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.
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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.
Full workshop with all the equipment including: table saw, band-saw, CNC, lathe, planer and hand tools.
Full metal working shop with saws, vertical mills, CNC machine, waterjet cutter, lathes, welding, jewelry making and blacksmithing.
Sewing Machines, quilting machine, knitting machine, computerized embroidery and an area to layout and cut large fabrics.
Pottery wheel, and a kiln for pottery. Pressure pot and vacuum chamber to support casting. Vacuum former, injection molder, resin 3d printer, grinder and compression oven for plastics.
Many 3d printers, laser cutters, CNC milling machines, access to design software and more.
Electronics workbench with oscilloscopes, soldering station, reflow oven, and ham radio with antennas on the roof.
Presses for woodblock, screen printing capabilities and a media room built for podcast and product photography.
MA computerized home brewing system and Community Bio Lab capable of work with DNA and growing bio materials.
We will email you about upcoming events and workshops.
This is a picture of MakeHaven before we moved anything in. Its like a blank canvas. The possibilities are endless.
Today 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:
There are several video out there that show a 3d animation rendered into real life. Here is an example:
Lots of people call this Compositing. I think it would be fun to do in with some video tha is clearly in New Haven and digitally add some object that is out of place. I am not sure what object would best. Mabye something from history.
Make 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.
I really enjoyed the energy of the first move in day at MakeHaven. The location is perfect and very welcoming to street traffic. I foresee the upstairs having a large open flexible area, a creative lounge and work areas for electronics, robotics, crafts, and the link. The basement is well setup for storage and some wood working equipment.
To capture the first day moving into the space my friend Kam used his time lapse camera to record the action.
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