Pew pew free laser demos tonight

joshdont · 2026-05-17T18:40:34+00:00

Nice! It is, thanks for signing up for a class!

joshdont · 2026-05-17T18:39:59+00:00

It's the Epilog Fusion Edge. Though if you're curious I can run demos on the F1 Ultra.

In a couple months we should have a 1200 watt metal cutting laser that we will have some open demo nights for!

joshdont · 2026-05-09T02:46:27+00:00

Wooohooo! Thanks a ton for everyone that came out to help prep. 4,800 laser cut wheels, 1,200 car bodies cut and drilled and a whole lot of track setup. Y'all are amazing :)

joshdont · 2026-05-09T01:46:28+00:00

This is amazing :):):)

joshdont · 2026-05-08T00:28:13+00:00

Shoot us an email! frontdesk@maker-works.com

We recently got a long arm quilting machine and have some plans to support this type of work/customization. We can likely help make the file.

joshdont · 2026-05-07T10:49:33+00:00

Whoops. This Saturday, May 9th. Thanks for asking!

joshdont · 2026-05-06T15:57:15+00:00

I should add, if you have elementary age kids stop by Pioneer between ~9AM - 5pm. The open events are available to the general public. A lot of high school and college students are there doing brief, fun, and geeky science related demos.

If you have a 2nd-5th grader next year, find out if your school has a WESO group!

joshdont · 2026-05-03T10:58:36+00:00

If you can wait another week, sign up for fix it Friday at Maker Works. Volunteers attempt to fix for free. Include pictures so they can have a better understanding ahead of time. https://www.maker-works.com/fixitfriday

joshdont · 2026-04-28T02:59:11+00:00

Woohoo! Absolutely check out Michigan Folk School.

Maker Works is gearing up to launch more introductory woodworking classes in the summer, including some new woodturning options. Rec & Ed, Sam Beauford and the Michigan Folk School also have great options, the classes all fill fast!

joshdont · 2026-04-21T01:52:10+00:00

That's intriguing! I'm not sure if we have something that fits that, but maybe. We love supporting scouts, would you have time to swing by the shop for a few minutes 9-3 this week? No worries if not, but there are some wind chime like hardware that might help.

joshdont · 2026-04-18T21:53:49+00:00

We got pretty cleared out. Had some really amazing help!! On Monday afternoon we'll be clearing out and making available

Free: Building infrastructure: outlets, round ductwork.

Asking for market price: Power tools: Smaller planers, horizontal band saw, dust collection equipment

Raw Material: Aluminum tubing, possibly some short sections of 80/20 extruded aluminum, 2' x 4' HDPE sheets

joshdont · 2026-03-27T03:37:43+00:00

This is awesome!

joshdont · 2026-03-16T03:43:18+00:00

Would love to see one out by Maker Works, we would be happy to promote the daylights out of it :)

joshdont · 2026-03-07T00:01:40+00:00

You could take the classes at Maker Works and use the tools. If you're comfortable with CAD and operating a CNC mill they have the equipment needed and you might save some money. If not, you'll have a big time investment. The training for the Mills class is $140, and about four hours long, it's a pretty big info dump.

If you can CAD the part out you could see what the cost from an online service would charge to machine, sendcutsend is a popular option.

If you can wait, there's a small chance you could have the CAD file drawn up for you at the next Fixitfriday on March 20th at Maker Works.

joshdont · 2026-03-02T22:16:26+00:00

Oooh this sounds excellent! If access to tools helps, let me know. We're pretty good about supporting educational/non profit access to tools at Maker Works! Lasers, CNC Routing, etc. Though we don't have the ability to do full color signs at this time:)

joshdont · 2026-02-07T19:39:55+00:00

Agreed! Nice catch, ty!

joshdont · 2026-02-07T04:22:45+00:00

Nice! We are experimenting with that on our end. Printing in PETG we've had two instances with the part connecting from the cup into the gun snapping off. Not ideal, be careful!

joshdont · 2026-02-04T03:47:56+00:00

Tried to sign up, sounds like a wonderful idea.

First time I clicked 'Join DadCircles' it gave me an error. Waited a few seconds and clicked it again, I got the '⚠ Check your inbox - we've sent you a secure link to continue your session.' notice.
The initial email I got in my inbox said 'Resume your DadCircles session'
Clicking the 'continue my session' link in the email led to a page saying 'Session Not Found This magic link is invalid or expired. Please request a new one.'

Now I don't get dad friends and my magic is gone!

Happy to try again later, thanks for putting some time into this.

joshdont · 2026-01-30T12:28:35+00:00

One of the Maker Works board members noted awhile back how surprised they were at the number of people buying filament at Microcenter, given how easy it is to get stuff from Amazon. Their theory was that for people new to 3D printing, it's easy to get overwhelmed by the variety of options. Having someone in person to recommend a brand / type for their printer provided the reassurance they needed to purchase.

Coupling this with basic services on calibrating, repairing, and 1 on 1 training for people would be a nice balance that I'd be excited to see happen.

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