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    warzan
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    So here is a thread to discuss the idea of a Global Network of Hobby Sheds, watch the start of this episode for the run down https://www.beastsofwar.com/featured/heavy-metal-game-thorsome-viking-miniatures-ottweekender/

    At this stage we are just interested to see if it might be something useful and get ideas and feedback

    #1653075

    spea6712
    15982xp
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    Definitely interested. I have shed and would be open to visitors can’t  say I could teach much but I am trying with my little one.

    #1653079

    kiranamida
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    Don’t have much in the way of space but I am interested in chances to collaborate with like minds.

    I would definitely be interested in keeping up with this and getting involved. What I lack in experience I can give in my time if able.

    Edit: Should probably point out that I am in the Newcastle upon Tyne/Northumberland region.

    #1653102

    blinky465
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    I love the idea of a virtual get-together once a week (Monday evenings work for me!) where we can kick back and just hobby together in our sheds (hey, surely if someone wanted to join in from their kitchen table, it could be a virtual shed for the evening?).

    I was involved with setting up the BuildBrighton “hackspace” over ten years ago, and we went from a once-a-week show-and-tell at a hired room once a week to a fully kitted 1300ft workshop. But I love the idea of the intimacy of a network of hobby sheds. Makerspaces are nice and everything, but some feel a little “impersonal”.

    Interested to find out more…

    #1653131

    royalpain621
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    3442xp

    I work in a garage that I rent in Northeastern Maryland. I have paints, styrofoam, hot wire cutter, band saw, table saw, massive air compressor, etc. It was my dad’s and he had it geared for automotive/ model railroading. With his passing, it became mine. There are work stations so there is space for those who are interested.

    #1653201

    caesar
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    Coincidently I have been thinking receantly about renting a space in the bussiness  center round the corner (the one warlord just moved out of) on behalf of a small group of people who need a space away from home. It’s hard for people in shared living situations to dedicte space to hobby.

    If enough people in the Nottingham area were interested I would not doing the organisational part.

     

    I think this idea is great

     

    #1653311

    jodain
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    Been doing virtual hobby with our club since the start of the very first lockdown.  Friday evening for us is spent, painting/modelling and talking rubbish.  Only one of us works in a shed, and only then during summer when it is warmer outside the rest of us work from dinning tables/desks etc.

    #1653453

    berger15
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    I love this idea.

    I’m not sure I could teach much, and I don’t have a shed, but other than that, I’m interested.

    I’ll raise it with some of our local hobbyists and maybe some of the children’s / teens groups to see if there’s interest.

    #1653560

    skillamac
    Member
    112xp

    I don’t have a shed but I do have a desk and a webcam. Trying to get into blogging projects to keep me on track. I’m in the south West of England

    #1653636

    lfseeney
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    159xp

    This could really be good.

    With machines, lasers, printer, and stuff, a Liability Waver with a Insurance might do well, really needed in USA.
    I know when I larped we paid a 2 dollar fee for the weekend to cover us, as accidents happen.

    Just something to think about when setting it all up.

    When we get moved would be most glad to setup a monthly event, have Laser, 3D printers, and more minis than I can ever paint.

    Good luck with this I think it could become a Grand Thing.

    #1655751

    What is the differents between Hobby Sheds and MakerSpaces?

    #1655801

    spea6712
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    From watching the video the difference would be that the Hobby sheds in this instance would be more wargaming hobby oriented though not exclusively. Also I assume  to begin with it would be less open, mainly the OTT community. But mainly  it is just a name both very similar concepts.

    #1655850

    blinky465
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    @moverstreet007 to me it looks like ownership and shared access. Makerspaces are usually owned and run by a group of people, and responsibilities are shared. Hobby sheds look more like individually owned and made available/accessible to the rest of the public – maybe a group of people come together and each had their own shed? Maybe it’s just a matter of scale?

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