Teen Maker Mondays + Intro to Lasercutting this week!

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Katie Gradowski

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Oct 18, 2017, 8:41:12 AM10/18/17

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It's been awesome to see so many of you at the Fab Lab!

Just a reminder, Intro to Lasercutting is running this Thursday from 6-8 pm at the Fab Lab. We still have spots available! Also, check out this FREE workshop every Monday, geared specifically for teens. Last but not least, Project Night starts up next week, Thursday 6-8 pm. Email con...@partsandcrafts.org if you want to give a lightning talk or share a project!

All best, and thanks,

Katie

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Teen Maker Mondays

Mondays afterschool, 3-5:30

REGISTER HERE

Do you like to code, design, and build stuff? Come check out FabVille! A weekly crash course in digital fabrication and tools for making things. Learn to control motors and sensors with Arduino, design and 3D print your own fidget spinner, learn how to use the ShopBot, soldering irons, vinyl cutter, laser cutter, and more! Monday Afternoons 3:30-5:30

FabVille: Open four days a week!

Open Shop Monday - Thursday

The Fab Lab is open to the public Monday through Thursday. It is FREE and anyone is allowed to come! You do not have to be a Somerville Public School student or even live in Somerville. Open shop hours are as follows:

Monday: 3-5:30 (no evening hours)
Tuesday: 3-5:30, 6-8 pm for classes + independent work
Wednesday: 3-5:30, 6-8 pm for open shop
Thursday: 3-5:30, 6-8 pm for classes + open shop

We'll be hosting an open-to-the public Project Night on the last Thursday of every month (with pizza!) which is a great chance to meet people, share ideas, talk about what you're up to, as well as a regular line-up of evening classes.

Register for FabVille Classes

Tuesday / Thursday, 6-8 pm

Intro to the Fab Lab

Tuesday October 24, 6-8 pm

Drop-in, no registration required

Come by, see the space, learn how to use the tools! This last session will focus on the Shop Bot, but we'll have all the tools available for use. Particularly useful if you plan to use FabVille during open shop hours for independent projects. Tools: Shopbot, Flashforge 3D printers, Epilog Lasercutter Skills: Laser cutting, 3D printing, CAD, CNC routing

Intro to Laser Cutting: DIY Nightlight

Thursday October 19, 6-8 pm

REGISTER HERE

Have a cool design you’d like to put on your bedside table? Using InkScape, an open source graphics editor, we’ll create a design to engrave on the laser cutter then build a simple edge-lit LED night light to illuminate it. No experience required. Tools: InkScape, soldering irons, Epilog mini laser cutter Skills: Soldering, lasercutting, layout and design

FabVille Project Night!

Thursday October 26-, 6-8 pm

RSVP (link coming)

Open shop, lightning talks, open build time. Meet other makers, network, get help and feedback, and share your cool projects with friends! Monthly meetup at FabVille. Pizza provided.

Intro to Arduino

Tuesday October 31, 6-8 pm

REGISTER HERE

Explore how microcontrollers work using the Arduino platform, an open source framework for contolling LEDs, motors, and sensors. We'll explore the Arduino IDE and look at some basic code examples. This class as a prerequisite for the Arduino Robotics course, starting in November. No experience required. Tools: Arduino Skills: Programming

All the Facts!

Where are you located? FabVille is located on the far east side of the Somerville High school campus (library side). To get to the Fab Lab, enter near the gym and go down the stairs to your right, turn left and head to the end of the hallway. We're at the very end of the Voc Ed department, last door on the right.

Who can come? Anyone is welcome, but the Fab Lab is primarily geared toward late middle schoolers, high schoolers, and adults. It's a professional toolset, and there's less of the "pull something out and build it!" that we have at Parts and Crafts. Kids 13 and under should plan to come with a grown-up.

Does it cost anything? Right now everything we are offering -- literally everything -- is free. This includes advanced classes like Arduino robotics, lasercutting and 3D printing, and materials for small-scale manufacturing. It's a pretty amazing resource, and the city is providing it free of charge.