Tog Hackerspace
Tog Hackerspace is a volunteer-driven community space based in Dublin, Ireland, where people from all backgrounds come together to share knowledge, work on projects, and explore technology and creativity.
Come hack, craft, code, and create with us!
- 🌱 Plant All The Things @ TOG Hackerspace Free seed + plant swap — Sat 21 Feb, 3–7pm. Bring surplus seeds/seedlings/cuttings, swap for something new. Pots + compost ready, kettle on ☕🍪 From 7pm: Open Social (pizza + chat + craic). www.tog.ie/2026/02/plan...
- 📚 Our February Sci-Fi Book Club read is The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin ❄️ A thoughtful, award-winning classic exploring identity, politics, and understanding across cultures. 📅 Tuesday 24 Feb, 7:30pm 📍 TOG Hackerspace, Dublin New readers always welcome ☕📖
- This kettle couldn’t be repaired at TOG open night: dead short across the heating element, and the element is bonded into the kettle so it’s not replaceable. Off to recycling. ♻️ #RightToRepair #Repair #Reuse #TOGHackerspace
- Learn to Wire a Plug (Engineers Week edition) at TOG Hackerspace 🔌 Tue 3rd March, 7:00–8:30pm. €25 + fee. Wire a 13A plug, build a 4-gang extension lead, PAT testing on the night. www.tog.ie/2026/02/lear... #EngineersWeek
- Workshop vibes at TOG last night - a member getting their car ready for the NCT. Bonnet up, tools out, problems solved. 🚗🔧 #Makerspace #Repair #RightToRepair #NCT
- Our first Prusa (2018!) is still earning its keep. The Mk3 got a proper member-led overhaul and it’s back printing lovely parts again — slower than the newer machines, sure, but we still love it. Red Benchy today using filament from RS. 🚤
- TOG is now a member of the VULCA Network 🎉 A European makerspace community for collaboration + shared learning. Read more: www.tog.ie/2026/01/tog-... #TOGHackerspace #VULCA #Makerspace
- We will be celebrating their 17th birthday! Swing by in the evening for homemade pizza from our homemade oven: www.tog.ie/2026/01/tog-... Before that, we're hosting a #finishathon, for finishing those projects you started but somehow haven't brought all the way to the end www.tog.ie/2026/01/a-da...
- Some repairs do not happen in a timely manner 😅 Alarm clock from 1993, a few broken buttons, and it will take a couple of sessions to get to the bottom of it. We will keep at it though, it is a member’s favourite clock. 🔧⏰ #RightToRepair #ElectronicsRepair #Repair
- Andy getting on the air for the first time last night 📻 Amateur radio is a brilliant hobby, loads to learn and the community is sound. Big thanks to South Dublin Radio for hosting the 2m net and being so welcoming. #HamRadio #AmateurRadio #TOGHackerspace #2m @irts.bsky.social
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- 📚 One week to go — get reading! Our #SciFi Book Club meets soon to talk about Frank Herbert’s The White Plague 🌫️📖 📅 Tuesday, 27 Jan, 7:30pm 📍 Tog Hackerspace, Dublin 👉 www.meetup.com/tog-dublin-h... Everyone welcome — finished or not! ☕✨
- Back on air 📻🔧 We fixed a broken encoder on a Yaesu FT-857 and got the rig spinning smoothly again. Full teardown + repair write-up: www.tog.ie/2026/01/back... #HamRadio #Repair #Electronics #RightToRepair
- New at TOG: Watch Night 🎥🔧 Every two weeks on a Monday we’ll watch Tim Hunkin’s The Secret Life of Components together, then do a relaxed Q&A after. First session: Monday 26 January (Episode 1: Chain) Free and open to all www.tog.ie/2026/01/tog-...
- Check out this Mk. XIVA computer that turned up at our Open Tuesday night. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_XI...
