Melbourne Makerspace had a request for the Prusa RS2 design face shields. We had a 2 day window to get them ready, so they could hitch a ride with someone headed to the facility. Great teamwork from everyone involved. And managed to do it with no more than 2 people together at at time, due […]
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For the past four Wednesdays we’ve been using the Hobby-vac vacuum former we built to create chocolate molds. We’ve found a great plastic sheet to use from widgetworksunlimited.com. It’s PETG which is FDA food safe and is the same plastic you see all those “clam shell” packages at the stores. We did need to visit
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For the next few arts n’ crafts Wednesday classes (and maybe even the 3D printing and laser cutting Friday classes) we’ll be getting ready to make our own Valentine’s Day chocolates. We’ve finally come up with a good group project to use our vacuum forming machine that we built as a group. We’ll be 3D
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During our last all-hands meeting, several members expressed an interest in having a sewing machine at the Makerspace so they could work on things like costumes (cosplay) or other fabric projects. We have decided to purchase a Brother SE400 Combination Computerized Sewing and 4×4 Embroidery Machine. This will allow for normal sewing, and for us
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