From the March 2023 Newsletter:
Things were very busy this last month. Early in the February we moved the new (to us) CNC milling machine into the shop. On the 18th several of us went to the Makerspace Crawl Kickoff at The ION in downtown Houston that was hosted by Innovation Spark. Innovation Spark organizes many makerspace events such as the MakerFaire at the George R. Brown. We had our quarterly Pot Luck Dinner on the 19th. I didn’t count, but there were probably about 40 or more people attending. We had some guests from Innovation Spark and a couple of guys from a new startup makerspace also visited. Toward the end of the month we received delivery of a new 90 watt laser dedicated for rotary use, more about that later.
On March 24th, Mayor Czajkoski, the Mayor of Conroe came for a visit. He wanted to learn about the makerspace concept and see if a makerspace could help educate and give direction to the underprivileged youth in Conroe. He seemed to enjoy seeing The MakerBarn and thought it was a very special place.
Slowly but surely the surplus ceramic molds are finding new homes. David Overland, from CreatorMakerspace called and said they would like some. I told him to come and bring a big truck. If you have any ideas about people who may want some of our extra molds, have them get in contact with The MakerBarn and we can certainly provide them with some ceramic molds.
Our ranks continue to grow. Several new members have joined us. If you see a person you don’t know, be sure to introduce yourself and welcome them to the makerspace.
As always, if you have any ideas to help make The MakerBarn even
better, don’t keep it a secret.
George Carlson
President, MakerBarn
