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Introduced to soldering last month and already racing through kits. Last night’s open-house build: a colourful digital clock. 🔧

Got a project of your own? Our open nights are for everyone to work on their projects. Come along!

#TOGHackerspace #Soldering #Electronics
A colourful digital clock kit with multicoloured seven-segment digits sits on a wooden workbench among pliers, wires, a battery and small components. A metal helping-hands clamp is in the foreground. Close-up of a colourful digital clock kit on a wooden workbench, its red and green seven-segment display lit. Pliers, a battery, loose wires and small parts lie nearby.
November 11, 2026 at 4:34 PM
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Lots going on at TOG tonight: lunar landers, graphics on old oscilloscopes and more. 🚀

#TOGHackerspace #RetroComputing #Space
A table covered with a lunar-surface cloth holds a small grey lunar-lander model, a laptop and keyboard, meters, cables, power strips, papers and a red bowl of markers. A box-shaped metal instrument sits at the far end, with people partly visible around the table.
November 9, 2026 at 8:28 PM
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TOG heads to Cuenca for VULCA Seminar 2026, 11-13 Nov (members from 9 Nov). Jeffrey covers mesh networks and workshop design. A public Repair Café with FabLab Cuenca.

https://www.tog.ie/2026/11/tog-heads-to-cuenca-for-the-vulca-seminar/

#vulcaseminar2026 #TOGHackerspace
Poster on a turquoise background reads ‘We'R all meeting in Cuenca from 11 to 13 November’ and notes that VULCA members can attend from the 9th. A central VULCA Seminar 2026 Cuenca pin design shows colourful rays beneath stars, with FabLab Cuenca and VULCA logos at the bottom.
November 9, 2026 at 12:31 PM
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Hack and Chill [No AI] is on at TOG on Friday 20 November, 19:00–21:00. Bring a laptop, a project or just your curiosity. New faces welcome.

https://www.meetup.com/tog-dublin-hackerspace/events/bgfhztyjcpbbc/

#TOGHackerspace #HackAndChill
Inside an equipment cabinet, green circuit boards and terminal blocks are connected by multicoloured wiring. Power supplies, network cables and illuminated status lights sit alongside metal machinery.
November 10, 2026 at 12:31 PM
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Further adventures in Ink/Stitch this December: learn what satin stitch is for, digitise embroidery and stitch out a creation. Materials provided, tickets €10 plus fees.

https://www.tog.ie/2026/11/further-adventures-in-ink-stitch-the-satin-stitch/

#TOGHackerspace #InkStitch
A hand holds up a machine embroidery hoop with yellow fabric in it. The fabric shows the word ‘satin’ in purple lettering inside a green box, with TOG’s industrial embroidery machine behind. A screenshot of Inkscape showing the digitised ‘Satin’ design from the embroidery example.
November 8, 2026 at 8:04 AM
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Make fursuits, explore LEDs, or learn from other makers 🐾 TOG’s Monthly Makerfur Meet is Sat 7 Nov, 13:00–17:00 at TOG Hackerspace, Dublin 12. Beginner fursuit makers welcome.

https://www.meetup.com/tog-dublin-hackerspace/events/317033286/

#TOGHackerspace #Makerfur
Two people in colourful furry costumes stand indoors at TOG Hackerspace. One costume is blue, green and white with pink accents; the other is white and blue, with blue glasses and a yellow star accessory.
November 4, 2026 at 12:31 PM
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Tuesday Open House at TOG: we’re playing with an EGS002 pure sine wave inverter module, and it’s alive! 🔌⚡

A bit of bench testing and wiring for the evening.

#TOGHackerspace #Electronics #OpenHouse
A hand holds a small blue-backlit LCD showing voltage, current, frequency and temperature readings, with test equipment on the electronics bench behind it. An EGS002 inverter control board connected by ribbon cables to a blue display, resting on a white breadboard beside two yellow multimeters and a laptop. Close-up of the blue EGS002 circuit board, showing its integrated circuits, capacitors, crystal, red LED and connector pins.
November 3, 2026 at 8:44 PM
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🏆 TOG won the Dublin City County Award for our Forging History workshop!

