Category Archives: Open Shop
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
The new BTOP computers are here!
Through a Broadband Technology Opportunities Program (BTOP) grant received through our partnership with the Detroit Digital Justice Coalition, we received four new iMacs complete with video and audio editing software!! As you can see, the group at our Tuesday OpenShop … Continue reading
Carving out a workshop
This past Tuesday’s OpenShop, we started to clear out the room behind the computer lab so it can be turned into our Makerspace workshop. It was a very dirty and heavy job, but with help from many of our super resourceful students … Continue reading
Upgrading the network
We had a slow Saturday openshop so we decided to upgrade the wireless network in the basement. Like most things involving IT, this took longer than expected; but with Edmund’s help we soon got it running again.
More soldering!
This past Thursday, reporters from “Die Ziet” in germany were at the Makerspace to see what we and others in the community were up to. Raven was happy to show them around the shop and also how to solder! Thanks … Continue reading
A day of soldering classes
Elishah helped out by teaching a group how to solder with the MAKE solder badge.
More open shop!
One more week of open shop time before we start to more into longer classes. This open shop was filled with many interesting things all going on at once. Such as rebuilding old computers: And making ROBOTS!
Saturday Open Shop
This past Saturday’s open shop was a buzz of activity, many new things were made and hacked. First Elishah and Edmund started to hack a “X-box 360″ controller. Then there was some more Brake-Make to be done and more little electric cars … Continue reading