Starvin Larry

I would like to invite  bit of discussion on the concept of a mobile makerspace, as a portable educational portal for various skills of interest to the patriot community.  There are two areas for discussion, the missions, and therefore needs and equipment of the space, and the fundraising and programs to set it up and keep it running and providing service to the communities it supports.

There are three basic missions I see:

Middle to advanced manufacturing–basic techniques like welding and machining, and more adadvanced ones like showing what a 3D printer or cnc machine is like and how it works.

Electronics–from radios to drones to cracking cell phones, it’s a good idea when playing with very expensive gear to have someone around who knows what they’re doing, and help keep you from letting the magic smoke out.  Aside from basic soldering, this is a place I’d be looking at…