Garret Hill, the student coordinator for Orange Coast College’s Makerspace, rhythmically tapped on an Ultimaker 3D printer while a student stared anxiously over his shoulder.
As another student carefully lined up a hand saw against a piece of wood for a tabletop, two more students walked in the door and set themselves up at an open desk space with a single plank of wood and a laptop viewing a 3D model.
Not long after, Hill worked his way over to help the two new people, and several more students came in chatting and setting up equipment.
As the morning became lunchtime and more students came in through the doors, the workshop was packed full of professional manufacturing equipment. The makerspace, located in OCC’s Technology Center, has become…
