We’ve got a nice variety of classes this next couple of weeks. Take a look!
Learn Soldering, Photoshop, Wood Working, and CNC Routing!
New to this lineup is our Intro to Photoshop class, taught by Matthew Doherty. Matt works out of the Button Factory and has done a lot of digital editing work professionally. He has also done some impressive projects here such as a mobile changing room for surfing and refinishing a large canoe with fiberglass resin.
Our CNC Routers get a fair amount of use these days, and what people make with them can be pretty amazing! Below is a gallery of some CNC projects from members and our resident CNC expert Alex. He also does monthly classes on how to use our CNC machines (next one is March 17th) so you can get started on the path to making cool stuff like this!
This is a pin from the show Game of Thrones. The 3D file can be found on CG Trader here.
The members of Lost Woods Turning Co. have been making guitar picks out of various specialty woods. They do a lot of great stuff, so you should check their website out here.
It’s like there’s a bunch of nerds here. This is a Hylian Crest carved into a piece of Lignum Vitae, or “ironwood”.
This shiny piece of metal is a branding iron in progress! It’s got someone’s signature on it so they can sign their woodworking with a hot metal version of it.
Some signs need to be made. Truer word were never carved.
The Makerspace is looking for more volunteers for it’s Volunteer Program! Can you spare 4 hours a week to help out at a fun and creative community shop? Tell us when and how you can help! We offer a complimentary membership upgrade for members on the Port City Maker level, but for non-members we do credit towards either a month of membership or day passes. Sign up today and help out a great community resource!
Every year running we’ve hosted free costume-building workshops for folks, and this year is no different! We invite anyone working on their costume to come in and make it alongside others doing the same! We don’t require anything to attend, but we do encourage you to make a cash donation to help us continue doing events like this.
What you can use:
We have large space with 4 tables to lay out material and projects.
You can use hand tools we have at the shop like pliers, scissors, wrenches, screwdrivers, hot glue guns, heat guns, hammers, and others.
You can use machines like the 3D printers, sewing machines, and cordless drills.
We also have small amounts of scrap material on hand that you can use!c
We got a message from another cool makerspace in Portland called the Open Bench Project. They were talking amongst themselves and wanted to do a collaborative project with other makerspaces and came up with an interesting idea. They were thinking an inter-makerspace flying drone would be an interesting project to tackle. As you can imagine there’s a lot of considerations that come into play, so we are going to have a joint makerspace meeting soon to discuss the project. Some members from the makerspace will be going up to the OBP on May 6th at 4pm and we will have a group discussion and maybe some prototyping. Anyone interested in the project is welcome to come as well.