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My HackSpace magazine articles

The reviews I wrote for HackSpace magazine between 2018 and 2021, from smart switches to a bench drill and the WorkBee CNC, with links to each issue.

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The covers of HackSpace issues 4, 13, 22, 25 and 40 fanned out left to right, overlapping, with issue 40's Raspberry Pi Pico cover in full at the front
The covers of HackSpace issues 4, 13, 22, 25 and 40 fanned out left to right, overlapping, with issue 40's Raspberry Pi Pico cover in full at the front
By Daniel Hollands
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My HackSpace magazine articles

As part of my ongoing restoration of maker.rip, I’ve gathered up the short pages the old version of this site had for each review I wrote for HackSpace magazine.

Every issue of HackSpace is free to download as a PDF, and the magazine is published under a Creative Commons licence, so here are the reviews as they appeared in print. Click a page to read it full size.

Sonoff Basic WiFi smart switch

Issue 4, March 2018.

Cover of HackSpace issue 4, March 2018: a person in a visor holding up hands with glowing LEDs wired to each fingertip, under the headline Wearable Tech My review of the Sonoff Basic WiFi Smart Switch in HackSpace issue 4, with photos of the switch and its parts, scored 8 out of 10

The Weekend Woodworker course

Issue 13, December 2018. I also wrote about it in this post.

Cover of HackSpace issue 13, December 2018: green banknote-style artwork with the headline Build a Maker Business First page of my review of The Weekend Woodworker in HackSpace issue 13, with a photo of the blue patio table and chairs I built on the course Second page of my Weekend Woodworker review, with a screenshot of Steve Ramsey on the course website, scored 9 out of 10

Sonoff Mini two-way smart switch

Issue 22, September 2019.

Cover of HackSpace issue 22, September 2019: a glockenspiel struck by a servo-driven arm wired to an Arduino, on a pink background with the headline Robotic Music My review of the Sonoff Mini two-way smart switch in HackSpace issue 22, with a photo of the switch and two wiring diagrams, scored 8 out of 10

Bosch PBD 40 bench drill

Issue 25, December 2019.

Cover of HackSpace issue 25, December 2019: gadgets including a Raspberry Pi 4 and a Picade box around the headline Maker Christmas First page of my review of the Bosch PBD 40 bench drill in HackSpace issue 25, with a photo of the green drill on its stand Second page of my Bosch PBD 40 review, with a close-up of the drill's digital speed display, scored 9 out of 10

Ooznest WorkBee CNC

Issue 40, March 2021. I also wrote about it in From Idea to Fruition.

Cover of HackSpace issue 40, March 2021: a Raspberry Pi Pico board on a pink circuit-diagram background with the headline Raspberry Pi Pico Projects First page of my review of the Ooznest WorkBee CNC Machine Kit in HackSpace issue 40, with a photo of the machine in my workshop Second page of my WorkBee review, with a photo of the machine inside its enclosure, scored 9 out of 10

Covers and pages © Raspberry Pi Ltd, from the HackSpace magazine archive, licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 rather than this site’s CC BY 4.0. I converted the PDF pages to images, resized the covers and, for the header, overlapped the covers into one image.

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