- Great news! TOG Hackerspace has been awarded funding from As Darragh Did to support new inclusive, community-focused workshops & creative activities. Huge thanks to As Darragh Did. www.tog.ie/2026/01/than... #community #makerspace #inclusion #creativity
- 🎉 TOG turns 17! Birthday Open Social: Sat 24 Jan | 7pm ‘til late 🍕🎂 Pizza, cake, tours, chats, and a bit of craic. Everyone welcome. www.tog.ie/2026/01/tog-... #TOGHackerspace #DublinMakers #Makerspace
- Got an unfinished project staring at you? Bring it to TOG for our Finish-a-thon! Sat 24 Jan, 11:00 to 19:00 No tickets, just show up and make progress. Afterwards: our monthly social night, plus it’s TOG’s birthday 🎂 www.tog.ie/2026/01/a-da... #Dublin #Makers #DIY #Hackathon
- A 25-year-old boombox battery mod… still going strong. 🔋 We cracked it open, tested the original NiMH AAs (they’ve still got life in them!), and refreshed the pack for another few decades of tunes. Read: www.tog.ie/2026/01/more... #Repair #Electronics #RightToRepair
- 📚 New year, new hobby? Why not make it sci-fi reading ☕📖 This month, our #SciFi Book Club is reading "The White Plague" by Frank Herbert. 📅 Tue 27 Jan, 7:30 pm 📍 TogHackerspace New readers very welcome 🚀 www.meetup.com/tog-dublin-h...
- The rewiring and tidying up of our homemade CNC is continuing nicely. Drop in on most Mondays or Tuesdays to talk to us about it.
- Ireland showed up at #39C3 in Hamburg over Christmas. A big crew with ties to TOG and the wider Irish maker scene formed the “Irish Embassy” Assembly. Type G socket pride, TOG stamps in hackerspace passports, and workshops in the Hardware Hacking Area. www.tog.ie/2026/01/the-...
- Check out this video: recapping a 1991 Sony SW1 shortwave receiver 📻🔧 A bit of careful soldering, fresh capacitors, and another classic saved from the bin. #Repair #RightToRepair #Shortwave #VintageElectronics #TogHackerspace
- Did you break anything over Christmas – lamp, toy, gadget? Now’s your chance to fix it. Our first Repair Café of 2026 is on Sun 18 Jan, 12–4pm, supported by Dublin Maker. Bring clothes, toys, small electricals and other broken bits we’ll see what can be saved. www.tog.ie/2026/01/janu... #RepairCafe
- Our holiday hangout has started. We will be eating leftover sweets and working on projects. To start recapping this 1991 Sony SW1 .
- A bunch of our members are at #39c3 this week. You will find them at the Irish Embassy. You can get your hackerspace passport stamped and have a great chat events.ccc.de/congress/202...
- 3D printed fix of the week. One of our members designed a Christmas wreath holder in CAD to match the contours of the door, so it grips neatly and needs no holes or screws. If you have a door, a wreath, and a problem, we have solutions. 🎄🛠️ #3DPrinting #FixAllTheThings
- Fixing the 1990s boom box... no power to the CD deck..... are these failed joints or what! Another repair during our electronics night
- Pizza, radios and glass tonight at the last Open Social of the year
- We are hosting the Reglass Community today for an informative demo of Glass Flameworking techniques. It will showcase borosilicate, soft and recycled glass. After the demo, stick around so you can do a 15-minute 1-to-1 taster session with us on the torch and take home your own icicle from 6 pm
- Did you know we used upcycled acrylic for this year’s Tog Christmas decorations? The acrylic started life as donated bookshelves in the space, now it’s a festive laser cut cheer. We also filled up the sheets with extra bits to cut down on waste. 🦆 www.tog.ie/2025/12/togs...
- Christmas miracle at TOG Hackerspace 🎄📼 Ambrose brought a 1970s ITT Schaub-Lorenz tape recorder back to life. We opened it up and found a hair bobbin where a belt should be. Proper bodge, but we had the right belt and a Beatles mixtape to test it. www.tog.ie/2025/12/a-ch...
- Check out this photo from last night’s Electronics Night at Tog Hackerspace. We were testing vintage gear, including this oscilloscope and function generator. Proper hands on fun. #ElectronicsNight #VintageTech #TestEquipment #Oscilloscope #FunctionGenerator #Makers #HardwareHacking #STEM
- Tomorrow, Tue 16 Dec, Irish Techie Table Quiz in the Urban Garden at Dogpatch Labs (CHQ). Free to join. Please donate to Dublin Simon Community if you can. Tech, general and seasonal rounds. Christmas jumpers encouraged. Register: luma.com/puz1brmc
- Our last Repair Café of 2025 at Leixlip Library was a busy one, with 39 items in. Thank you to everyone who brought something in & volunteers. www.tog.ie/gallery/ngga... #RepairCafe #Leixlip #Kildare #ClimateAction #CircularEconomy
- First batch of Christmas decorations is in the post. 🎄📮 The new laser cutter is settling in nicely, and we’re putting it to work on acrylic we repurposed from old furniture. Lovely to see scrap getting a second life. More festive makes on the way from TOG.
