WELCOME TO HACKSPACE MANCHESTER

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Hackspace Manchester is a 24/7 makerspace located within the city centre of Manchester,  a community hub which provides you access to a varied range of equipment to help you realise your personal or group arts, science, craft, technology projects.

We run weekly open nights from 6.30pm to 9.30pm each Wednesday for non members to come along, get a tour, use the space and see the benefits of becoming a member.

Please be aware that no open evenings or space tours are currently taking place.

New Members are still welcome and can sign up online by clicking here 

OUR FACILITIES

LASER CUTTER

A 600 x 400mm bed CO2 laser cutter which can cut and engrave a wide variety of materials

PRINTERS

3D printers, laser printer, wax printer and large format printer all available for use

WOODWORK

A dedicated woodworking area with band saw, table saw, wood lathe, pillar drills and more alongside our CNC machine

METAL WORK

A dedicated metal work area with metal bandsaw, metal pillar drill, metal lathe and metal folding tools

CRAFT

Craft suppliers including leather making tools, sewing machines and overlockers.

PLASTICS

Plastic forming area with tools and materials to create your own plastic moulds alongside our 3D Printers

ELECTRONICS

A dedicated electronics bench with soldering equipment, desoldering equipment, hot air and infrared oven

SNACKSPACE

Members tuckshop with soft drinks, chocolate, crisps, noodle boxes and other snacks.

SOCIAL

It’s not all about projects, we have an active community with regular social evenings and get togethers.

WHERE TO FIND US

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Wellington House, Pollard Street East, Manchester, M40 7FS

LOCAL TRANSPORT LINKS

  • Tram: Holt Town (2 min walk) / New Islington (5 min walk)
  • Buses: 216 or 231 from Piccadilly Gardens every 10 mins or so until midnight each day.
  • Car parking: there is limited off street parking alongside the building and a fair amount of on street parking outside.
  • Walking: it’s a 25 min walk from Piccadilly Gardens, 20 from Piccadilly Station.

CONNECT WITH US

LATEST FORUM POSTS

Tool / Equipment Ownership Tracking

Hi All The hackspace has a huge variety of tools and equipment available for members to use that is either donated or on a long term loan. Going forward I’d like to implement a system that allow the space to keep track of what is being donated and what is… [...]

MINUTES – Meeting 18 April

Hi, we had a metalwork meeting on 18 April – here are the minutes docs.google.com MINUTES_Weldy Grindy team meeting - April 2021 Weldy Grindy team meeting - April 2021 MINUTES – 18 April, 20:00–21:00 (approx) Consumables Here is the Current list of consumables for Weldy Grindy. It is a living… [...]