Casting Furnace Update
Despite summer vacation and other obligations, work continues to progress on the Casting Furnace. In the past few weeks Bret has pinched the end of a metal brake line tube used to feed the furnace...
View ArticleMetal Signage
One of our members, who I’ll refer to as a “Master of Metal” made this fully-functional sign for one of our doors. Never again will someone attempt to enter said door without knowing who (and what)...
View ArticleMakerspace Aluminum Casting Foundry
I arrived at the Makerspace on Thursday without an idea of what I would cast in metal, and in less than two hours I was removing my piece from the steaming petrobond! Check out the fruit of two hours...
View ArticleHot Stuff! Aluminum Pour Night.
To quote the Iron Worker on THE SIMPSONS, “Hot stuff, coming through!” I was pretty excited that I finally made it down to the Milwaukee Makerspace last night to attend an aluminum pour! I’ve seen a...
View ArticleIron Hooks from old Nails
Recently, I’ve started playing around a bit with metal-working. Pretty low-tech stuff – heat it and beat it. My DIY coal forge isn’t much to look at, just a couple pieces of steel pipe with the...
View ArticleBullet-Proof Coffee Table
This weekend, I built a bullet-proof coffee table. For years, I’ve had a three-foot by four-foot piece of bullet-proof glass that I removed from a bank while working construction there. I saved the...
View ArticleI want your aluminum
If anyone has aluminum that you would be willing to donate to our aluminum pour please bring to maker space, drop off in foundry area and notify me! The foundry Gods thank you. Kayla Schroeder...
View ArticlePower Wheels Racing
Last month the Milwaukee Makerspace power wheels team packed up the cars and road tripped to Maker Faire Detroit. After long nights working at the space until 4am for the week before the drive Ed,...
View ArticleDryhootch Fence Removal
This month a team from the our makerspace volunteered to remove some fencing for Dryhootch coffee shop. Dryhootch is a coffee shop that provides a way for veterans to reconnect. The front patio of...
View ArticleLuke, I am your fire pit…
Whether you think this looks like Darth Vader or Dark Helmet it’s still cool. Mark has been making fire pits and wood burning stoves out of used propane tanks for a while at the space. This is the...
View Article3 Scoops of Signage
Julie and Carl of Scoops Ice Cream & Candies of Kenosha, approached new Makerspace member, Brandon Minga, with their project. They were given recommendations from other projects he’s done in the...
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