Makerspace Community

A channel per tool room where only certified members book, a safety category, a projects forum and open hours.

7 categories
35 channels
14 roles
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FRONT DOOR

welcome-makers
Welcome to the space. Read #shop-rules and #safety-first, then book an induction in #certification-requests.
shop-rules
Clean up after yourself, log your machine time, never use a tool you are not certified on.
safety-first
The safety policy in full: eye protection, dust extraction, lone working, what to do when something goes wrong.
open-hours
Who is opening the space and when. Posted by the team only.
membership-and-induction
How membership works, what it costs and how inductions are scheduled.

TOOL ROOMS

3d-printing
Printer bookings, filament stock, failed prints and the nozzle that is always clogged. 3D Print Certified post here.
laser-cutting
Laser bookings, material approvals, lens cleaning. Never cut anything not on the approved list. Laser Certified post here.
woodshop
Table saw, planer, lathe. Bookings, blade condition and dust extraction. Woodshop Certified post here.
electronics-bench
Soldering stations, the oscilloscope, component drawers. Electronics Certified post here.
cnc-and-metal
CNC router, mill, welding bay. Bookings and tooling. CNC Certified post here.
textiles-and-sewing
Sewing machines, the overlocker, the embroidery machine. Textiles Certified post here.
tool-booking30s slowmode
Book a machine: tool, date, start and end time. Stewards resolve clashes.

SAFETY

safety-notices
Damaged tools, recalls, changed procedures. Posted by the Safety Officer only.
near-misses-and-incidents
What nearly happened, without blame. The Safety Officer follows up. Injuries go through a ticket.
ppe-and-first-aid
Where the goggles, gloves and first aid kits are, and who the first aiders are.
certification-requests
Book an induction on a tool with the form here. A steward confirms the date and grants the role afterwards.

PROJECTS

projects
One thread per build. Post the plan, update as you go, tag it when it is done or when it failed.
project-help
Stuck on a joint, a circuit or a print setting. Describe what you tried.
show-and-tell
Finished pieces. One photo, one line about what you learned.
materials-and-scraps
The free bin: offcuts, leftover filament, a motor from a broken printer. Take it or offer it.
group-builds
Builds that need several people: the exhibition piece, the new workbench, the sign for the door.

MAKER CHAT

maker-chat
The general room for members and visitors.
tool-talk
Tools you own, tools you want, tools you regret.
finds-and-deals
Discounted stock, a free lathe on a marketplace, a supplier worth knowing.
maker-events
Fairs, repair cafes, open days and workshops elsewhere.
visitors-questions
Not a member yet? Ask what the space is like and what it costs.

VOICE

Shop Floor
Build Night
Workshop Talk
AFK

STEWARDS

stewards-room
Stewards, the safety officer and the manager. Who is opening, what needs fixing, who needs a word.
maintenance-log
One message per repair or service: machine, what was done, by whom, when.
consumables-orders
Filament, blades, sandpaper, solder. What is low and what has been ordered.
induction-queue
Certification requests land here. Schedule the induction, then grant the role.
makerspace-logsHidden from @everyone
Vetox posts join, message and moderation logs here.

Roles

Shop ManagerAdministrator
AdminAdministrator
Safety OfficerModerator
Tool StewardModerator
Member
Visitor
3D Print Certified
Laser Certified
Woodshop Certified
Electronics Certified
CNC Certified
Textiles Certified
Muted

Overview

A server for a community makerspace or hackerspace run by a shop manager, a safety officer and volunteer tool stewards. The layout follows the floor plan. TOOL ROOMS has a channel per area (#3d-printing, #laser-cutting, #woodshop, #electronics-bench, #cnc-and-metal, #textiles-and-sewing) that anyone can read but only members holding that area's certification role can post in, so a booking or a "the nozzle is clogged" report always comes from someone who has been inducted. #tool-booking is slowmoded and sits alongside them. SAFETY is its own category: #safety-notices is posted by the Safety Officer only, #near-misses-and-incidents is where members report without blame, #ppe-and-first-aid is read-only and #certification-requests is a read-only channel with a form for booking an induction. PROJECTS is a forum with tags for in progress, finished, help wanted and failed, backed by #project-help, #show-and-tell, #materials-and-scraps for the free bin and #group-builds. #open-hours is the announcement channel: who is opening the space and when, posted by the team only. Stewards get a hidden room with a #maintenance-log, #consumables-orders and the #induction-queue. Six certification roles map one-to-one onto the tool rooms, which is what makes the permission layout work.

When to use it

Someone booked the laser without ever having been inducted, the safety notice about the table saw got lost under photos of a finished chair, and the 3D printer has been broken for a week because nobody knew who to tell. This layout makes each tool room postable only by certified members, gives safety its own read-only feed and an incident channel, and gives projects a forum so a build's thread outlives the build.

What makes it different

Each tool room channel is readable by all but postable only by members certified on that tool.
Safety notices are posted by the Safety Officer only, with a separate blameless channel for near misses.
Certification is a form in a read-only channel, reviewed in a hidden induction queue.
Projects is a forum with in progress, finished, help wanted and failed tags, so builds keep a thread.
Open hours is the announcement channel, so members always know who is opening the space.

Recommended Vetox setup

Applications
Take induction bookings through #certification-requests and grant the matching certification role, such as Laser Certified, from the submission in #induction-queue.
Reminders
Schedule Reminders in #open-hours for the week's opening slots and in #maintenance-log for the monthly filter and blade checks.
Tickets
Put a Tickets panel in #near-misses-and-incidents so a member can report an injury or a damaged machine to the Safety Officer in private.
Starboard
Run a Starboard from #show-and-tell so the builds members react to most form a permanent gallery.
Logs
Send message logs to #makerspace-logs so a deleted safety report or a changed booking is traceable.

Questions

How do the certification roles work with the tool channels?

Every tool room channel denies posting to everyone and allows it for the matching role: 3D Print Certified posts in #3d-printing, Laser Certified in #laser-cutting, and so on. Anyone can read them, so a new member can see how the room is used before their induction.

We have tools that are not in the list. What do I add?

Add a certification role and a channel, then copy the overwrites from an existing tool room: everyone read-only, the new role allowed to post, stewards allowed to post. Mention the new role in #certification-requests.

Why is #near-misses-and-incidents open to everyone rather than staff only?

Near misses only get reported if reporting is easy and blameless. Members post what nearly happened, the Safety Officer follows up privately if needed. Injuries and anything sensitive go through a ticket instead.

Common mistakes

Letting everyone post in every tool room, which means bookings and breakage reports come from people who have never used the machine.
Mixing safety notices into the general chat until a member misses the one about the damaged blade.

Consider instead

Coworking Space Community Your space is desks and meeting rooms rather than machines that need certification.

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