Artifactory Projects
Ongoing or Planned
General
Project Name | Description | Participants | Status |
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Sound Baffle | Acoustic absorption panel for studio, home or office | skot | Workshop |
Gantry Crane | Gantry crane bot moves stuff. Using three winches control by Arduinos running Brett's code housed in laser cut acrylic | bdowning atrophy jmuirhead davo | Under construction |
Gig Box | A road case containing essential promotion items and repair kit for shows and events | daniel and others | gathering |
Self Promotion | A road case containing demonstration and (at cost) sale items for markets and booths to promote the space | davo | also gathering |
airengine | Engine that runs on compressed air | davo | Design and prototyping |
woodcomputer | Binary calculations with wood and marbles | davo | Design and prototyping, v7 |
TheSwitch | For your Igor to throw | bdowning skot jmuirhead | Under construction |
The Stratosphere Experiment | Pictures from space | jmuirhead | Under construction |
RotoBot CNC Mill | 4-Axis CNC Milling Machine | atrophy | Under Construction |
Steadicam | Steadicam, mk1 made from Al, to allow for the use of video cameras with less shakes | jmuirhead | Under construction |
Bliptronic Arduinome | Combining a cheap 8×8 LED/button matrix with an Arduino, to create a Input/Output Monome-style interface. | sam | Almost there! |
Cyber KatzenKlavier | 21st century take on an 18th Century idea to use Kittens in a Klavier | skot | Planning |
Analog Synthesizers | First of several in progress analog audio synthesizers is a PaIA Fatman | dave | In Progress |
Steampunk Router | Steampunk wifi internet router! | lordmortis | In Planning |
The Gadget | An all around handy-dandy gizmo for all your mad science needs! | atrophy bdowning | In development |
Race Car Simulator / Motion Simulator | A moving cockpit that moves around to simulate g forces and gravity | drifta303 | Planning |
Kit-O-Tron | A system of dispenser modules for kit components, both electronic and mechanical | atrophy bdowning zignig | Planning |
Giant exoskeleton | Strap on limbs to become a giant robot! | caspian | Arm usable but clumsy |
Car Adapters For Devices | Mount your iPad/Galaxy Tab/iPhone etc. In your car | lordmortis | Beta Produced! |
Electric Car | Electric Car | lordmortis | Hand Waving! |
ArtiDisco | Artifactory “Club” lighting system | lordmortis | Hand Waving! |
MAME Arcade Cabinet | A future version of retro gaming | factotum | Under construction |
Compact Amplifier | Mini, compact and powerful amplifier | elena Gregor the Brave | PCB printed, adding components and testing / hardware |
Networked Number Display | Repurposing an old 9 digit, 7 segement display to be a generic networkable number display! | bdowning lordmortis | In Production |
New Networked Number Display | Building a replacement, smarter multisegment display | cheshire lordmortis | Planning |
Genetic Infantry Dog Tags | 3D Printed “BioChip” Dog Tags as seen in 2000AD's Rogue Trooper. 3D Printed models in OpenSCAD designed to be stuck to random items | cheshire | Modeling stage |
MDF Stag Head | A Laser cut wall ornament made of MDF | Jason Kongchouy | design |
Airbus A320 cockpit | A full-size working replica Airbus A320 cockpit | Hypnorm | design |
Mini Projects
Project Name | Description | Participants | Status |
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Art
Project Name | Description | Participants | Status |
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Polyplasmic Arcophone | Musical spark gap instrument. | bdowning atrophy jmuirhead skot | Version 2! |
Mechanically Advantageous Cyclical Abomination for De-shelling Acquired Macadamia with Inappropriate Abruptness | A 4-person pedal-powered macadamia nut-processing vehicle | jenna with SPATULA | Evolving |
Decorative Panels | Spray paint artists visiting during events put to good use | skot AudioVault | Ongoing |
Space Infrastructure
Project Name | Description | Participants | Status |
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Son of Swarf-o-Mat (Small CNC Router) | Son of Swarf-o-mat - a computer controlled engraver / router | skot | Under Construction |
Sand Casting / Forge / Oil Burner | Plans to build a waste oil powered forge to melt aluminium and pour sand casts | factotum | Under construction |
Filament Extruder | The purpose of this project is to build an extruder capable of producing filament usable in RepRap-type 3D printers from the raw granular form easily available from manufacturers | letsburn00 atrophy | Arm Waving |
