After many hours and a few long nights meeting at the Makerspace our team has progressed past regional championships onward and upward. What is T.I.R.E.D doing in the Makerspace? It’s way more than building robots. FIRST Tech Challenge teams (up to 15 team members, grades 7-12) are challenged to design, build, program, and operate robots …
Let’s build a smart Thermostat! As part of the Saturday morning Electronics and Software Open House, we will be hosting a class showing how to design and build a simple IoT device. The first class will start on February 19th and continue each week until April. The Makerspace needs new thermostats. The existing ones have …
Saturday February 12 from 12:30pm to 5pm, we are hosting a Grand Re-Opening to celebrate the completion of our amazing new Woodworking Shop. It is an incredible workshop built by people passionate about woodworking, for the betterment of the community. There will be free hamburgers and hot dogs, and a garage sale where we will …
Thanks to a donation from KJR Consulting, the storage areas for members to use at the space has increased by over 60%!
The Makerspace has improved its 3D printing capability by purchasing 2 new, state-of-the-art 3D printers.
The Makerspace recently purchased an X-Carve 1000 mm x 1000 mm CNC unit from MakerFX in Orlando.
This piece of equipment was donated from one of the Orlando MakerSpace sister groups. It needs a new LASER tube replacement and is awaiting budget allocation for putting this into service. It is a 60-Watt CO2 designed LASER Cutter/Engraver and is capable of upgrade to 80-Watt capability. It is currently not supported in LightBurn and …
