Milwaukee Makerspace

Milwaukee Makerspace
Pete Prodoehl
Communications Director / Board Member
Conceive, Collaborate, Create
Thursday, November 14, 13

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•Collaborative Workspace
•Tools, Equipment, Materials
•People willing to share
•Teaching and learning together

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•Started in August 2009
•Acquired ﬁrst space in October 2010
•Grew to 50 members in August 2012
•Acquired second space in October 2012
•Continues to grow in 2013...
http://wiki.milwaukeemakerspace.org/historyofmms

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http://apps.2xlnetworks.net/milwaukeemakerspace/hmmdmmh/

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16,000 sq ft

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Areas
•Meeting Room
•Electronics Lab
•Wood Shop
•Metal Shop
•Welding Area
•Craft Area
•Casting Area
•Forging Area
•Laser Cutter Room
•Photo Studio
•3D Printing Area
•Snack Area

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Projects
http://wiki.milwaukeemakerspace.org/projects
New Hack Rack Shelving, Rolling Cart with Retractable Wheels, Simple/Cheap Tripod, Appliance Hour Meter, Simple
Rocket Launcher, Consumables Super Analog Status Board, Cyborg Penguin Upgrade, Water Cooler Conversion,
MaKey MaKey Banana Pong, Magazine Rack for Parking Passes/Tickets, Hardware Reorganization Project, MaKey
MaKey Apple Piano, DIY Thread Gauge, Mail and Check Drop Box, Nerdy Derby, Jason G's First Makerbot Prints, Semi-
Automatic Gmail Assistant, Tea Box Radio, Wooden Nickels, Friday Night Drawbot, Squeegees, Hackerspace Status API,
RPM Challenge 2012, Laser Cutter Venting System, Golf Cart Repairs, CCTV System, AC Drain Leak Detector, The
Tool at Hand: One Tool Challenge, reMMinderbot, PoodleLamp, The Arc-O-Matic Drawing Machine, Aquaponics XP,
Iron Man Arc Reactor, MakerGear Prusa Mendel RepRap, Wraparound Milwaukee Art Installation, iPhone Tripod
Mount, Magic Mirror Theater Prop, Safety Lockout Tags, Tim's Electric Truck, Rich's Electric Truck, Cookie Cutters,
Holiday Ornaments, Tie Pin (Learn to Solder Kit), CheerLight, CheerLCD, Casting Furnace, Doorbell, The Access
Control System, Parade Float: Old Milwaukee Beer Can, Parade Float: Arduino, Power Racing Series, Parade Float: Pots
of Gold, Raspberry Pi Radio, CNC Plasma Cutter, 4'x8' CNC Table, Beer Automated Dispensing And Security System,
Humorously Maniacal Milwaukee Makerspace Multi-Media Machine, Emergence: the JAMbulance, Environmental
Sensors, CNC Router Controller Box, Book Scanner, Scoreboard Clock, Really Big LED sign, 1961 Runabout Boat,
SlideScanner, Maker Hearse, MMS 3D Printer, MegaMax 3D Printer, Electric Movearound, Marco, OOMA, Video Poker
Machine, Vacuum Former, MakerSpace Keychain, MakerSpace Clock, Remote Aquaponics Sensor Buoy, Home
Environmental Sensor Array, Raspberry Pi Traveling Mascot, Milwaukee Makerspace Lighting Controller...

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More Projects!
lighting system, mace, weaponizing robots, old old old forge that can burn steel, darkroom, floor removal, making black
mastic disappear, wooden bowl with magnets auctioned off for charity, making an airplane, secret underground tunnel
to McDonalds, furniture, ROV, car repair, exhaust system for laser cutters, sandblasted 300 martini shakers, PPPRS
wiki, new drill bit drawers for organization, M2C2 (Milwaukee Makerspace Can Crusher), Holiday Make-A-Thon,
learning electronics, building a radio telescope, 3D printing, multiple-filament madness, Raspberry Pi project, Rostock,
hexacopter, making a wedding ring, House M.D. costume, fake prescription bottles, fake ID, billing software, 9 wooden
bookshelves to modify, jewelry and metalsmithing, granite desk, PWM boards for fan control/fuel injection, MakerBot
excitement, catnip toys, wood art photography, car hacking, wine bottle holder, rebuilding a Honda motorcycle,
woodworking, building things, learning things, MSOE, underwater robotics, sold state tesla coil, tricycle/bicycle
electrically assisted, CNC Plasma Cutter, hand tools, weather station, Red Lotus, knitting a scarf, training materials for
kiln, urban fantasy set on an alternate Earth, cleaning up, rebuilding a car engine, costume making, metal lathe training,
quad battery monitor tweaking, new blower for laser cutter room, caulking, building needs work! (See Tom!),
blacksmithing, music box, jewelry, Arduino fun, juggling, purses, lace mitts, corsets, sewing machine case needs veneer
repair, artist with cold hands, Raspberry Pi, sandblasting, robot dog face detection, name tags, blackjack playing robot,
giant clock, can crusher, fluid simulation software, Lake Geneva, special effects expert dude!, Frankie & the DCRL, open
source small-scale CNC milling machine, anodizing workshop, prototyper for small inventors, tools to semi-automate
leatherworking, pneumatic hold puncher, leather strip cutter, rebuilding Eventorbot 3D printer, rebuilding a(nother)
motorcycle, fixing a van from craigslist, lawyer who sews and does leatherwork, glass maker, stained glass, hot glass,
Stratasys head rebuilding, laser cutting, remote driveway alarm, glow in the dark wrench, USB serial joystick converter
PCB, Kuka robot programming...

