Published: 7/28/2023 5:10:00 PM
As Concord’s makerspace reopens in a smaller space after leaving its previous home in Penacook, it is making a virtue out of necessity by specializing.
“Woodworking equipment was far and away the most used,” said Sandra May, a member of Concord Makerspace board of directors, talking about what the group saw during its two years in the former Beede Electric building.
So the group’s new home in rented industrial space in Boscawen is dominated by woodworking machinery, including a CNC router, bandsaw, chop saw and lathe, all connected to a commercial dust collection system.
It also offers makerspace standards such as a laser cutter and 3-D printers. But space constraints and the fact that makerspaces have grown more common – New Hampshire has a dozen, some dating back a decade – is altering how they need to…
