermelon.
February 5, 2026 at 6:27 PM
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📚 Our February Sci-Fi Book Club read is
The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin ❄️

A thoughtful, award-winning classic exploring identity, politics, and understanding across cultures.

📅 Tuesday 24 Feb, 7:30pm
📍 TOG Hackerspace, Dublin

New readers always welcome ☕📖
Vintage book cover of The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin, featuring two shadowed faces at the bottom against an abstract, mosaic-like cosmic background of circular patterns and icy tones. The title and author’s name appear at the top.
February 5, 2026 at 9:27 AM
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This kettle couldn’t be repaired at TOG open night: dead short across the heating element, and the element is bonded into the kettle so it’s not replaceable. Off to recycling. ♻️
#RightToRepair #Repair #Reuse #TOGHackerspace
Close-up of the inside of a kettle base showing the heating element assembly and wiring; a multimeter probe points at the bonded element connections that are shorted. Person seated at a workbench testing a disassembled electric kettle with a digital multimeter during a TOG Hackerspace repair session.
February 4, 2026 at 2:06 PM
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Learn to Wire a Plug (Engineers Week edition) at TOG Hackerspace 🔌
Tue 3rd March, 7:00–8:30pm. €25 + fee.
Wire a 13A plug, build a 4-gang extension lead, PAT testing on the night.

www.tog.ie/2026/02/lear...

#EngineersWeek
Four-gang extension socket, a loose length of white flex, and a UK/Irish 13A plug top laid out on a green cutting mat.
February 4, 2026 at 8:40 AM
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Workshop vibes at TOG last night - a member getting their car ready for the NCT. Bonnet up, tools out, problems solved. 🚗🔧

#Makerspace #Repair #RightToRepair #NCT
Member sitting in the driver’s seat of a dark hatchback inside a workshop, with the driver door open and the bonnet raised to show the engine bay. The rear hatch is also open. Tools, shelves, and workshop equipment are visible in the background.
February 3, 2026 at 5:15 PM
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Our first Prusa (2018!) is still earning its keep. The Mk3 got a proper member-led overhaul and it’s back printing lovely parts again — slower than the newer machines, sure, but we still love it.

Red Benchy today using filament from RS. 🚤
Close-up of a small red 3D-printed Benchy boat on a tabletop, showing the cabin and deck details. Original Prusa i3 Mk3 3D printer on a workbench with a red filament spool mounted on top; the filament feeds into the extruder above the print bed.
January 27, 2026 at 10:49 AM
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TOG is now a member of the VULCA Network 🎉
A European makerspace community for collaboration + shared learning.

Read more: www.tog.ie/2026/01/tog-...

#TOGHackerspace #VULCA #Makerspace
VULCA logo with five yellow stars above a green stylised tent shape and the word “VULCA” on a black background.
January 27, 2026 at 7:15 AM
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We will be celebrating their 17th birthday! Swing by in the evening for homemade pizza from our homemade oven: www.tog.ie/2026/01/tog-...
Before that, we're hosting a #finishathon, for finishing those projects you started but somehow haven't brought all the way to the end
www.tog.ie/2026/01/a-da...
TOG Turns 17: Birthday Open Social, Pizza, Cake, and a Bit of Craic – Tog Hackerspace
www.tog.ie
January 24, 2026 at 12:02 PM
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Some repairs do not happen in a timely manner 😅
Alarm clock from 1993, a few broken buttons, and it will take a couple of sessions to get to the bottom of it. We will keep at it though, it is a member’s favourite clock. 🔧⏰
#RightToRepair #ElectronicsRepair #Repair
Close-up of a disassembled digital alarm clock. Two gloved hands hold the red LED display module showing “12:00”, with wires and internal parts visible behind it. Open alarm clock on a workbench with the circuit board folded out and connected by wires. A multimeter, solder spool, soldering iron, and other tools sit nearby. Wider view of the alarm clock taken apart into two plastic halves with speaker and circuit board exposed. Tools, solder, and a cable are scattered on the work surface.
January 20, 2026 at 6:34 PM
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Andy getting on the air for the first time last night 📻
Amateur radio is a brilliant hobby, loads to learn and the community is sound.
Big thanks to South Dublin Radio for hosting the 2m net and being so welcoming.
#HamRadio #AmateurRadio #TOGHackerspace #2m @irts.bsky.social
Man sitting side-on speaking into a handheld radio microphone, with a ham radio transceiver and meter on a small counter beside him under a bright magnifying lamp; another person is partly visible in the foreground.
January 20, 2026 at 3:53 PM
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Thanks to Limerick Clare Amateur Radio Club for hosting IRTS AGM Weekend 18th-19th April at Traceys Oakwood Hotel. Full events ahead—stay tuned for accommodation & booking details!
January 18, 2026 at 5:34 PM
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📚 One week to go — get reading!
Our #SciFi Book Club meets soon to talk about
Frank Herbert’s The White Plague 🌫️📖

📅 Tuesday, 27 Jan, 7:30pm
📍 Tog Hackerspace, Dublin
👉 www.meetup.com/tog-dublin-h...

Everyone welcome — finished or not! ☕✨
“Promotional graphic for Tog Science Fiction Bookclub featuring the book The White Plague by Frank Herbert. The image shows a green rural landscape with the book title overlaid and a DNA helix graphic. Text on the poster reads ‘Tog Science Fiction Bookclub’, ‘Jan 27, 7:30 PM’, ‘By Tog Hackerspace’, and ‘Tog Hackerspace Unit 1B Motor City, Kylemore…’, with an ‘Attend on Meetup’ logo at the bottom, all on a pink and orange illustrated background.”
January 20, 2026 at 3:45 PM
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Back on air 📻🔧 We fixed a broken encoder on a Yaesu FT-857 and got the rig spinning smoothly again. Full teardown + repair write-up: www.tog.ie/2026/01/back...

#HamRadio #Repair #Electronics #RightToRepair
Yaesu FT-857 front panel on a wooden bench with the large tuning knob removed; a spare Bourns rotary encoder pack sits to the right. Close-up of the FT-857 front-panel PCB showing the metal rotary encoder housing with the centre shaft missing/damaged, and solder pads along the bottom edge.
January 18, 2026 at 9:25 AM
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New at TOG: Watch Night 🎥🔧

Every two weeks on a Monday we’ll watch Tim Hunkin’s The Secret Life of Components together, then do a relaxed Q&A after.

First session: Monday 26 January (Episode 1: Chain)
Free and open to all

www.tog.ie/2026/01/tog-...
Close-up photo of assorted through-hole electronic components on a workbench, including several black electrolytic capacitors with long leads, yellow ceramic capacitors, and blue trimmer potentiometers, scattered in a small pile with a shallow depth of field.
January 16, 2026 at 12:39 PM
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Check out this Mk. XIVA computer that turned up at our Open Tuesday night. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_XI...
January 13, 2026 at 9:14 PM