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Tools?
http://wiki.milwaukeemakerspace.org/equipment
Access Control System, Central Air Compressor, Portable Air Compressor, Welding Exhaust Fan, PCB/Chem Lab Exhaust Fan, Electric
Forklift, Scissor Lift, Hand Tools, Safety Cabinet, Shop Vac, Power Tools, Hack Rack, HP LaserJet Printer: Krambo, Space Invaders Pinball
Machine, Kuka KR 30 Industrial Robot Arm, Table Top, Gear Lathe (Central Machinery), Drill Press (Speedway), Vertical Mill (Gorton),
Metal Lathe (South Bend Lathe Works), Bandsaw, Vertical (Do-All), #07/Drill Presses & Table (Rockwell), Cut-off/Chop Saw
(Milwaukee), Hydraulic Press, Disc Sander, Bandsaw, Horizontal (Ohio Forge ProSeries) moved to casting area, Bandsaw, Horizontal
(Wilton), Bench Grinder (Farm & Fleet), Bench Grinder (Delta), Metal Pan & Box Brake (Central Machinery), Cut-off/Chop Saw
(Hitachi), 7x12 Bandsaw, Vertical/Horizontal with coolant tank (Wilton), Bench Top Lathe (Delta), Bridgeport Mill (to be upgraded to
CNC), Hand Grinder (Skil), Hand Grinder (Chicago), Drill Bits, Taps, etc., Nuts, Bolts, Etc., Big Vise, Metal Shop Vac, Bandsaw,
Horizontal (Ohio Forge ProSeries), Electric Kiln, Forge, Little Forge, Casting Furnace, Centrifugal Spin Caster, Anvil, Post Vise, Forging
Hammers, Other Forging Tools, Electric Arc Welder (Lincoln), TIG/Arc Welder (Chicago Electric), Arc Welder 1 (Hobart), Arc Welder
2 (Hobart), Ultrafeed 1000 (Hobart), Various welder parts, #30 Drill Press (Craftsman), #31 Drill Press (King Feng Fu), #32 Wood
Band Saw (Ridgid), #33 Compound Miter Saw (Dewalt), #34 Jointer (Ridgid), #35 Contractor Grade Compound Miter Saw, #36 Panel
Saw (SSC), #37 Planer (Ridgid), #38 CNC Router, #39 Router Table (Craftsman), #40 Router Table (Vermont American), #41 Scroll
Saw (Delta), #42 Table Saw (Ridgid), #44 Table Saw (Duracraft), #45 Lathe Tools, #48 Combination Disc/Belt Sander (Delta) -
removed, Combination Disc/Belt Sander (Craftsman), Router Table (Rockler), ULS Laser Cutter (60 watt), ULS Laser Cutter (25
watt) - Ofﬂine, Exhaust Blower Fan (both laser cutters), Air Assist Vac Pump (on 60 watt only), #xx: Laser Cutter (40 watt), Makerbot
Replicator, CNC Engraver, 3D Printing Computers, 3D Scanner, PowerMac G5, Components Library, Testing Equipment, Cables and
Cords, Logic Analyzer, Surface Mount Components, Heat Guns, Glue Guns, Soldering Irons, Label Makers, Pliers, Screwdrivers, Heat
Shrink Tubing, Zip/Cable Ties, Tape, PCB Etching Chemicals, Video Microscope, Sigma DP1 Digital Camera, Parts Washer, Embroidery
Machine, Embroidery Computer w/ perph card, White Sewing Machine, Kenmore Sewing Machine, Silk Screening Rig, Printing Press,
Vacuum Former, Pottery Wheel, Singer Sewing Machine, Portable Singer Sewing Machine, Old Lincoln Electric Arc Welder, 4-ton
Hydraulic Press (Denison) (moved off site), Brake Shear Roll, Green Belt Sander, Scroll Saw (Ryobi), Drill Press (Burgmaster), Plasma
Cutter (MAC Tools), Laser Cutter...

