Standing Open Gathering
Our standard meeting time. Drop in and check out what MakeHaven is all about.
Open House Every Tuesday
Between 7pm and 9pm we open our doors to anyone
who wants to learn about the tools and projects at MakeHaven.
Join us at 770 Chapel Street, New Haven, CT
MakeHaven is for
INventors
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.
Hobbyists
Connect with others who share your passion. Share the skills you have developed expand your horizons.
ARTISANS
Experiment with new medium and challenge your ideas to create something unique. Hone woodworking, sewing or printmaking skills.
What Our Members Do?
The tools to make anything!
MakeHaven is a full makerspace and Fab Lab.
3d Printers
Multiple Fused deposition modeling printers which lay down plastic layer by layer to build your designs.
CNC Wood Mill
A large platform which an attached router which can be controlled by a computer to cut out intricate custom designs.
Laser Cutter
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.
Wood Shop
Full workshop with all the equipment needed for most personal projects including: table saw, band-saw planer and hand tools.
Electronics Workbench
A place to work on electronics platforms like Beaglebone, Raspberry Pi or Arduino. Or to solder a basic circuit board together.
Home Brewing
The basic equipment for standard home brewing as well as a custom built computer controlled home brewing machine for the advanced home brewer.
Metal CNC
A three axis fully enclosed metal mill, capable of cutting aluminum or steel with precision.
Sewing and Craft
Sewing machines, crafting equipment and a computer controlled embroidery machine.
Vacuum Former
Machine that heats and allows you to form plastic sheets into specific shapes. Great for making costumes, molds or a housing for your drone.
Stay Connected
We will email you about upcoming events and workshops.
Mental Floss
Submitted by Robert Narracci on Wed, 03/21/2012 - 10:31amSo I attended last night's get together and learned what a stepper motor is and helped Kam fix one that was jammed (good clean fun), but the highlight of the evening for my own personal self was when Ian Applegate showed up riding a bright green vintage Schwinn Sprint wearing an Evel Kneivel motorcycle helmet AND, under the helmet, Dominique Pinon wrap around shades (VR glasses) that were electronically broadcasting to his eyeballs what his handheld camera (in his hand at that very moment) was seeing.
Standing Meeting
Come on by to our standing tuesday meeting. We will probably be working on assembling the 3d printer. As well as brainstorming our next projects.
Standing Meeting
Come on by to our standing tuesday meeting. We will probably be working on assembling the 3d printer. As well as brainstorming our next projects.
Getting Started with 8-bit Atmel AVR Microcontrollers
Submitted by Frank Pelliccio on Wed, 03/07/2012 - 12:39amSome members asked me to put together a quick getting started guide for 8-bit Atmel AVR microcontrollers. Here it is.
Making the Makerspace
Submitted by J.R. Logan on Mon, 03/05/2012 - 10:35pm
This is a picture of MakeHaven before we moved anything in. Its like a blank canvas. The possibilities are endless.
What the makerspace actually looks like will depend on what equipment we get and what the membership decides is the best way to organize. To get the conversation going I decided to draw some diagrams detailing my vision of how we could organize. The basic concept that I have is based on several areas that have all the tools organized for various purposes: these include: a kitchen, craft, mechanical, computer and mechanical areas (woodworking would be in the basement where there is more space). Most of these areas are open to the a flex area that can be used when any project requires more space or when we are conducting a workshop.
3D Printer Build - Part 1
Submitted by jmanjohns2 on Sat, 03/03/2012 - 8:33pmToday we had a fantastic 3D printer building event. Ben, JR, and myself got to MakeHaven around 10 AM, turned on some tunes, and opened up a rather intimidating box of 3D printed parts:
Then we saw a pile of threaded metal rods:
Standing Meeting
This is our weekly Tuesday membership meeting.
Mixed Reality and 3d Object with Blender (Compositing)
Submitted by J.R. Logan on Wed, 02/29/2012 - 12:37amThere are several video out there that show a 3d animation rendered into real life. Here is an example:
Soldering Workshop
Submitted by J.R. Logan on Tue, 02/28/2012 - 11:40pmMake Haven member Frank Pelliccio brought in his soldering equipment to and allowed members to try it out. We practiced by removing components from circut boards and learned about his experiences printing circuit boards and programing micro-controlers. The teaching was very useful. I had tried removing soldering before but this was the first time I had someone with so much experience there to give tips.
