The Royal Purple sat down with Peter Spangler from Wisconsin Makers in Whitewater to talk about the MakerSpace.
Royal Purple: What is a MakerSpace and how did it get started?
Peter Spangler: You name it and we make it. We are a MakerSpace with an educational mission and we are a nonprofit. There were a couple of co-founders, neither of them are with us anymore, and they had connections to Whitewater so they decided to start one here. So the first time I came over here, I looked at it and said “What do you do?” and they said “We make stuff.” Then I asked “What do you call yourself?” and they said “MakerSpace.” Then I asked “What do you call yourselves?” and they said “makers.” So, we have a lot of stuff that can be used to make anything you can think of. We have events here, make projects, and hold workshops.
Royal Purple: Who can participate in MakerSpace…
