how to make a makerspace...2013/06/12 · • 40,000 square foot makerspace –machine shop...
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How to Make a Makerspace …in a Library!
Gui Cavalcanti
6/13/2013
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Overview
• Introductions
• Overview and History of Artisan’s Asylum
• Applicability to Libraries
• Stages of Development
• Example Library Makerspaces
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Artisan’s Asylum
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What is Artisan’s Asylum?
• 40,000 square foot makerspace – Machine shop
– Welding shop
– Wood shop
– Sewing lab
– Bicycle repair
– Electronics assembly
– Silkscreening
– Jewelry & Glass
• 300 members
• 142 rental studios
• 40-50 classes with 250-300 students a month – Teachers paid 50% of class income
• $1M+/year income
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A Brief History
• Founded in May of 2010
• Started with $40,000 of heavy machinery
– CNC mill, lathe, TIG welder, woodshop, sewing machinery
• Initially 1,000 square feet
– Intended as a co-working studio to be shared by 10-20 people
– 100 people attended the opening party…
• Nearby hackerspace had a 9,000 square foot space,
was in the process of shutting down due to politics
– Had enough money to pay for first month’s rent and move the
machinery the first time, everything else was bootstrapped
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May, 2010
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Windsor Street
• 1,000 square feet
• Fully privately funded and run by Gui Cavalcanti
and Jenn Martinez
• Members and classes were a nice-to-have
• $40k worth of equipment
• Not nearly enough space to run all of the
equipment at one time
• Had machining, welding, woodworking, and
sewing capabilities
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June, 2010
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July, 2011
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Joy Street
• 9,000 square feet
• Mostly funded on earned income, significant income derived
from charity
• Directed by Gui Cavalcanti (unpaid), run by super-volunteers
called Wardens
• Members and classes paid rent; renters were considered a
nice-to-have
• $60-75k worth of equipment
• Not nearly enough space or divisions to run all of the
equipment at one time
• Added bicycle maintenance and electronics facilities;
significantly bolstered existing capabilities
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August, 2011
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Now
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Tyler Street
• 40,000 square feet
• Fully funded on earned income
• Run by Molly Rubenstein (ED), Dmitri Litin (Controller), Rob Masek
(Facilities), Gui Cavalcanti (Dev., half-time), member services
coordinator (now hiring), publicity and marketing coordinator (now
hiring), plus ~20 long-term volunteers manning the front desk and
servicing shop equipment.
• Renters (and their memberships) pay infrastructural costs; additional
members and classes pay salaries
• $300k worth of equipment
• Enough space to run all equipment at once, if noisy
• Added silkscreening, computer lab, glass and jewelry, and many
CNC tools, as well as doubling capacity in all shops
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In 3 years…
• 230 volunteers
• 140 instructors
• 7,000 hours of volunteer service
• 450 classes
• 2,400 people on our mailing list
• 4,000 unique students
• $4M in Kickstarter funding
• $3.5M in venture capital
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Introduction to
Somerville, MA
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Somerville, MA
• Highest population density in the Northeast
– 77,000 in 4 square miles
– Neighboring Cambridge (100,000, 7.2 square miles) and
Medford (55,000, 8.5 square miles)
• Highest artists per capita outside of Manhattan
• Young, but not too young; most citizens are 25-44
– No colleges in Somerville, but Tufts is across the Medford border
• $62k/yr Median Household Income
• Average real estate listing is $472,709 (Trulia.com)
• Significant side-by-side mixture of residential,
commercial, and industrial zoning due to history
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Artisan’s Asylum in Somerville
• Over 50% of our members come from a 1 mile radius
• The remainder come from a 50 mile radius
• 15 minute walk from public transportation artery
• Relatively high real estate prices and incredibly dense
housing means that members want private space
• Even distribution of hobbyists, artists, professional
tradespeople, and technologists
• Increased the number of manufacturing businesses in
Somerville by over 50%
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Somerville, MA
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Applicability to Libraries
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Makerspace Goals
Public access to…
• …training and education in design,
engineering, and fabrication
• …other members of the community
• …inspiration
• …tools and equipment
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Craft Areas
• Craft areas can be broken up into the
following building code categories:
– No Hazard (“Office Use”)
• No significant infrastructure required
– Light Hazard
• Some building infrastructure required
– Moderate Hazard
• Significant building infrastructure and safety
infrastructure required
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Craft Areas: No Hazard
• Programming
• Breadboard Electronics
• Computer-Aided Design
• 3D Printing
• Silkscreening
• Vinyl Cutting
• Papercraft
• “Cold” Jewelry
• Fabric Arts
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Craft Areas: Light Hazard
• Soldering Electronics
– Needs light ventilation, some safety infrastructure
• Lasercutting
– Needs dedicated ventilation, fire safety infrastructure
• Machining
– Generates chips and smoke, needs heavy-duty floors and
rigging, needs tooling
• Moldmaking/Casting
– Needs ventilation and the ability to make a mess/clean up goo
• Foamcutting
– Needs ventilation
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Craft Areas: Moderate Hazard
• Woodworking
– Needs significant ventilation, sprinklers, specialized
equipment, etc.
