A New Woodturner
Foster made a pen at the Woodturning Open House. He turned the pen blanks, applied a finish, and assembled the pen,
wood working
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 Shop Expands
Currently in the works is a central PVC pipe system to feed into the vacuum dust collection equipment.
Custom Wooden Thread Spool Wall Hanger
Another great project built by one of our members, Steve Newell: I have a commercial sewing machine and I make big stuff, which means I go through a lot of thread. I couldn’t find a wall storage unit that would accommodate the bigger spools – all of them seemed geared to the smaller spools with
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Wooden Urn Project
One of our members used the woodshop tools here at the Melbourne Makerspace to create a custom, wooden urn for his friend’s dearly departed dog, Bella. This shows a good use of the wood lathe and drill press in our wood shop. If you want to take a tour of our wood shop and the
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DIY Stand Up Paddle Board
As another great example of a project one of our members used our space and tools to create is a stand up paddle board. Instead of buying one they were able to build one with just a few supplies and the hot wire foam cutter tool that a different member at the makerspace built for
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Pinewood Derby Unleashed Race Recap
We had the Pinewood Derby Unleashed race on Saturday with much fun amid all of the carnage of the souped up extra fast cars! Wheels were cracked, axles were bent – then straightened with a vice and pliers, and one car destroyed
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Building Pinewood Derby Cars!
Last Saturday we had an open house for building Pinewood Derby Cars for our Pinewood Derby Unleashed event! We had quite a group of people from kids to adults building their cars. There were many different techniques used. Some used traditional woodworking techniques. Others used other non-conventional ways of creating their cars. Some used the
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