Devon Plett remembers sitting in his grandfather’s woodworking shop as he smoothed out his latest project on his lathe.
Decades later, that same lathe is sitting, alongside newer equipment such as a 3D printer and a laser cutter, in Plett’s Saskatoon business.
“He taught me everything I know,” Plett told CBC Radio’s Saskatoon Morning. “It’s really cool to be able to have his lathe and his workbench to let other people use it.”
Plett is the owner of Saskatoon Makerspace. Like other “makerspaces” across the country, it’s a collaborative workspace that charges a monthly fee for access to the workshop.
The idea for Saskatoon Makerspace — which recently moved into a new location on Avenue D S. and will celebrate its grand opening there on Saturday — goes back to Plett’s high school years.
He and his friends started their own skateboard company, using the school’s…
