Yesterday afternoon/evening we held our grand opening, 3-6pm, and we had about 25-30 guests, lots of cupcakes and cups of tea, and many interested people, lovely and supportive comments, etc. It was so busy that we didn’t even get a minute to take any photos – and we ran out of paper membership registration forms and had to start referring people to the online registration form instead!

This afternoon we inducted our first four members, who now have their key fobs and can let themselves into the space anytime. We also inducted someone on the 3D printer, and just because this blog is for reporting the most important information, their test print was a blue rabbit.

For those of you who weren’t able to make the grand opening, if you want to come and see the space in person before signing up for membership we’ll be holding open days every couple of weeks – probably alternating between weekday-evenings and weekend-daytimes. We haven’t chosen the first dates yet but as soon as we have they’ll appear on the calendar page of this website.

And if you already know that you want to be a member, you can join anytime! It’s a two-stage process – first you sign up using our registration form, and then one of us will be in touch to arrange your induction, where you’ll sign the code of conduct and get your key fob.

We’ve also just started sending the rewards out to our crowdfunders, so if that’s you, keep an eye out. 🙂

It is so satisfying and gratifying to know that our first members are now able to use Machspace, laminating stuff and drinking cups of tea and repairing their whatevers and suchlike! Amazing stuff. Thank you everyone for your support, and we hope to see you at Machspace sometime soon!