Ace is thrilled to introduce 4 workshops in October that explore how to be anti-racist in our maker communities. Working with an amazing peace activist and facilitator, Emily Bowen, these workshops have been crafted to be broadly relevant to the maker community and Ace Makerspace specifically. Schema of Makers Sunday, October 4th | Noon – …
Make masks for under-resourced folks in Oakland while learning to sew! See the Ace Makerspace Calendar for upcoming classes. This is part sewing workshop and part mask-making party. Ace Makerspace provides masks to the community via our program Oakland Community PPE. We focus on distributing masks by partnering with existing social good organizations in Oakland. …
The “dirt-bike” or sports dust masks are really popular. A lot of folks know them from using them at events like Burning Man and Coachella. The issue with a lot of “dirt bike” style masks is the exhalation valves which are totally unfiltered. This makes these masks pretty useless for COVID-19 safety. You can read …
So the issue with a lot of respirators and dust masks is the exhalation valve which is totally unfiltered. This makes them pretty useless for COVID-19 safety. You can read more about what the CDC says about masks with valves. Everything I used for this 5-min hack: 3M Rugged Comfort Half Facepiece Reusable Respirator 6502QL …
The new reality around COVID-19 safety has us all scrambling to create new habits while we go about the business of making things. We are currently trying and experiment with tool caddy’s. The idea is: Come into the shop, and pick up a caddy As you use hand tools put them in the bucket Once …
We have the name… Now we need the look! Ace Monster Toys has recently rebranded as Ace Makerspace, and we are looking for a new logo to drive our new identity! Submit your logo idea to us. Winner will receive 6 months of membership at Ace Makerspace. Guidelines: What are we looking for? We need a …
As of June 2, Donations received to date: $53,932.34 Money disbursed to date: $33,740.53 Funds available currently: $20,191.81 Access the full dashboard here Thank you to everyone who’s donated to our efforts, especially our friends and community members who’ve shared the proceeds of their crowdfunding campaigns! As of today, we’ve collected nearly $54,000. At Ace, …
As of April 21, Donations received to date: $21,038.25 Money disbursed to date: $17,543.28 Funds available currently: $3,494.97 Access the full dashboard here Thank you to everyone who’s supported our efforts! As of today, we’ve collected over $21,000 and we’ve already distributed more than 80% of those donations to makers hacking solutions to the COVID-19 …
We are slowly learning in a community that this thing will be a marathon not a sprint. So we are setting ourselves up with safer workspace practices to continuously offer the best most immediate help we can. We are also learning to celebrate everyone’s efforts even when is just nibbling at the problems. Without further …
Disclaimer While we have done our best to collect information from reputable sources, we are not industrial hygienists or medical professionals. We are doing our best to be helpful in a crisis situation. These guidelines are provided “as-is” and come with no guarantee that following these guidelines will keep you 100% safe. Use at your …
