Creating and Maintaining a Classroom Maker Space With Kristin Berbawy
Kristin Berbawy’s shares 10+ years of experience designing and maintaining makerspaces in schools and libraries.
Workshop
The latest DIY ideas, techniques and tools for the industrial arts from metal and woodworking to CNC machining and 3D printing.
Review: AnyCubic Kobra 3
The Kobra3 is a steal for your first 3D printer.
Community Shop Class: A Safe Place to Use Tools Safely
In this episode of Make:cast, I talk to Chad Orcutt, the creator of Community Shop Class in the Oak Park neighborhood of Sacramento, California. What started out as the ADHD Inventor’s Club in his garage grew into a new space, unlike any makerspace I’ve seen. He saw the space as way to help people, particularly neurodivergent […]
First Look at the Makera Carvera Air
The Carvera Air may not be the biggest or most powerful CNC but if you put one of these machines on your desktop, you just might find that it’s one of your go-to tools. This fully enclosed little CNC is only slightly larger than your average desktop 3D printer but is capable of milling numerous […]
Making Makers: Building Makerspaces in K–12 Parochial Schools
Running a makerspace can be challenging and expensive, but schools that do so often see rewards in increased student engagement, collaboration, and enthusiasm for problem solving.
A Perfect Fit: The Fractal Vice Chair
The fractal chair is like a steampunk version of memory foam, giving you the (almost) perfect seat to take a load off.
Review: Formart S – Desktop Vacuum Former
Note: this machine is a kickstarter. Keep in mind that Kickstarter is not a marketplace with any kind of guarantee. Please do your own research into how often hardware kickstarters succeed or fail before opting to support a campaign. Manufacturer: My Yard Link: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/formart/formart-s-industrial-grade-vacuum-former-built-for-desktops Price: $1,299 specs: Unboxing and setup Much like the older bigger […]
