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Letters

REGULAR

MAKING REVISITED

Lucy Rogers’ column in HackSpace issue

1 really struck a chord with me. When

I was a kid I used to love taking things

to bits and putting them back together.

Sometimes they worked just the same as

they did before; sometimes they worked

better, and sometimes they didn’t work

at all, usually because I’d forgotten to put

a screw back in somewhere.

Being a reader, as well as a maker, I

was steered away from practical things

towards ‘proper’ subjects. After a long,

dull, safe career I’m now making things

again, and extremely happy about it too.

I think there used to be a stigma about

working with your hands that hopefully

kids today won’t suffer from.

Becky

Minnesota

Letters

WHERE’S YOUR TOOLS?

Thanks to Stuart and the rest of the

members from fizzPOP, I’ve got a

serious case of gear envy. I’m planning

launching a maker space in my little

corner of Ireland and the hardest

thing, apart from finding the space

itself, is getting hold of tools that aren’t

broken. Actually no – it’s fixing all the

broken tools that local businesses have

donated. Keep up the good work, and

maybe one day you’ll be writing about

my as-yet-unnamed maker space.

David

Above (^) Ireland
You can get back in to
making at any time in your
career. It can even become
your new career – just
ask Paul Parry of Bad
Dog Designs
Above
We’ve learned today that if you’re stuck for
equipment, your local police force may have
some lying around that they can donate to you
ATTENTION
ALL MAKERS!
If you have something you’d
like to get off your chest (or
even throw a word of praise
in our direction) let us know at
hsmag.cc/hello
To anyone else out
there who misses
putting things
together, there’s
nothing holding
you back. Your local
hackspace will welcome
you with open arms,
and the internet is full of
cheap, quick, accessible
projects to build. As, we
hope, are the pages of
HackSpace magazine. Let
us know if you agree!