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<big><big>'''rLAB – Reading’s Hackspace / Makerspace
<blockquote>For makers, menders, re-purposers, creators, sharers and teachers. Come join our group workshop with amazing equipment and members to match.</blockquote>'''</big></big>
▲[[File:Mainbuilding.JPG|thumb|400px|The rLab Hackspace]]
== About rLab ==
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* [https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08l581p '''The Repair Shop'''] - Fixing things and avoiding waste is very much a part of our ethos, but we do not provide a repair service to the public outside of [[Events/repaircafe|repair cafe events]]. People wanting to repair stuff are very welcome to become members and get full access to all our facilities. If you join up, we'll help '''you''' fix it, but we won't fix it for you.
* '''A youth training or childcare center''' - Members are welcome to [[Policy/visitorsandchildren|bring one child or guest]] with them, but only legal adults over 18 years old can be members or take part in most activities at rLab. This is for insurance, data protection, and safeguarding reasons.
* '''A campsite''' - Members are welcome to take a kip in their car if it is necessary for health and safety, but pitching up your tent or motor home, and use of the space exclusively for habitation is strictly prohibited.
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=== How to find us ===
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We're located at Unit C1 on the Weldale Street industrial estate, the full address is
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* In Person - rLab is based at an industrial unit on Weldale Street in Reading, the full address is [https://www.google.co.uk/maps/place/rLab+-+Reading's+Hackspace/@51.457786,-0.9797709,18.75z/data=!4m13!1m7!3m6!1s0x48769b1065625da5:0xe1fad72d3d397c71!2sReading+RG1+7BX!3b1!8m2!3d51.4577547!4d-0.979558!3m4!1s0x48769b106d5205b5:0xfdaee590aa6d6754!8m2!3d51.4576838!4d-0.9799752 rLab – Unit C1], Weldale Street, READING, RG1 7BX, and you're very welcome to come along on a Wednesday open evening and speak to us
*eMail - The rLab directors can be emailed at [mailto:hello@rlab.org.uk Hello@rlab.org.uk] and our main [
*Twitter - Our Twitter feed is [https://twitter.com/rdghack here]
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Come along on a Wednesday open evening! We have open evenings every Wednesday from 7pm until 10:00pm so please feel free to come on down to the Hackspace and have a look around, we have tours running frequently throughout the evening, and whether you want to sign up or not you'll always be welcome to come see our facilities and discuss your interests with our members, tea and coffee are usually available. If you do want to sign up on the night then the last sign-up tour normally starts around 9pm, just make your intent known to any of members and they'll put you in touch with the right person. You can chat with some of the current members, see what we're working on, and take a look at the facilities we have available. We'll normally have at least 2 or 3 of our more experienced members around who can show you how our facilities and knowledge can help with your projects. If you feel you might like to sign up then please remember to bring photo-ID with you as it's required to complete the sign-up process.
If you're not able to make it to Wednesday evenings then you can [https://www.cognitoforms.com/ReadingMakerspaceLimited/RLABReadingMakerspaceTourAndSignup fill in the form] on our website and we'll try to get back to you to arrange another time, but be aware there might be a substantial wait-time involved with that. Alternatively you can join our [
If you decide to join up then you'll be able to get your [[Hackspaceinduction|Hackspace induction]], get signed up on our membership database, and be issued with a access card for the building. You may also want to sign up to our [
=== Information for new members ===
==== Management ====
We are light on governance and have a level structure. There are no committees, no officers, and fundamentally no member is any more important than any other. Four of our members are directors of a limited company - [https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/07628386 Reading Makerspace Ltd] [[Media:Reading Maker Space Limited M&A.pdf|Articles of Association]] - that has been set up solely to provide us with sufficient legal identity to pay the rates, energy bills (which you can imagine are quite large), and buy things such as insurance. Our current directors are
==== Getting your Hackspace Induction ====
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* [[policy/store|Keeping stuff at the space]]
* [[policy/commercial|Commercial use of the space]]
* [[policy/parkinghabitation|Parking and habitation]]
* [[policy/safeguarding|Safeguarding]]
* [[policy/visitorsandchildren|Bringing Visitors and Children into the space]]
* [[policy/GDPR|Data (GDPR) Statement]]
* [[policy/Money|Information on making payments to/from rLab]]
* [[policy/FrameworkDocument|Framework document - defines relationship between the hackspace and RMS Ltd.]]
* [[policy/Directors|Directors' responsibilities and what to do if you want to become one]]
* [[policy/Spending|Spending approval limits and process]]
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| [[tools/hv128|HV-128 Horizontal Bandsaw]] || [[tools/wg250|Record WG-250 Water stone]] || [[tools/polishingwheel|8" Polishing/Buffing Wheel]]
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| [[tools/inspectionmicroscope|Tool inspection microscope]] || [[tools/25kW Induction Forge|25kW Induction Forge]] ||
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File:newlogo.png|The new rLab Logo in bitmap format
File:
File:oldlogo.svg|Old rLab logo, please use the new one instead where possible
File:minilogo.svg|Small rLab logo for use where space is at a premium
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! For 3D design and CAD/CAM work !! For 3D Printing !! For 2D Design and laser / vinyl cutting !! Video Production !! Electronics and coding
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* [https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/products/davinciresolve/ Davinci Resolve]
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* [https://www.kicad.org/ Kicad]
* [https://code.visualstudio.com/ VSCode]
* [https://www.arduino.cc/en/software Arduino IDE]
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==== Mailing list and Wiki and other online accounts====
Most of the discussion between rLab members that isn't in-person takes place on our discord server, you will get an invite to this as part of joining. We also have a [https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/reading-hackspace google groups] mailing list that is open to members and non-members.
Most of the discussion between rLab members that isn't in-person takes place on our [https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/reading-hackspace google groups] mailing list. You don't have to have to join the group when you join rLab, and indeed quite a few of our members either only read the mailing list occasionally or not at all, but if you're not on the group you may find it quite hard to get your voice heard when we're discussing things important to rLab like the direction that the group takes or how we spend money. If you'd like to join the mailing list without having a google account then you can just send a [mailto:reading-hackspace+subscribe@googlegroups.com message to subscribe] or follow the instructions [https://webapps.stackexchange.com/questions/15393/how-to-subscribe-by-email-to-a-google-groups-mailing-list-with-daily-digest-opti here] should help you.▼
You don't have to have to join the discord or the email group when you join rLab, and indeed quite a few of our members either only read these occasionally or not at all, but if you're not on the these you may find it quite hard to get your voice heard when we're discussing things important to rLab like the direction that the group takes or how we spend money.
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We can also be reached via our [https://en-gb.facebook.com/readinghackspace/ facebook] and [https://twitter.com/rdghack twitter] pages and you can keep up with what's been done at the lab recently via our [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBgxPv4q0E6zrwb6Wo1OKuA YouTube] channel.
We also have this [[About this wiki|wiki]] of course! If you'd like [[Editing the Wiki|an account]] on this wiki then
To find out who to contact if you have queries about digital services, check the [[contactlist|contact list]] for online assets
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