Thanks to @heritagecouncil.ie, Fínín Líam Christie, Peter Nolan and everyone who took part.

https://www.tog.ie/2026/11/tog-wins-dublin-city-award-at-national-heritage-week-2026/

#TOGHackerspace #HeritageWeek2026
Purple National Heritage Week Awards graphic reading ‘County Award Dublin City’ and ‘Forging History: Workshop in Traditional Metalwork Making the Pikes and Rockets of United Irishmen Uprisings’, with TOG Hackerspace named below.
November 3, 2026 at 1:51 AM
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Too many sweets? A Halloween costume you’re not ready to put away? 🧵🎃

Bring a craft project, or give that costume another outing, at TOG’s Craft Night tonight, 18:30–20:30. Newcomers welcome!

https://www.meetup.com/tog-dublin-hackerspace/events/316951348/

#TOGHackerspace #CraftNight
A hand holds a small pale wooden ghost with raised arms, oval eyes and an open mouth. Dark laser-engraved lines outline its shape and the folds of its sheet.
November 1, 2026 at 10:03 AM
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Friday night at TOG, and we’re doing a little shutter maintenance. 🔧

Keeping the hackerspace going isn’t all circuit boards and code!

#TOGHackerspace #Hackerspace #Maintenance
Two people on ladders work on the roller shutter housing above TOG Hackerspace’s open entrance at night. Tools and equipment are laid out below against the brick building.
October 30, 2026 at 11:05 PM
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TOG was at Naas Library for a hands-on plug-wiring workshop. We wired plugs, built extension leads and tested them safely.

Thanks to @kildarecoco.bsky.social and everyone who joined us!

https://www.tog.ie/2026/10/learn-to-wire-a-plug-with-tog-in-athy-and-naas/

#TOGHackerspace #Making
Participants working on extension leads around tables at Naas Library. An electrical safety tester connected to a plug and extension lead on a workshop table. An open extension block showing its internal wiring beside cable and hand tools. The entrance to Naas Library through a stone archway, with colourful Irish and English lettering above the doors.
October 31, 2026 at 3:24 PM
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A quick heads-up: Hack and Chill won’t be going ahead this week. Sorry if you were planning to join us!

We’ll see you all again in two weeks. Keep those projects ticking over until then. 🔧

#TOGHackerspace #HackAndChill
A network equipment rack with patch panels, switches and loops of cream Ethernet cables. Pink and blue cables run between the equipment, alongside illuminated green and amber status lights.
October 30, 2026 at 2:40 PM
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Bring your craft project to TOG this Sunday, 1 November, 18:30–20:30. Yarn, textiles, jewellery and paper crafts welcome, along with newcomers! Kylemore Road, Dublin 12.

https://www.meetup.com/tog-dublin-hackerspace/events/316951348/

#TOGHackerspace #CraftNight
A three-panel craft collage: colourful thread spools, buttons and scissors; rolled fabrics, yarn and loose threads; and pink floral printed artwork folded open on a pale background.
October 29, 2026 at 6:04 PM
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Electronics Night at TOG: Monday, 2 November, from 19:00. Bring a project or see what others are making. Beginners welcome. An informal evening, not a class. Kylemore Road, Dublin 12.

https://www.meetup.com/tog-dublin-hackerspace/events/cnjrbvyjcpbdb/

#TOGHackerspace #Electronics
Close-up of an electronics prototype on a blue mini breadboard, with a coin-cell battery, a small circuit board, colourful jumper wires and a connected USB cable. A red indicator light is illuminated.
October 30, 2026 at 12:32 PM
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Lockpicking at TOG this Thursday, 29 October 🔐

Join us 19:00–21:00 on Kylemore Road, Dublin 12. Beginners welcome. Free, equipment provided. Bring warm clothes!

https://www.meetup.com/tog-dublin-hackerspace/events/316914138/

#TOGHackerspace #Lockpicking
A heap of assorted brass, steel and coloured padlocks on a grey tabletop, including keyed and combination locks, with handwritten labels and tags on several.
October 28, 2026 at 12:35 PM
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A handmade surprise beats another pair of socks. 🎁

Sign up for Dublin Maker’s Maker Secret Santa by 1 November. Make a small gift, post it, then join the online opening!

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https://www.tog.ie/2026/10/maker-secret-santa-is-back-for-2026/

#TOGHackerspace #MakerSecretSanta
Green Dublin Maker ‘Maker Secret Santa 2026’ poster with red gift-box graphics, examples of handmade gifts and a signup QR code. Open to makers across Ireland. Sign up by 1 November, receive your match on 2 November, post your gift by 6 December and join the optional online opening on 13 December. Materials budget: no more than €50.
October 29, 2026 at 12:33 PM
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We’ve finally found the purr-pose of an oscilloscope. 🐈📺

Cat videos, but make it Retro Day at TOG.

