Ace Booking is the custom open-source software we developed to support us operating in a COVID safe way. This software supports: Occupancy limits in each room Members booking the time they need Occupancy Tracking in case of exposures Remote staffing We couldn’t ethically consider re-opening without it. What’s New There are many upgrades and changes …
My 23 year old son told me he’d love a shoe rack in his new home that doubled as a side table for his sofa. He’d been unable to find anything to buy that fit the dimensions, so I decided to build him one. There were a few specifics that needed to be accounted for …
30 minutes if it’s done with a woodworking glue like Titebond. Yes it’s often thought you have to leave it clamped up over night but in reality 30 minutes is enough. Though it is advised to wait 24 hours before stressing the joint. After gluing up wood for guitars more than 30 years I have …
We are doing our Anti Racist Workshop Series for Makers again. After our successful October pilot, we are excited about offering the series again. All Workshop courses are priced at a sliding scale of $5-20. Scholarships are available upon request. See below for information on the courses. We hope to see you there! Schema of …
So Ace is working on a holiday card and we need rubber stamps for some of the art. This is the tale of making rubbers stamps including all the mistakes on our 100w CO2 Laser. Materials used Scrap wood Gorilla Spray Glue Craft Foam Art Ink pads Laser Engravable Rubber Polymer, low odor, from rubber-stamp.com …
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 …
