A working group that would identify and push tasks that get the space to a stage of maximum ‘makeability’. This is quite distinct from finishing the space, and the group would concern itself with questions like: “what’s stopping task X from happening, and what’s the best way to move it forward?”
This is intended to support the @roles and absolutely not meant as criticism of anyone’s work, but more as a way of focusing the available person power in the most effective way to get us on the road to peak making.
Thoughts?
With thanks to @jonathanjo for his impassioned intervention at the members’ meeting for the spark!
What we get now, and will likely increasingly see, is people just getting on with solo projects and either just working round the existing roadblocks or ignoring them.
Don’t know. To pull something out the hat, a robot wars battlebot.
But the key, which you neatly mentioned is to have those ignore / workarounds visible to the group, with motivation to fix them. 'Cos I don’t think that happens when it’s solo projects.
I was trying to accelerate the electronics buy purchasing benches but Joe really wants to make them which puts the whole electronics area back about two months in the queue.
If others could help build it then we might be able to zoom forward a bit.
Same for the laser cutter. I need the power hooking up and a shelf made. And extraction
I realise you aren’t asking for space making but these are things we need to make the areas useable and finished.
… in passing just wanted to say how delightful it was on Friday when various people coming and going, making jewellery, electronics, burnt wood letters and so on, while simultaneously some valiant people were giving the space some attention (on ventilation). Jonathan.
If I was part of the working party I’d almost certainly consider electronics ‘operational’. It might not be finished, but you can do it. Same with textiles, laser cutting and 3d printing.
It’s a ‘minimum viable product’ sort of thing.
Order of priority might be:
get things operational (with all the H&S that includes, though not necessarily an IoT monitoring system, as not having isn’t an impediment to using a tool)
get things finished (open to interpretation/iteration)
Well if thats the case as a soldering bench electronics has been finished for over a year, but as anything more it isn’t ready. We need to have a sort through @courty when he’s back, but also we need benches that can actually fit our gear on.
Have been helping finish construction and snagging and ‘empowering’ others them by giving them tasks…
@StudioNelle has done me a shopping list for silkscreening, @nico.dejong.nz is smashing out circulation, @jackiekeane done a great job painting, @peter_hellyer’s up for doorbelling and electro-benching, @Beth is helping with H&S, dream team
Momentum is building, really feeling excited about being able to make again soon
@pip I also celebrate the fantastic work being done.
My simple question is: ‘should work that leads to making being possible be prioritised over other work?’
And further to that is it helpful to draw more members in to making that happen?
I can look at the list of jobs being done and see that many of them don’t seem to be dependencies for making activities (ventilation, doorbell, electronics benches) yet it’s not clear what’s needed for screen printing to take place, or metal milling, for example. I’m aware that different members have different interests of course, and everyone is volunteering.
Or is it better to wait? Get the space finished, then get ready to make stuff?
I was going on the logic that if we finish the space then there’ll be no disruption later down the line and we’ll be proud and feel accomplished for having finished the space. Plus on paper they’re was only a couple things left to do for infrastructure (circulation, kitchen light) that weren’t directly making related left, the other tasks were - woodwork shop, messy space.
Once woodwork is operational them messy space will cover together really quickly because it’s tools can be used to build messy space infrastructure so I’ve been focusing on that personally
I’ve a thread going for silk screen but it’s basically waiting on long sink
Resin casting needs extraction hood, metal a metal bench (was going to ask @peter_hellyer to make one while he’s doing electro benches?), laser needs laser extraction, all in the pipeline but as you say we’re all volunteers. Slightly difficult to delegate build as we’ve got a vague plan and need people with build experience to understand vague plan, figure out solutions to gaps in plan and execute. So just been playing that one by ear… Every little helps
Yep, seems trivial to make a good metal work bench at the same time as the elextrobenchez
Edit: whilst I think about it, @pip, do you fancy sitting down at the weekend or with the power of canopy and smashing through and updating the master ‘shiz to do’ list?
Clearing the snug. Categorising stuff in to shelves. Trying to create more stuff by highlighting questionable items.
Moving items to there areas
And putting stuff in the snug that shouldn’t be in the areas. Eg some of the systems stuff etc.
I’m making some progress.
There are some boxes in there that really need looking at @systems. A lot of cables and other stuff. @unknowndomain mentioned this was in the pipe line
After Construction? Phase 2 or 3?
There is stuff the could be done now to improve things without throwing anything away.
Tidying all systems stuff into one area in snug. They are dotted all over.
Tidying cables in to boxes. They’re a mess in the snug and take up a lot of space. There are loads of keyboards. It’s a real mess. If they were tidied it would free up space and make your job easier when you come to properly looking at it. There are like 3 big boxes of network cables. I think that maybe too many. If they can at least be sorted that would be very helpful.
@stefanoromano did a great job tidying the electronics benches and shelves the other day. It made some real progress towards getting making aveivable by condensing the clutter. That’s the example I think we should be following now
