Edinburgh Hacklab

The purposes of the Hacklab are:

• To promote and encourage technical, scientific and artistic skills, as well as innovation through individual projects, collaboration and education;
• To provide open events to allow the wider community to meet and socialise together;
• To promote and support the use and development of free and open technologies, standards, ideas, hardware and software for the benefit of all;
• To provide a shared physical workspace, tools, storage and other resources for its members;
• To work with other bodies with similar or complementary objectives.

Members may access the Members Area for meeting minutes and accounts.

• People - Meet the gang, add yourself!
• Groups - See the Interest Groups and join in
• Edinburgh Hacklab Yacht Club (EHYC)

• Guide for new members
• Rubbish Recycling
• Expected behaviour in the lab
• Anti-harrassment policy
• Heating
• Hacklab Website
• Safety Topics:
  • Fire Safety
  • Using rechargeable batteries
  • COVID-19 Visitor Information

• Radio corner
• A/V
• Lighting
• Hackbank
• Library
• Projector

• Kitchen Group
• Dishwasher
• Drinks fridge: Price and caffeination guide

• Laser Cutter
• Laser Cutter #2
• Laser cutting tips and tricks
• Laser materials price list

See the Laser Cutting Interest Group

• Ultimaker 2 (see also 3D Printers)
• Prusa MK4 (see also 3D Printers)
• Voron 2.4 r2 (see also 3D Printers)
• 3D Scanner
• Plastic recycling (Filament Shredder) currently out of commission

See the 3D Printing Interest Group

• Emco Compact 5 Lathe
• Pillar Drill
• Startrite Bandsaw
• Router (and table)
• PCB etching equipment
• Air compressor
• Rexon bench grinder
• Clarke Metalworker CMD10 mill

• Denford Novaturn Lathe
• Denford Novamill
• Unimatic CNC Router

• Colchester Bantam Mk1 Lathe
• TIG Welder

• Soldering
  • Aoyue Soldering Station
  • TENMA_soldering_station
  • Infrared IC Heater
• Scopes
  • Rigol DS1102D Oscilloscope
• Power Supplies
  • Lab Power Supply
• Test Equipment
  • Seaward PrimeTest 100 PAT tester
• FPGA Development Boards

See Electronics Interest Group

• Juki DLN-415-2 Industrial Sewing Machine
• Brother Domestic Sewing Machine BROKEN
• Another Singer sewing machine (on loan)
• Knitting Machine
• Dye sub printer + Heat press

• Industrial Robot Arm

• IT
• Projector
• Printer
• IRC Terminal
• MQTT message bus (instrumentation)
• Audio alerts (squawk)
• Servers
  • Hacklab Servers
  • Server Hosting
  • Network Tidy-up 2017
• Door Access Controllers
• Tool Access Controllers
• BBC/Acorn Computers

See the Network Interest Group

• Amateur Radio - Amateur radio & the Hacklab
• Radio Interest Group

• Rail Data Marketplace

Projects

• Costa's crazy LASER CUTTER project
• LoraWAN/Things Network
• BlinkenLights
• BT Payphone
• Software Projects...
• USB temperature sensor
• Kinect 3D scanning
• Software Defined Radio
• Monorail
• dorkbot ALBA
• dorkbot ALBA: WaldFlöte
• Hacklab Waterfall
• DIY Book Scanner
• Oberheim Matrix 1000
• Pledge to get the addressable RGB lights for G1
• Pledge for Vacuum Pump
• Pledge for large LiPo Battery pack
• NFC-enabled Tool Lockers

• Tinfoil Hat Party
• Science Festival Fringe
• Raft Race
• EMF Camp 2014
• EMF Camp 2016
• EMF Camp 2018
• EMF Camp 2020
• EMF Camp 2022
• EMF Camp 2024

• Suppliers - Where to buy stuff
• Clutter, Loaned Equipment and the start of an asset database
• Workshops
• Swap Shop

• Donate something that we need...
• To-Do (How can I help?)

More information about Edinburgh Hacklab is available on our main website. Members may access the Members Area.