• Welding
– Needs a Hot Works permit, a non-combustible room,
dangerous equipment, personal protective devices,
sprinklers, etc.
• Glassworking & “Hot Jewelry
– Needs a Hot Works permit, combustible gas storage,
a non-combustible room, personal protective devices,
sprinklers, etc.
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Craft Interest
Survey of incoming renters as Artisan’s Asylum moved to 25,000 square feet
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Computer-Controlled Equipment
• 3D printers, vinyl cutters and lasercutters
are incredibly productive, highly desired,
and easy to maintain, but they require…
– 2D graphics or 3D modeling programs
– Training in 2D and 3D design
– Some amount of engineering training
– Dedicated technicians
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Space Priorities
1. Interesting classes, events and capabilities
2. Accessible community hours (usually
meaning nights and weekends)
3. Membership communication
4. Critical mass of members and students
5. Functioning and useful equipment
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Stages of Development
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Development Priorities
1. Develop a community that’s accessible,
interesting, and both recurring and
constantly infused with new members
2. Develop physical infrastructure like tools,
equipment, and training
3. Create a social infrastructure that doesn’t
burn out organizers and instructors
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Stages of Development
1. Find an organizer and instructors
2. Find a space
3. Start running events!
4. Acquire equipment
5. Create training programs on said
equipment
6. Start running classes
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“Build It And They Will Come”
• Can work for brand-new organizations
• Extremely difficult to pull off for existing
organizations with inertia behind them
• Puts the onus on you to draw people in
with organizers promoting events and
classes
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Organizers and Instructors
• The community will rise to, but usually not
exceed, the passion of its organizers and
instructors
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Space
The ideal space has:
• Areas to be social
• Open work areas
• Classroom (i.e., sound-isolated) areas
• Plenty of electricity
• Well-laid-out equipment
• Some amount of consumables
• Projection capabilities
• Computers
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Events
• Mini-Maker Faires
– Invite makers in your community to show off their
projects in a once-a-year event, licensed from and
advertised by MAKE Magazine
• Organize Meetups
– Pick an organizer, speaker, or instructor, pick an
interesting design or fabrication related topic, and
invite your community
• Host Meetups
– Find groups nearby that need space for their design
or fabrication-related meetup, and offer to host
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Equipment
• Artisan’s Asylum leases 2/3 of its tools
from members, in exchange for discounts
on membership
• Most tools initially acquired from Craigslist
• As we’ve ‘grown up’, we’ve acquired
industrial-grade tools new from the
manufacturer
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Example Library Makerspaces
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Library Makerspaces
• Fayetteville Free Library
– http://www.fayettevillefreelibrary.org/fablab
• Westport Public Library
– http://www.westportlibrary.org/services/maker-
space
• NC State University
– http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/spaces/makerspace
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A Library Pattern
• Offer high-tech, low-hazard computer-
controlled tools, and all of the skills
community members need to take
advantage of such tools
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Some Other Resources
• A Librarian’s Guide To Makerspaces
– http://oedb.org/ilibrarian/a-librarians-guide-to-makerspaces/
• Library As Incubator Project
– http://www.libraryasincubatorproject.org
• “Making Makerspaces” series I’m writing for the MAKE Magazine
Blog
– Google “Making Makerspaces”
• MAKE Magazine’s Makerspace.com
• “How to Start a Hackerspace” series on the Adafruit Blog
– http://www.adafruit.com/blog/2012/11/12/how-to-start-a-hackerspace/
• Hackerspace Design Patterns
– http://hackerspaces.org/wiki/Design_Patterns