Concrete Benchtops | Some modern surfaces | factotum | First test pours complete |
Space/Club Management System | All in one Club / Organization / Hackerspace management system | lordmortis | Specification |
Illuminated Street Signage | LED illuminated, solar powered street sign as current signage is invisible in the dark | cheshire | Blueprints |
Council Notification | Large, “boring” signage for our rezoning | cheshire | Design |
Courtyard Garden and Timer | Garden beds with vegetables, decoratives and maybe some citrus | factotum | Growing |
Open Door Controller | The apparatus that lets you in to the building! | bdowning atrophy southen | Functional Prototype (Mission Critical) |
airline | Air hose around the space providing compressed air output across the space | angus | Phase One complete |
VendingMachine | Snacktastic 24/7 supply of components and nibbles | elwell mitch | Onsite and Broken |
Member kiosk | Self-Service status kiosk | elwell | Drawing Board |
Space Status Panel | Enhanced doorbot | elwell | Drawing Board |
Laser Cutter Hour Meter Interface | Laser Cutter Hour Meter interface | steve | Prototype |
Open Label Maker | Label Printer with a web interface, for the quick and easy creation of professional looking labels. | vincent | Budget Approval |
Electronic Kits
Project Name | Description | Participants | Status |
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Reticulation Timer Kit | Open Hardware & Software advanced reticulation timer and monitoring system kit. | bdowning atrophy | Planning |
WS2811-SPI converter | A tiny speck of analogue trickery to drive the WS2811 LED drivers from SPI. | bdowning | Local Beta |
Basic Arduino Starter Kit | Chinese Arduino clone and assorted basic electronics components (and some fruit!) aimed at beginners attending Arduino U. Includes eboxen | Doug B | December 2014 |
Basic Arduino Starter Kit V2.0 | Chinese Arduino clone, hobby servo, “ping” module and assorted basic electronics components aimed at beginners attending Arduino U. | Doug B | Nearly ready |
Completed
General
Project Name | Description | Participants | Status |
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Hoverboard | Bright pink hover platform for the amusement of children (aged 5-500) | timbo Doug | |
Penguin Bookcase | Penguin themed bookcase for Antarctic books | skot | |
Jacob's Ladder | Bzzzzt high voltage sparks | bdowning skot | |
Luakit | WebKit-GTK based micro-browser framework configured by Lua. | mason.larobina | Working & Successful! |
RepRap | Replicating Rapid Prototyper, Fused Filament Deposition 3D Printer | letsburn00 atrophy Others | Built |
Ebike | Converting a Suzuki GN250 to electrical motive power | cas | Built |
Mini Projects
Project Name | Description | Participants | Status |
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Frabjous Sculpture | sculpture made from 30 identical perspex pieces on the laser cutter. | davo | complete |
Gearbug_v1 | planetary gear sample assembled from parts cut on the laser cutter. | davo | complete |
marblemachine | like a mini Rube Goldberg device, from a Thingiverse plan | davo | complete |
flatpackdice | easy distribute d6 packaged in a flat pack | davo | complete |
birdcage | easy distribute flat pack bird cage | davo | complete |
Art
Project Name | Description | Participants | Status |
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Sonic Bollard | A theremin-bollard for the City | skot, Meg, Tim | February 2015 |
Barnstorming Mobile | Barnstorming prop-plane for wingtop tethered tennis, now hanging from roof of space | skot | August 2011 |
Steam Ostrich | A pseudo-steam-powered Ostrich Vehicle | skot | Completed July 2011 |
The Mole | A Steampunk Tunnelling Machine prop the size of a small bus | skot | April 2012 |
Giant Robot | Our Techno-Tiki Overlord | jenna and Others | Built |
Space Infrastructure
Project Name | Description | Participants | Status |
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Signage | Outdoor signage to mark the doorway | factotum bdowning atrophy zignig | |
Swarf-o-Mat (CNC Router) | Computer controlled milling of wood / metal / plastic | skot | Nov 2009 |
MïllDřéd (CNC Mill) | Computer-controlled milling of metal | skot atrophy Others | |
Bar d'Factory | The Artifactory Bar and Social Space | factotum | May 2011 |
Electronic Kits
Project Name | Description | Participants | Status |
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Coil Driver Kit | A kit designed to drive an automotive ignition coil for the purposes of playing music with a spark gap. | bdowning atrophy skot |