Where would you go if you wanted to learn how to build a bookshelf from scratch? Or if your child wanted to figure out how to make a robot? Some hobbies and trades — building furniture, creating robots, welding, blacksmithing — can require so much space, expensive equipment, and specialized knowledge that they can seem inaccessible. Enter makerspaces. These community resources serve to provide a common space where users can share resources to make trades, hobbies, and innovation available to anyone who wants to learn.
“A makerspace is a gym for tools. So, a lot of people have hobbies that employ power tools or specialized equipment to make things or to just fuel their activities. But very few people can afford to have them all. And even if they could, they don’t have the room to have them all,” says Patrick Marstall, a member of the Nova Labs board of directors….
