David Duncan remembers coming to a makerspace in Portland while he was working on a motion-activated electronic display board.
Duncan, a lifelong Salemite who works as a software analyst and videographer, wasn’t sure how to make the circuit needed for the display to work as he was hoping. But a robotics enthusiast with circuit experience had the tools he needed and showed him how to get it running.
“This guy just saved me two months of research,” he recalled thinking.
That’s the sort of community Duncan — and a board of fellow geeks — hope to create in Salem as they launch Spark Studio, the city’s first makerspace.
A makerspace serves as a community center of sorts, where people can gather to work on creative projects and draw inspiration, tips, ideas or just socialize with fellow makers.
“You do all these weird projects and you learn about all the…
