Just in Time for Cyber Monday…
Area515 Apparel is now available! Visit our new Store at http://www.cafepress.com/area515 for all your Area515 Des Moines Maker Space shopping needs! We can add more merchandise as well; if you have any requests for certain items bearing our logo, let us know and we’ll do our best to get them...
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Learning the Limitations of Lasers
I acquired some beautiful African teak for a project in the laser. The multi-colored grain is gorgeous, and I wish I could share how the wood smells through the internet. I was going to have plenty, so I started with a power/speed grid. Speed gets faster left to right,...
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Member Spotlight: Liz Patterson
Say Hello to Liz Patterson! She’s been a member at Area515 Des Moines Maker Space for almost 8 months. Liz is an Intern Architect with experience working with Christian non-profit organizations and graphic design. Liz has a lot of knowledge about woodworking, and loves working on wooden boxes and...
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Member Spotlight: Ben Brown
Ben Brown, a regular at the Maker Space, has been a member for roughly a year. Ben loves to create metal art at Area515, and is largely responsible for making our garage space usable and presentable (thanks!). He also works on steel and wood furniture. His favorite project created here (and...
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Flaming Jack-O-Lantern
Make. Hack. Invent. Burn? I got silly this week and made a flaming jack-o-lantern. Happy Halloween!...
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Amateur/Ham Radio Meetup Recap: 9/28/2016
This month’s meetup was small, but successful! We discussed a few other local radio enthusiast meetups around the area, including HARC (Hiawatha Amateur Radio Club; meets 2nd Thursday of every month at the Perry Public Library) and the DMRAA (Des Moines Radio Amateurs’ Association; meets 4th Tuesday of every month at...
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Member Spotlight: Chris Johnson
Yeah, the tools and workspace are pretty awesome, but we’ve got some excellent people here too! We wanted to highlight some of the Makers that frequent Area515 and help put some names with faces around the space. First up: get to know Chris Johnson! Chris has been a member...
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Anyone use Humble Bundle?
To anyone who follows Humble Bundle, they have added the ability to support any charity of your choosing with your Humble Bundle purchase. Area515 is in the list! Please consider supporting the DSM makerspace with your next purchase from humblebundle.com....
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Metal Lathe Update
We tore it down and cleaned up the gunk. Assessed the bearings – they look ok. But one gear is without one tool, but still operable. We’ll see about replacing it sooner than later – but probably too late. The problem finding the original gears. We’ll likely need to...
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Metal tools donation
We’d like to show some gratitude for a recent tool donation to the maker space from Marilyn Warling. She was gladdened to know that her husband’s tools will be getting well used. Thank you, they most certainly will! Several of these do require maintenance before use, so keep an...
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