#TOGHackerspace #RetroComputing #Oscilloscope #Cats
A vintage oscilloscope displays a green-tinted image of a cat on its gridded screen, surrounded by black control knobs.
October 25, 2026 at 4:47 PM
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Book club is on tonight, bank holiday and all! 📚

Join us at TOG at 19:30 to chat about I Am Legend by Richard Matheson. Read it, started it or just want to listen? Come along.

https://www.meetup.com/tog-dublin-hackerspace/events/nxrnbvyjcnbjc/

#TOGHackerspace #BookClub
Cropped cover of I Am Legend by Richard Matheson, with the title in large cream lettering on a red background above a muted landscape illustration.
October 26, 2026 at 9:01 AM
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Plug wiring at Athy Library tonight! 🔌

Jeffrey Roe led our workshop covering how to wire a plug and build an extension lead. Thanks to Kildare County Council and Athy Library for making it happen.

#TOGHackerspace #Kildare #Making
Group selfie of five adults at Athy Library, with four seated around a floral-covered table holding white extension leads. Four adults seated around a floral-covered table at Athy Library, holding white extension leads. An electrical safety tester, cables and hand tools sit on the table. Close-up of an electrical safety tester connected to a white extension lead, with screwdrivers, wire-stripping tools and green ‘PASSED’ labels on a floral-covered table. Athy Library at dusk, with a sharply angled white roof and illuminated stained-glass windows. Streetlights shine on the wet road outside.
October 27, 2026 at 8:38 PM
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Out of the shack and into the sunshine! 📻☀️

We took radio outdoors for a spot of Parks on the Air this morning, as part of TOG’s Radio & Retro Weekend.

#TOGHackerspace #POTA #AmateurRadio
A hand holds a bright green handheld radio with a long antenna in a sunny park. An IRTS flag flies beside radio equipment on the grass, with autumn trees in the background.
October 25, 2026 at 3:36 PM
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One radio outing, four POTA references! 📻🌳

TOG’s radio club is out beside the Royal Canal today, operating as EI0TOG.

Activating IE-0294, IE-0260, IE-0210 and IE-0293. Give us a call if you hear us!

#TOGHackerspace #POTA #AmateurRadio
A radio operator sits on a canalside bench with portable radio equipment, bags and a battery, with tall antennas beside the water. A laptop and portable radio equipment set up outdoors for a canalside amateur-radio outing. A radio operator sits at a picnic table beside the canal, with a battery and cables on the tabletop and another operator further along the bank. Two slender portable antennas stand on the grassy canal bank beneath an overcast sky, with a stone wall and railway tracks across the water.
October 26, 2026 at 1:13 PM
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Joe, EI3JVB, is sporting his new callsign patch, made at TOG yesterday! 🧵📻

Thanks again to @irts.bsky.social for helping with the materials.

#TOGHackerspace #AmateurRadio #Embroidery
Joe stands at TOG wearing a grey fleece with green-and-white IRTS and EI3JVB patches on his chest, with a vintage radio and workshop storage behind him. Closer view of Joe’s grey fleece showing the green-and-white embroidered IRTS emblem and EI3JVB callsign patch.
October 25, 2026 at 4:12 PM
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Home before the rain! 📻🌦️

A lovely day out with TOG’s radio club, EI0TOG. Good company, a bit of radio and a group photo flying the POTA flag to round things off.

#TOGHackerspace #POTA #AmateurRadio
Four radio enthusiasts pose beside a car with its boot open. One sits at the boot holding a phone, while another holds up a white Parks on the Air flag. Autumn trees and a partly cloudy sky are behind them.
October 26, 2026 at 3:07 PM
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New park, same callsign, slightly more threatening clouds! 📻🌧️

EI0TOG has moved to Castletown House Historic Site, IE-0198. Hoping to get this activation in before the rain!

#TOGHackerspace #POTA #AmateurRadio
Two radio operators set up beside parked cars, with an open boot, a loaded touring bicycle and antenna wire beneath grey skies. A radio operator sits on the edge of an open car boot, holding a microphone beside a portable transceiver, battery and cables. A tall whip antenna mounted on the roof of a red car rises against an overcast sky, with autumn trees around the car park.
October 26, 2026 at 2:43 PM
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Your callsign, stitched! 🧵📻

We’re making callsign patches on TOG’s embroidery machine as Radio & Retro Weekend gets into full swing. A little radio identity to take home!

@irts.bsky.social

#TOGHackerspace #AmateurRadio #Embroidery
Close-up of an embroidery machine stitching white callsign lettering onto green fabric held in a hoop.
October 24, 2026 at 1:29 PM