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Tools?
http://wiki.milwaukeemakerspace.org/equipment
Access Control System, Central Air Compressor, Portable Air Compressor, Welding Exhaust Fan, PCB/Chem Lab Exhaust Fan, Electric
Forklift, Scissor Lift, Hand Tools, Safety Cabinet, Shop Vac, Power Tools, Hack Rack, HP LaserJet Printer: Krambo, Space Invaders Pinball
Machine, Kuka KR 30 Industrial Robot Arm, Table Top, Gear Lathe (Central Machinery), Drill Press (Speedway), Vertical Mill (Gorton),
Metal Lathe (South Bend Lathe Works), Bandsaw, Vertical (Do-All), #07/Drill Presses & Table (Rockwell), Cut-off/Chop Saw
(Milwaukee), Hydraulic Press, Disc Sander, Bandsaw, Horizontal (Ohio Forge ProSeries) moved to casting area, Bandsaw, Horizontal
(Wilton), Bench Grinder (Farm & Fleet), Bench Grinder (Delta), Metal Pan & Box Brake (Central Machinery), Cut-off/Chop Saw
(Hitachi), 7x12 Bandsaw, Vertical/Horizontal with coolant tank (Wilton), Bench Top Lathe (Delta), Bridgeport Mill (to be upgraded to
CNC), Hand Grinder (Skil), Hand Grinder (Chicago), Drill Bits, Taps, etc., Nuts, Bolts, Etc., Big Vise, Metal Shop Vac, Bandsaw,
Horizontal (Ohio Forge ProSeries), Electric Kiln, Forge, Little Forge, Casting Furnace, Centrifugal Spin Caster, Anvil, Post Vise, Forging
Hammers, Other Forging Tools, Electric Arc Welder (Lincoln), TIG/Arc Welder (Chicago Electric), Arc Welder 1 (Hobart), Arc Welder
2 (Hobart), Ultrafeed 1000 (Hobart), Various welder parts, #30 Drill Press (Craftsman), #31 Drill Press (King Feng Fu), #32 Wood
Band Saw (Ridgid), #33 Compound Miter Saw (Dewalt), #34 Jointer (Ridgid), #35 Contractor Grade Compound Miter Saw, #36 Panel
Saw (SSC), #37 Planer (Ridgid), #38 CNC Router, #39 Router Table (Craftsman), #40 Router Table (Vermont American), #41 Scroll
Saw (Delta), #42 Table Saw (Ridgid), #44 Table Saw (Duracraft), #45 Lathe Tools, #48 Combination Disc/Belt Sander (Delta) -
removed, Combination Disc/Belt Sander (Craftsman), Router Table (Rockler), ULS Laser Cutter (60 watt), ULS Laser Cutter (25
watt) - Ofﬂine, Exhaust Blower Fan (both laser cutters), Air Assist Vac Pump (on 60 watt only), #xx: Laser Cutter (40 watt), Makerbot
Replicator, CNC Engraver, 3D Printing Computers, 3D Scanner, PowerMac G5, Components Library, Testing Equipment, Cables and
Cords, Logic Analyzer, Surface Mount Components, Heat Guns, Glue Guns, Soldering Irons, Label Makers, Pliers, Screwdrivers, Heat
Shrink Tubing, Zip/Cable Ties, Tape, PCB Etching Chemicals, Video Microscope, Sigma DP1 Digital Camera, Parts Washer, Embroidery
Machine, Embroidery Computer w/ perph card, White Sewing Machine, Kenmore Sewing Machine, Silk Screening Rig, Printing Press,
Vacuum Former, Pottery Wheel, Singer Sewing Machine, Portable Singer Sewing Machine, Old Lincoln Electric Arc Welder, 4-ton
Hydraulic Press (Denison) (moved off site), Brake Shear Roll, Green Belt Sander, Scroll Saw (Ryobi), Drill Press (Burgmaster), Plasma
Cutter (MAC Tools), Laser Cutter...
3D Printers

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