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Print Making with Michael Angelis

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MakeHaven Main Space

The main makerspace and connected shops. This is located at 770 Chapel Street. Registered participants should ring the MakeHaven labeled doorbell. They will be directed down a long hallway, and down a set of stairs to our basement workshop.

Introduction to Woodcut

Woodcut is a type of printmaking process. The art of printmaking involves the creation of a "master" printing block, from which multiple prints can then be made. The creation of a woodcut block is a very satisfying and tactile process, where hand tools are used to carve out the image that will be printed.

In this introductory workshop, students will learn how to:

Technology Meetup a New Haven Hackathon Warmup Event

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MakeHaven Main Space

The main makerspace and connected shops. This is located at 770 Chapel Street. Registered participants should ring the MakeHaven labeled doorbell. They will be directed down a long hallway, and down a set of stairs to our basement workshop.

New Haven.io, Make Haven, and Meteor New Haven meetups are going to be coming together at 1253 Whitney Ave. in Hamden (on the border of New Haven) to kick off the New Haven Hackathon networking, knowledge, and fun!

This meetup is focused on Internet of Things, in preparation for the New Haven Hackathon. Have a beacon, 360 camera, or drone? Bring it!

Cornhole Game with Lights

Submitted by Christine Liu on

This cornhole board has lights that normally flash white.  When a beanbag goes through the hole, the lights flash red.  I used an infrared transmitter/receiver pair, a strand of NeoPixels, and an Arduino.  Anyone up for a game?

 
Cutting openings on the Shapeoko.

 
Finished board with wooden legs and clear acrylic inlay (cut on the laser cutter).  Neopixel strand is held in place with wire and masking tape.

 
 
A peek at the messy innards.  The IR sensor is mounted on the small posts next to the hole.

 
 

 

Three Makers Share Their Projects

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As part of the Arts and Ideas Festival we asked a number our members to demonstrate the work they are doing on projects. Here are three of those makers summarizing their projects in under a minute and a half. 

 

Elisa Shares Her Laser Cutter Work

Elisa talks about her work to use the laser to cut intricate paper designs and create a fold-able wood book cover.

 

Jacob Talks about Hand Tool Use in Building a Bench

Woodworker Jacob describes the tools he is using to build a bench for MakeHaven.

 

Jeremy Talks about the Shapeoko CNC Mill

MakeHaven member Jeremy explains what the Shapeoko CNC

Its a bowl!...sort of.

Submitted by Robert Narracci on

So I finished my first bowl. In truth the past few months have been mostly waiting for the wood to dry and stabilize. One has to do that by slowly opening a bigger and bigger aperture in the plastic bag the bowl is stored in. At first it literally sweats and then slows down over time. Near the end of drying I had to mitigate some splitting with butterfly keys (a.k.a. bow ties or dutchmen) and then do some filling with cyanoacrylate glue (crazy glue or zap-a-gap) mixed with sawdust. I've read that there's a good 25% chance that a bowl will split because wood is unpredictable and $#!+ happens

Intro to HTML/CSS

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MakeHaven Main Space

The main makerspace and connected shops. This is located at 770 Chapel Street. Registered participants should ring the MakeHaven labeled doorbell. They will be directed down a long hallway, and down a set of stairs to our basement workshop.

This 2-part workshop series (dates: 6/11th & 6/12th) is geared toward the beginner-beginner or someone with a little coding experience. 

In this workshop, you will learn the building blocks of creating a web site.

HTML (Hyper Text Markup Language) is a coding language which builds the foundation of a website, and CSS, (Cascading Styles Sheets) is the coding language responsible for styling (colors, fonts, position).

Coffee Roasting Workshop

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MakeHaven Main Space

The main makerspace and connected shops. This is located at 770 Chapel Street. Registered participants should ring the MakeHaven labeled doorbell. They will be directed down a long hallway, and down a set of stairs to our basement workshop.

Perk up!

Join us on Sunday morning for breakfast and a lesson on how to roast coffee beans.

Vishal Patel of The Happiness Lab will lead this workshop on how to roast coffee beans.

This workshop includes a breakfast sandwich, fresh hot coffee and a 1/4 lb bag of fresh roasted coffee beans

RSVP to attend.

 

MakeHaven Becomes First Fab Lab In Connecticut

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MakeHaven has been recognized as the first FabLab in Connecticut. This designation will help to propel MakeHaven as a technical prototyping platform for innovation, invention and entrepreneurship. Being recognized as a FabLab means connecting to a global community of fabricators, artists, scientists, engineers, educators, students, amateurs, professionals, of all ages located in more than 78 countries. This community is simultaneously a distributed technical education network, and a distributed research laboratory working to digitize fabrication, inventing the next generation of manufacturing

Wood CNC Carving - Intro Level - Make a two tone wooden sign

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MakeHaven Main Space

The main makerspace and connected shops. This is located at 770 Chapel Street. Registered participants should ring the MakeHaven labeled doorbell. They will be directed down a long hallway, and down a set of stairs to our basement workshop.

In this class you will learn how to use the Shapeoko CNC (a computer controled wood cutting router) to create a custom two-toned wood engraved sign that you can take home.

The Shapeoko CNC is........

 

About the Instructor: Jeremy Medow is Owner of Tungsten Customs.  CNC enthusiast and woodworker who dabbles in electronics.

Other equipment used: planer, and CNC router. 

All materials are included in cost.

Need to purchase ticket in advance to attend the class