Open Works’ desk-making program helps students with virtual learning

Open Works launches desk-making program to help students learning from home

Updated: 3:46 PM EST Feb 4, 2021

Baltimore Business Journal

Baltimore’s Open Works is again dedicating its makerspace tools to filling a glaring local need revealed by the COVID-19 pandemic.The organization, which houses special equipment like 3D printers, woodworking tools and laser cutters that can be used by small businesses and local product makers, spent last spring manufacturing and assembling tens of thousands of protective face shields to help fill supply gaps for personal protective equipment.Recently, the entrepreneurs and “makers” behind the initiative have taken on a new…