This is a post by Paul Williams.Posted Monday, April 20, 2026 I’ve been using NixOS for my day job for a good while now … I already mentioned that in a Previous Post, including posting my config for others to play around with and hopefully
This is a post by Paul Williams.Posted Sunday, March 8, 2026 I’ve been using NixOS for my day job for a good while now … I think I first started using it when one of the other hackspace members mentioned it - shout out to chris and I though…
John Dips his toes into the world of hardware hacking with the CovertSwarm Defcon badge - Part One This is a post by John Williams.Posted Tuesday, December 31, 2024 I have always loved puzzles since I was little, from my first jigsaw to the…
Building a control box for WS2812Bs This is a post by Andrew K.Posted Wednesday, October 2, 2024 I wanted to build a control box for 2 LED strips of WS2812s. This is for a display in a bedroom, but I also wanted it to be controllable from m…
Building a solution to make them flash! This is a post by Andrew K.Posted Wednesday, August 21, 2024 I wanted to understand how to make WS2812 LEDs work but also within the Hackspace I found some PICs. I had used something similar many year…
This is a post by Kian Ryan.Posted Monday, June 24, 2024 Alongside the opening of Leigh Spinners Mill, Leigh Hackspace has launched our Summer Of Making programme of events open to members and non-members from July to September. We’re offer…
This is a post by Kian Ryan.Posted Sunday, June 23, 2024 This one started out as an idea. Dan Hardiker from Devoxx UK contacted me with an idea: “We want to make a bunch of games with our sponsors, and play them on a bunch of small arcade c…
Making Simple Robots That Anyone Can Build (Pt. 2) This is a post by Paul Williams.Posted Monday, March 18, 2024 So, we’ll continue from where we left on last a little while ago with our bot building blog posts. We’d got to the MK IV if mem…
Making Simple Robots That Anyone Can Build (Pt. 1) This is a post by Paul Williams.Posted Monday, January 1, 2024 We’ll start at the beginning, after all, it is the very best place to start! The inspiration for the robots came from wanting
Andrew shares his journey in replacing a failed disk in a Powerbook G4 This is a post by Andrew Williams.Posted Sunday, November 5, 2023Originally posted at https://nikdoof.com/posts/2023/powerbook-g4-disk-replacement/ In October 2003, I ma…
The first meetings of Leigh Hackspace took place in late 2014 at Cadence Cafe, Tyldesley, following the creation of a Facebook Group ‘Leigh Virtual Hackspace’. After two such ‘hacking’ meetings, the founders were offered the temporary share…
Leigh Hackspace is a community built on respect, collaboration, and mutual understanding. We believe that everyone has the right to work in a positive and supportive environment. In the event of a dispute, we encourage open dialogue and pea…