The perfect place to create and get feedback on your early prototype or just engage with a community of people working on the frontiers of technology.
Connect with others who share your passion. Share the skills you have developed expand your horizons.
Experiment with new medium and challenge your ideas to create something unique. Hone woodworking, sewing or printmaking skills.
MakeHaven is a full makerspace and Fab Lab.
Multiple Fused deposition modeling printers which lay down plastic layer by layer to build your designs.
A large platform which an attached router which can be controlled by a computer to cut out intricate custom designs.
Several systems for harnessing the power of a CO2 laser to cut into or engrave wood. These can be used to make incredibly precise works of art.
Full workshop with all the equipment needed for most personal projects including: table saw, band-saw planer and hand tools.
A place to work on electronics platforms like Beaglebone, Raspberry Pi or Arduino. Or to solder a basic circuit board together.
The basic equipment for standard home brewing as well as a custom built computer controlled home brewing machine for the advanced home brewer.
A three axis fully enclosed metal mill, capable of cutting aluminum or steel with precision.
Sewing machines, crafting equipment and a computer controlled embroidery machine.
Machine that heats and allows you to form plastic sheets into specific shapes. Great for making costumes, molds or a housing for your drone.
We will email you about upcoming events and workshops.
https://www.leevalley.com/en-us/shop/tools/jigs-guides-and-fixtures/5976...
This is a great tool for control freaks. Here's some highlights from their website.
The LS Positioner is made from anodized aluminum and is micro-adjustable for precise fence placement (within 0.002" over the full range), and a wheel micro-adjusts in 0.001" increments during set-up.
This will allow us to create battery based projects such as DIY battery banks or power backups. Heat based soldering guns can be dangerous when used on batteries, but a quick spot weld pulse is much safer.
For example this unit: https://www.amazon.com/SUNKKO-Battery-Welding-Soldering-Machine/dp/B01JB...
Holdfasts are very handy to hold things firmly to the bench. Currently, we only have two.
3/4" diameter https://www.etsy.com/listing/558152083/holdfast-bench-dog-hold-fast-wood...
The one that we have is very very old and cannot be set up correctly. A jointer plane can be used to flatten long boards, with a finish much nicer than the planner or the jointer, not requiring sanding afterwards. Plus it can flatten very wide panels that don't fit in the planner or even the sander.
https://www.woodcraft.com/products/woodriver-7-jointer-plane?via=573621f...
To mark parallel lines in wide wood panels. It can also be used to trim thin material like cardboard or veneer to size.
https://www.leevalley.com/en-us/shop/tools/hand-tools/marking-and-measur...
Some of the scissors in the textile section require sharpening and this jig would make it quite easy to sharpen them in the Tormek
https://www.rockler.com/scissors-jig-svx-150-for-tormek-t-7-sharpening-s...
To trim and fit board ends with high accuracy. Additionally, this shooting board can be used also at a precise angle which would allow cutting very precise miters, for example for picture frames.
https://www.leevalley.com/en-us/shop/tools/jigs-guides-and-fixtures/1107...
Project Idea
The idea for this project was to utilize the (awesome!) large format printer to make prints for myself and others. One of the downsides I've found with framing things (especially large prints) is that the frames become quite ungainly to transport/move with. The aim with this project was to make a system that was more portable and simple - i.e. no glass to break, etc. The canvas material is perfect for this!
