In preparation for the re-starting open houses in January of 2026, this is a short article sharing some information about the capabilities of the Makerspace metal shop. The metal shop occupies half of the back section of the Makerspace and houses several functional areas: Each of these areas may have capabilities you’re unaware of. For […]
Metal Shop (re)Introduction Read More »
My employer asked if I was able to assist him in fixing a transmission housing. A small piece had broken off where a bolt fastens the transmission housing to the engine. The broken piece was long gone, so we were left with no other choice but to fabricate a new one. Step 1 : Sculpt Broken
Aluminium Casting Transmission Repair Read More »
A couple months back the Makerspace added a milling machine. We finally put it to some good use! The brackets on our bandsaw broke, so Steve used the old parts to mold some new parts out of some recycled old hard drives. Neat!
Milling Some Metal Read More »
Thanks to donations from our members in addition to time and energy from folks like Steve Brown, Gene Wade, and others, our metal working area is just about ready. The mill has just about everything we need to get a class together and Steve is going to work on getting the metal lathe going. We
Melbourne METAL-Space Read More »
We’ve added a new metalworking mill to our list of tools available at the Melbourne Makerspace. Now everyone can include metal parts into their projects and prototypes like aluminum covers for control panels, metal parts for custom latches and levers, and even molds for plastic and rubber parts! A few of us were required to
We have a new mill! Read More »
