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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?
Laser cutting Lovecraft’s Cthulhu with Steven at Anchorage MakerSpace
February 4, 2020
While Anchorage Makerspace loves to promote a variety of complex projects that take hundreds of hours, not every one of our Makers is an electronics expert or full-time paddleboard crafter. In fact, many of Anchorage’s Makers are creative hobbyists. Whether you’re interested in building your hot sauce brand or to 3D print your very own
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Programming, Electronics, and Computer Science—All With Arduino
January 28, 2020
Understanding the core properties of what makes a machine understand an input and in turn do an action can seem practically impossible for a beginner. However, that initial hurdle doesn’t stop the curiosity of a tinkering mind.
Introduction to Flame-Working: The Aftermath — Anchorage MakerSpace
January 15, 2020
If you missed this weekend’s skill-building, flame-working, glass-melting class-of-a-lifetime, we’ve got some good news for you. We sat down with John Vinson to explore how the classes went: from fixing cracks to the world’s best teacher (hint: it’s not who you think), we dug up all the secrets to flame-working—built from a database of 20+
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