[ELECTRON] The Electron Club's Fifth Birthday.

[Philip Cunningham]

Greenock had a hackerspace well before then. Welding kit, drill presses etc. My dad said people mostly just went along for the social aspect. I'll find the exact name and let you know.

Best,

Philip Cunningham
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--- On Sun, 26/6/11, Clive Mitchell <bigclive1 at gmail.com> wrote:

> From: Clive Mitchell <bigclive1 at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [ELECTRON] The Electron Club's Fifth Birthday.
> To: "Discussion list for the Electron Club" <members at electronclub.org>
> Date: Sunday, 26 June, 2011, 21:06
> On 26 June 2011 12:34, Andrew Back
> <andy at smokebelch.org>
> wrote:
> > PS. Glasgow may well boast having had the UK's first
> hackerspace (if you
> > don't count Access Space in Sheffield) back in 2004.
> With thanks to, IIRC
> > Kenny Duffus and other ScotLUG folks, who helped get
> this off the ground.
> >
> 
> Electronics clubs have been around all over the world since
> the 70's
> or before.  A modern hackerspace should really boast
> some modern
> CAD-CAM manufacturing equipment.
> 
> I was recently informed that Glasgow did actually once have
> a public
> communal workshop facility full of machine tools and
> woodworking
> equipment, but it was shut due to fears of litigation over
> safety.
> Apparently the machines were disposed of and the place
> converted into
> council storage.  Yet another example of the legal
> industries
> "litigation for profit" causing damage to society.
> 
> -- 
> Clive Mitchell
> 
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