- Thanks to @mulibrarymaker.bsky.social for the lovely gift and Christmas card. We really appreciate it, and it is always a pleasure keeping in touch with good friends in the maker community. Wishing everyone over at MU a happy Christmas and a great new year from all of us at TOG.
- Tog has a new addition to the HF station. • Donation from Niall Donohue EI6HIB of South Dublin Radio Club • Cobweb antenna already renamed the “TogWeb” • Aimed at improving HF operations for our club callsign EI0TOG More info and a photo on our blog: www.tog.ie/2025/12/new-...
- We host the last TouchDesigner Ireland meetup of 2025 tonight from 7 to 9 pm in TOG • Beginners and experienced users welcome • Bring a laptop if you want to follow along • Share a project or sit in on the chat RSVP on Meetup: www.meetup.com/tog-dublin-h... Details: www.tog.ie/2025/12/last...
- Repair Café at Leixlip Library in partnership with Kildare County Council Climate Action Office Saturday 13 December Book a 30 minute slot with the library and bring: • Clothes and accessories • Toys • Small electrical appliances and electronics More info and booking links www.tog.ie/2025/12/repa...
- We’re hosting the TouchDesigner Dublin community in Tog from 7pm! All are welcome – from complete beginners to experienced creators. Bring a laptop to follow along, share your work, or just come for a chat and a look. www.meetup.com/tog-dublin-h... #TouchDesigner #CreativeCoding #Dublin #togdublin
- Evidence that TOG experiments don’t stay in the hackerspace… they end up in your fridge/breakfast too 😂 Homemade blackberry & apple jam from our Open Social is doing the rounds this morning. Not a bad way to start the day!
- 📚 Book Club Tonight! We’re meeting at 7:30pm to chat about Ursula K. Le Guin’s The Word for World Is Forest — a short but powerful story of ecology, resistance, and culture 🌿🌍 📍 Tog Hackerspace, Dublin 12 ➡️ www.meetup.com/tog-dublin-h... Everyone welcome — finished or not! ☕📖
- We’re big into our jams at TOG… Linux, Python, finish-a-thons – and now actual JAM. 🍓 With 3.2kg of blackberries from the Royal Canal + apples from a member’s tree, we made ~24 jars of jam at our Open Social (with the pizza oven going too!). More pics & info 👉 www.tog.ie/2025/11/a-re...
- One of our members tackled an upholstery repair on this chair – stripped, re-padded and recovered instead of thrown away. It’s a lovely reminder that repair skills live right alongside coding, 3D printing and electronics in a makerspace. Keep it, fix it, use it again. 💚 #Repair #Makers
- A sneak preview of this year's Christmas decoration. We have a new designer this year, with Ambrose taking over the duty. We will be making lots of them over the next month before sending them out.
- We are at #Pyconie all weekend in UCD. Jeffrey is on hand to talk about all things making that goes on in our hackerspace. He has amateur radio demos, electronics, 3D prints and laser cut samples.
- Tonight at Tog Hackerspace! We’re running our Science Week workshop, where you’ll build your own air quality sensor — led by Jeffrey 🌍🛠️ 🕖 7:00–8:30 pm 🎟 €70 More details: www.tog.ie/2025/10/buil... #ScienceWeek #CitizenScience #MakerCommunity
- 🧵 New blog post from TOG Hackerspace! We’ve been thinking about repair culture, Repair Cafés and… darning socks. A pair of Inisheer socks were saved from the bin with a quick bit of needle-and-thread magic. Read “Fix All The Things” here: www.tog.ie/2025/11/fix-... #TogHackerspace #RepairCafe
- We hit the airwaves! 🎙️ TOG’s Tullamore Repair Café was featured on RTÉ Radio 1 – CountryWide. A great snapshot of community repair: reduce, reuse, repair. 👉 Listen back: www.rte.ie/radio/radio1... #RepairCafe #Reuse #RightToRepair #CircularEconomy #TOG
