FREE March Tool Trainings at the Fab Lab
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Katie Gradowski
Feb 27, 2018, 3:01:17 PM2/27/18
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Parts and Crafts is running another set of tool trainings in March!
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This is the last round where we'll be running these workshops specifically. Starting next month, we'll be mixing up the offerings. If you'd like to reserve a spot, please sign up ASAP. Details at www.fabville.net
Please share widely! We are also enrolling for summer camp.
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Every Saturday we open up our shop, from 12:00 p.m. to 2 p.m. to families and other curious folks who want to come in, look around, and make something (or make something happen!) People are encouraged to bring projects they’d like to work on and explore, but we’ll always have something in mind to get you started if you’re suffering from maker’s block. Participation is free / by donation.
FREE workshops with Parts and Crafts in 3D printing, lasercutting, and CNC routing
We are running a series of FREE workshops -- 3 sessions each, covering design, tool setup, and hands-on practice -- to introduce people to our basic toolset. Drop in or take both sessions to get your tool certification.
Intro to 3D Printing: 3 sessions
- Design with Fusion 360: Tuesday March 6, 6:30 - 8 pm. REGISTER HERE. Fusion 360 is a cloud-based 3D modeling software tool that combines organic shapes modeling with basic principles of mechanical design. It is a go-to CAD program for people who have outgrown resources like TinkerCAD and want to develop high-quality designs for the 3D printer.
- Setting up the Tool: Tuesday March 13, 6:30-8 pm. REGISTER HERE. Learn how to use Simplify3D to set up your design file for printing. This workshop will cover different types of filament, and basic safety practices for how to operate and use both types of 3D printers that are located at the Fab Lab.
- 3D Printed Jewelry: Tuesday March 20. 6:30-8 pm. REGISTER HERE. Be a fashion rockstar and print your own jewelry! No experience required. NOTE: It takes 20 minutes to 6 hours to complete a 3D print file. Participants should plan to come back during open shop to pick up their projects!
Drop in or take all three sessions to be certified on the 3D printers. Classes are free and open to the public. Sign up online at www.fabville.net.
Intro to Lasercutting: 3 sessions
- Design with Inkscape: Wednesday March 7, 6:30-8 pm. REGISTER HERE. Whether your're creating ornaments, making your own signs, or etching a picture, the first step to using the lasercutter is being able to set up the file. Our first class will be an introduction to Inkscape, an open source tool that is one of the main platforms we use to design for the lasercutter.
- Setting up the Tool: Wednesday March 14, 6:30-8 pm. REGISTER HERE. Set up a file and send it to cut! We'll go over speed and power settings for etching glass, cutting plywood, etching acrylic, and more. Participants will have an opportunity to experiment with different materials and go over basic safety practices that are required to use the lasercutter independently.
- Lasercut Jigsaw Puzzles: Wednesday March 21, 6:30-8 pm. REGISTER HERE. Design a puzzle for the lasercutter using collage materials, or bring a picture and make your own! If you have an independent project that is ready to cut, we'll send it to the lasercutter and you can take it home with you.
Drop in or take all three sessions to be certified on the Lasercutter Classes are free and open to the public. Sign up online at www.fabville.net.
Intro to ShopBot: 3 sessions
- Design with VCarve Pro: Thursday March 8, 6:30-8 pm. REGISTER HERE. Learn how to design and set up a 2D file to cut with the ShopBot. This workshop will focus on drawing and layout in VCarve Pro, including tool demos and workflow, with the goal of getting people set up with a file that they can cut.
- Setting up the Tool: Thursday March 15, 6:30-8 pm. REGISTER HERE. Overview of toolpaths, router bit selection, and basic safety procedures for setting up the ShopBot to cut a file. We will look at VCarve Pro and the ShopBot control software, as well as physical setup of the workspace so that you can safely cut your file on the ShopBot.
- Design a Cutting Board: Thursday March 22, 6:30-8 pm. REGISTER HERE. Use the ShopBot to make something practical for your kitchen! Participants with independent projects will have an opportunity to design and cut their work. Build something and take it home with you!
Drop in or take all three sessions to be certified on the ShopBot. Classes are free and open to the public. Sign up online at www.fabville.net.
All classes start at 6:30 sharp. Participants are welcome to arrive early and we encourage people to leave some extra time to find parking and locate the Fab Lab!
Girls’ Invention Week!
June 25-29 (1 week), 9-3 pm (early and late care available)
Fabville Open Shop!
Monday - Thursday
83 Highland Ave
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
- Tuesday: 3-5:30
- Wednesday: 3-8 pm
- Thursday: 3-8 pm
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? All classes and workshops are offered free of charge. This includes advanced classes like Arduino robotics, lasercutting and 3D printing, and materials for small-scale manufacturing.
