Shop Talk

Great new! The lease has been signed for the Lacey MakerSpace at Zaverl Hall on Saint Martin’s University campus. We’re now official. We’ve been painting and updating. Building workbenches. Outfitting the Design Room with computers.

We are ordering equipment. So far we’ve received three 3D printers, a CNC sewing machine, and a CNC vinyl cutter. More on the way.

We expect to open in the next couple of months. Now that things are happening, you can expect more frequent updates.

It IS coming together. The space at Zaverl Hall on the Saint Martin’s campus is being vacated and prepared for us. We’ve been working hard defining where things go. We’re ordering equipment. We had a kickoff event a few days ago to work on fundraising. There are scores of things to deal with like MOUs among partners, insurance, and so on. In the coming days we’ll be doing frequent updates.

If you would like to contribute to our effort, here’s an SMU crowd funding site. Every dollar helps.  More soon…

We are making progress. The lease for the facility is just about done. The area is being cleared. We’re working on IT requirements and solutions. Next up will be moving in furniture, building benches and readying for equipment delivery. Still looking a later this year for the opening. We have a couple of fundraising activities in the works.

If you would like to donate, volunteer or have questions, let me know at [email protected] .

All, spent a great afternoon and evening at the July 3rd Lacey Fireworks at Rainier Vista Park.

The Lacey MakerSpace booth had the same measuring exercise we did at the STEM Fair. Kids used a tape measure to take measurements, record them and total.

We had lots of interested passers by. Both young and adult.

We’re on our way to making Lacey MakerSpace a reality.

Lacey MakerSpace had a booth at the Lacey STEM Fair. We had a kids interaction that involved measuring several boards with a tape measure and recording and totaling the measurements. Slips were then collected for a drawing. The kids got to keep the special tape measures. We’ll announce winners in a day or so.

Lots of interest and quite a few signed up for our email list.

Next up is the 3rd of July fireworks at Rainier Vista Park. Hope to see you there.