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| - | ===== Donated | + | ===== Donations and Stuff for Hacking ===== |
| - | Donated Stuff for Hacking is our ever-changing collection of stuff that anyone can use in their projects, however they see fit. | + | Donated Stuff for Hacking is our ever-changing collection of items that anyone can use in their projects, however they see fit. |
| This stuff is stored in the following places: | This stuff is stored in the following places: | ||
| - | * On the Big Hack Rack on your left as you enter Room 1. | + | * On the Big Hack Rack on your left as you enter the Main Room. |
| - | * On the Materials Hack Rack, immediately on your right as you enter Room 1 (behind the door). | + | * On the Materials Hack Rack, immediately on your right as you enter the Main Room (behind the door). |
| * In the following places in the Electronics Area: | * In the following places in the Electronics Area: | ||
| * The component drawers. | * The component drawers. | ||
| * In boxes under the benches | * In boxes under the benches | ||
| * On the cable reel rack. | * On the cable reel rack. | ||
| - | * In the two 'Stuff for Hacking' | + | * On the screws and fixings rack in the Wood Shop. |
| - | ==== Donating Stuff for Hacking ==== | + | This stuff is one of the things that makes Hackspace special, so we encourage everyone to donate useful quality surplus stuff for others to hack. |
| - | Our stock of assorted useful stuff is one of the things | + | **Please remember: Donating |
| - | Please remember when donating - treat this as an opportunity to support other members’ projects by giving them cool and useful stuff. Don't treat it as an opportunity to get rid of your rubbish! | + | We encourage donations of: |
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| - | Thus, we encourage donations of: | + | |
| * Sorted common parts, hardware, components, and materials. | * Sorted common parts, hardware, components, and materials. | ||
| * Weird or interesting stuff. | * Weird or interesting stuff. | ||
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| * Junk, cheap consumer electronics, | * Junk, cheap consumer electronics, | ||
| * Tubs of unsorted parts, hardware, or components. | * Tubs of unsorted parts, hardware, or components. | ||
| - | * Stuff with no valuable easily-strippable parts, like old TVs, VCRs, and broken laptops. | ||
| * Stuff we already have lots of. | * Stuff we already have lots of. | ||
| + | * Printers. Seriously, no printers. | ||
| When you donate something hackable, you should store it in one of the areas listed above. These areas are partly organised into labelled boxes, drawers, and bins, so try and put your donation in the right place, if that place exists. | When you donate something hackable, you should store it in one of the areas listed above. These areas are partly organised into labelled boxes, drawers, and bins, so try and put your donation in the right place, if that place exists. | ||
| - | If there is no room for your donation, or it doesn' | + | If there is no room for your donation, or it doesn' |
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| + | **Never leave donations anywhere else in the space, especially the Woodshop or Metalshop** | ||
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| + | ==== Tools and Equipment ==== | ||
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| + | Sometimes members wish to donate a tool to the hackspace for other members to use. Donating a tool for general use requires prior approval through our [[manual: | ||