Terry Melloy’s Wood Turning
Three projects made from maple, yellow heart, purple heart, bloodwood and wenge Bowl #1 Made from 2400 individual pieces. Bowl #2 Made from 1600 pieces. Plate
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Wood Working
Dust Collection Upgrade
The Makerspace has a new shopvac setup which includes a 40 foot hose that can reach just about everywhere in the Woodshop. The hose is on a reel and the setup includes a new dust separator to keep the shopvac virtually dust free. All attachments are provided on the rack below the hose reel.
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Maker Project: Segmented Vessel
Here is a segmented vessel by Paul Jackson. It has 48 segments per ring made of Yellowheart, Cocobolo, Bloodwood, and Anigre. It has a floating base, Yellowheart in a ring of Cocobolo. 30 rings above. It consists of a total of 1,440 individual pieces of wood.
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Maker Spotlight: Noel’s First Desk Build
Check out this awesome project by Noel, who designed and built his very first desk right here at the Makerspace! He started by modeling the desk to scale in SketchUp, then laser cut full-size patterns of each part. From digital design to hands-on fabrication — this is what making is all about! Want to build
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A New Woodturner
Foster made a pen at the Woodturning Open House. He turned the pen blanks, applied a finish, and assembled the pen,
New Open House
Wood Turning Every Saturday 10am to Noon Learn to Turn! Someone will show you how to turn wood safely on a lathe & which tools you should use. You can turn spindles, pens, bowls, or a wide variety of other items. Or do you just want to find out more about the Makerspace (and take a
Woodshop Improvements
The Woodshop Storage area has undergone a major upgrade! In an effort to provide more useful, accessible, and fair access storage for in-process woodshop projects, we ask that members use the following policies: Ver: 20250405
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Upgrades, People, Upgrades!
At Melbourne Makerspace, we’re always looking for ways to improve our workspace, whether it’s through better organization or enhancing our equipment. In this update, we’ll go over two major upgrades: reorganizing the back storage room with French Cleats and installing a ventilation system for the resin printers. French Cleat Organization The original plan for the
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Wood River Studio Grand Opening
A couple of our local makers are starting a business! Please come support them at their grand opening at 3pm on February 2nd!
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