The Melbourne Makerspace WOODSHOP is launching a fundraiser to purchase a 20-inch planer, an essential piece of equipment for woodworking projects. This addition will greatly enhance our community’s ability to create high-quality, professional woodwork, and enable members to tackle larger and more complex projects. Your support is vital! Whether you’re a seasoned woodworker or someone […]
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Hello members! The woodshop central dust collector motor has sung its final tune and needs to be replaced. Woodshop volunteers are also taking this opportunity to renovate some parts of the system and make some improvements. This means that the central dust collector will be out-of-service for a while. Exactly how long is unknown due
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The Space Coast Woodturners Club (SCWT) will hold a class showing how to turn a Christmas Ornament suitable for hanging on a Christmas Tree on 11/15/2025 at 9 AM at Makerspace. It will consist of a 2 part hollow body. Class size is limited to 6 – preference for the slots will be given to
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Paul got to show off some of his wood work during the September Show and Tell such as the above open segment bowl made from Walnut. Celtic Knot Bowl – Cherry with Padauk and Poplar stripes Norfolk Island Pine bowl with integral pedestal Segmented vase – Yellowheart, Cocobolo, Bloodwood, Aniegre
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Terry Melloy shared with us some of his woodwork at the September Open House. Here are three projects made from maple, yellow heart, purple heart, bloodwood and wenge Bowl constructed from 2,400 individual segments Bowl constructed from 1,600 segments Plate
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We had a great turnout for Septembers Show and Tell. Here are all the things that our members have made. Jenny Olsen – Pottery Randy Hardy – Woodwork Julia Anton – Furniture Refinishing Rick Mason – WiFi enabled Temperature Sensor and Monitoring Station Orion Grigajtis and Edward Umunsky – Weather Station with Camera and Software
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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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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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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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Foster made a pen at the Woodturning Open House. He turned the pen blanks, applied a finish, and assembled the pen,
