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Innovate and Create: Exciting Upcoming Classes and Events at Anchorage Makerspace
December 5, 2023
Join us at Anchorage Makerspace for a season of learning, innovation, and community building! We’re thrilled to announce a diverse range of events and classes that cater to makers of all levels. From technology enthusiasts to crafters, our space is a hub of creativity and skill-sharing. Open House Mondays: Explore the Maker World Every Monday
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Flameworking 101 – A Beginner’s Guide to working glass with torches
February 21, 2024
Join John Vinson & Kyle Fetters April 20th 12 PM – 4 PM Learn the basics of shaping glass in the flame. Get hand on experience working glass, ideal for beginners to get a fundamental understanding of glass art made with torches. Please bring Non-flammable clothing, long sleeve shirt, Hair tie/hat for safety. – Discover
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Happy Birthday, AMS!
December 6, 2023
🎉 A Decade of Making Dreams a Reality: Celebrating 10 Years of Anchorage Maker Space 🎉 Today is a remarkable day for us at Anchorage Maker Space – it’s our 10th anniversary! From the spark of an idea to a thriving hub of creativity and technology, our journey over the past decade has been nothing
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DIY 3D Printer
September 9, 2021
Through the past summer, I’ve been working on a homemade 3D printer. The goal was to make a fast printer with comparable size and quality to other hobby printers at a similar price. This project lasted nearly a year, took four design iterations, and around $200 worth of new components to build, and achieved all
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Mass Making Masks
May 16, 2020
How Lasercut Fabric Ramps Up The Process It’s been two months since Ethan Berkowitz’s “Hunker Down” order across Anchorage, and the development of PPE for first responders, essential workers, and immuno-compromised citizens has been slowly gaining momentum. For the Maker community, however, there’s been little time to wait. Anchorage Makerspace members have always been at
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DIY Bug Box: An Inside Look at Anchorage Makerspace
March 31, 2020
Even in quarantine, Makers are bustling to put together new ideas for projects and future events for the Makerspace. If you’d like to know more about what’s upcoming (virtually) for the Makerspace, please reach out to us here. Introduction No matter the skill level of a Maker, they are welcomed at Anchorage Makerspace.If you are
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AutoCAD: The Aftermath
March 4, 2020
Introduction Imagine a world where you can create any project your heart desires. This is a world of sweeping results and endless possibilities, where your designs can jump out of your head and onto paper—well, software. From ideas to designs, the project starts to form and gets transferred into a variety of formats… All of
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Intro to Laser Cutter Class: The Aftermath
February 20, 2020
With only a month passed since the first Intro to Flame-Working class, the floors are itching for more students, teachers, and community. And it seems Anchorage’s students are itching, too. Yesterday, we hosted our first Intro to Laser Cutter class of the year with MakerSpace board member and founder of Frosty Beaver Designs, Jessica Austin.
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DIY a WiFi-enabled LED Bar Sign
February 13, 2020
Why can’t you just create the exact kind of furniture you’re seeking without going through 300+ hours of sales talks?
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