Author Archives: Ted Sliwinski
Silence the Violence parade
The Makerspace participated in the annual “Silence the Violence” parade hosted by the Church of the Messiah, and since their band didn’t show up we ended up providing the lead music for the whole march! Thank you to all of our … Continue reading
The East Side Peoples’ Festival
This past Saturday, The Makerspace joined the East Side Peoples’ Festival at Genesis Lutheran Church. The East Side Peoples Festival is an event where various East Side people and organizations gather to share their work, ideas, and passion for their … Continue reading
Open Shop: Electronics Rescue! Part 2…DONE!!!
After a couple of OpenShops, Raven has successfully fixed a stereo and re-wired both speakers!! Now it is time to celebrate with a ‘lil dance!!
OpenShop: Summer Programming Brainstorm
Now that we have completed our first session of AwesomeShops, we are collaborating with our makers to figure out what to do in terms of projects and workshops for the summer that will make for interesting learning experiences and good … Continue reading
Mt. Elliott Makerspace at Maker Faire
This past weekend, the Mt. Elliott Makerspace went out to the Bay Are Maker Faire in San Francisco to help show off a new and inexpensive way to start a Makerspace, well, anywhere! On Friday, we helped build the sheds … Continue reading
AwesomeShop: Tron Bikes – Week 8: Bike Ride / Final Class!!
For the last day of the Tron Bikes AwesomeShop we were going to go on a bike ride around Belle Isle, however the forecast called for bad thunderstorms so we decided to postpone it. That was until we got fed up with not riding and decided to go anyway! I am sure … Continue reading
AwesomeShop: Tron Bikes – Week 7: Build Day
Week 8 of Tron Bikes was an open hack day for makers to finish up any unfinished projects. Almost everyone worked on completing their amplifiers and boomboxes. Hopefully, all of the makers will be able to complete their projects in time for our … Continue reading
Woodshop Updates
Jon Kushigian joined the Makerspace last month as a volunteer woodshop setter-upper and operator, and he has been making incredible progress in transforming a basement storage room into a bright and usable workspace. It is amazing to see how much has … Continue reading