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WONDER: Holiday Party at the Groove

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Off Site

Any event or activity that happens on the property of another orgnization. For example tours of factories, or other community events that we feature. 

MakeHaven members have been invited to The Grove to celebrate all the WONDERful things the holiday season brings! 



The halls will be decked in WONDERland style, while Raheem Nelson spins tunes. There'll be an epic holiday beverage and drink bar. 



Bring your family, your friends and a snack to share. Can't wait to see you there!

Location: 

The Grove

760 Chapel St, New Haven, Connecticut 06510

A Case For Holiday Cheer

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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.

Thursday, 10 December 2015 -
6:00pm to 8:00pm

Show up as "The Most Interesting Person" at the party, when you present your host with a custom designed 6 pack case or 2 bottle (yes, 2, don't be cheap) wine carrier, that you created using a laser cutter.

Not only can you talk about the case, but you can tell folks about the place (talk up MakeHaven!), that you went to make the case. All this for $15.00, a bargain!

Here are the details:

Case For Holiday Cheer!

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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.

Show up as "The Most Interesting Person" at the party, when you present your host with a custom designed 6 pack case or 2 bottle (yes, 2, don't be cheap) wine carrier, that you created using a laser cutter.

Not only can you talk about the case, but you can tell folks about the place (talk up MakeHaven!), that you went to make the case. All this for $15.00, a bargain!

Here are the details:

Brewing on HERMS

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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.

Will be doing a quick brew with a few friends. Good time to check out the brewing machine in action. We are planing to start promptly at 4pm and be wrapping up around 5:30.

Shapeoko Upgrade Build-out

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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.

We will look at the equipment we have, start to prepare a space for the construction and do some work on it if we feel we are ready to make progress.

Laser Cut Ornaments

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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.

We will introduce the principles of useing the laser, for example, when to use vector cutting or raster engraving models.

The designs will be compared and then analized to identify improvements on the design. 

Students can scan hand drawn images or can create an image that they want to use prior to class.

Students are asked to bring a laptop with Inkscape installed prior to class. Use of the MakeHaven computer will be available if arrangements are made prior to class.

Students will have 4 ornaments to take home or give as gifts.

Bike Party KRAMPUS-fest Mask Making and Bike Decorations

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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.

What is Krampus? Krampus is basically evil monster Santa Claus. (or misunderstood at best).
 
New Haven bike party is going to together a local rock show with a Krampus/Holiday theme at Lyric Hall. Before the party they are stoping at MakeHaven to make masks and decorate bikes.
 

Intro to Woodshop Safety and Best Practices

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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.

Orientation to MakeHaven's Woodshop lead by Rob Narracci.

This is an introduction to the machines and tools in the Woodshop, as well as, shop safety and best practices. This class is a great class for new members of MakeHaven, and those who whant to learn more about the wood shop. It is also a great refresher for those who may be a bit rusty and wanting to get back into the shop and working on projects or for those brand new and want to discover a whole new world of creative possibilitites. 

Lip Balm Making 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.

No more dry, chapped lips! By the end of this workshop, you will have 25 tubes of your custom own blended lip balm. Mistletoe or not, you'll be ready! There is a fee for this class. Please go to MakeHaven Meetup to register and pay for the class.