Who runs the Fab Lab? The Fab Lab is run by the City of Somerville in partnership with Parts and Crafts, a kid workshop and community makerspace located at 577 Somerville Ave. To find out more about our programs, visit www.partsandcrafts.org.
Registration is open for Parts and Crafts Summer Camp!
Girls’ Invention Week!
June 25-29 (1 week), 9-3 pm (early and late care available)
$325/session. REGISTER HERE
A week of building and taking apart and experimenting and playing! We’ll have our electronics workbench, craft table, hot glue, cardboard, computer lab, and lots of great projects and activities! This session is open just for girls, as a safe space and a warm introduction to what we’re about!
Music and Mechanisms
July 2-13 (2 weeks), 9-3 pm (early and late care available)
Music and Mechanisms
July 2-13 (2 weeks), 9-3 pm (early and late care available)
$650/session. REGISTER HERE
A week to make motion and movement and music of all kinds – accoustic and electronic, simple and complex, tuneful and noisy. We’ll also build machines, play games,draw pictures, go on hikes, program computers, build circuits, hang out and have a blast! No camp on the 4th of July.
Science and Spectacle
July 16-27 (2 weeks), 9-3 pm (early and late care available)
A week to make motion and movement and music of all kinds – accoustic and electronic, simple and complex, tuneful and noisy. We’ll also build machines, play games,draw pictures, go on hikes, program computers, build circuits, hang out and have a blast! No camp on the 4th of July.
Science and Spectacle
July 16-27 (2 weeks), 9-3 pm (early and late care available)
$650/session. REGISTER HERE
Come explore the hidden science behind everyday and not-so-everyday phenomenon – fascinating demonstrations of physics, light, and movement. We’ll make kinetic sculptures, sound waves, gels, goo’s and more!
Imaginary Worlds
July 30 – August 10 (2 weeks), 9-3 pm (early and late care available)
Come explore the hidden science behind everyday and not-so-everyday phenomenon – fascinating demonstrations of physics, light, and movement. We’ll make kinetic sculptures, sound waves, gels, goo’s and more!
Imaginary Worlds
July 30 – August 10 (2 weeks), 9-3 pm (early and late care available)
$650/session. REGISTER HERE
Sometimes creativity is designing a clever linkage or solution to a programming problem, and sometimes it’s inventing a magic spell or a fascinating creature. We’ll design alien worlds and alien life and make movies about them, play games and tell stories.
Life: Natural and Artificial
August 13 – 24 (2 weeks), 9-3 pm (early and late care available)
Sometimes creativity is designing a clever linkage or solution to a programming problem, and sometimes it’s inventing a magic spell or a fascinating creature. We’ll design alien worlds and alien life and make movies about them, play games and tell stories.
Life: Natural and Artificial
August 13 – 24 (2 weeks), 9-3 pm (early and late care available)
$650/session. REGISTER HERE
Robots and wildlife! We’ll make autonomous robots and program computers to simulate living things and then we’ll go outside, explore the urban ecosystem, garden, hike around Somerville gathering wild edible plants and cook ourselves a snack!
Robots and wildlife! We’ll make autonomous robots and program computers to simulate living things and then we’ll go outside, explore the urban ecosystem, garden, hike around Somerville gathering wild edible plants and cook ourselves a snack!
Registration is open for April Vacation Week!
April Vacation Week!
April 16 – 20 (1 week), 9-3 pm (early and late care available)
April 16 – 20 (1 week), 9-3 pm (early and late care available)
$350/week. REGISTER HERE
See our sliding scale page for more information about sliding-scale pricing.
Spring is here! Celebrate the end of winter with a week of making! This week typically coincides with Rocket Day (on a Saturday), sculpture building, and the Cambridge Science Festival for piles of DIY goodness. Register for a full week or for individual days.
Spring is here! Celebrate the end of winter with a week of making! This week typically coincides with Rocket Day (on a Saturday), sculpture building, and the Cambridge Science Festival for piles of DIY goodness. Register for a full week or for individual days.
Thursday March 1: P&C Open House + Game Night, 6-8 pm
Check out the Center for Semiconducted Learning!
Thursday 3/1, 6-8 pm. Open House + Game Night
The Center for Semi-Conducted Learning (CSCL) is a school alternative program open to homeschoolers, unschoolers, and other people aged 7 to 13 interested in sharing a fun, creative, and exploratory space with like-minded people. We are open Monday through Friday from 9 a.m to 3 p.m., with individual classes offered in a wide variety of topics, including (but not limited to!) science, engineering, art, and creative writing four days a week and one day reserved for offsite field trips or creative projects.
Stop by Saturday Open Shop!
Every Saturday from 12-2 pm
@ Parts and Crafts, 577 Somerville Ave
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