The morning of January 17th was jam-packed with activity at AMT. Coworking was fun and I had appointments back to back for AMT Office Hours. Around the end of the morning, I got this mysterious call from a lost truck driver trying to find us. I thought to myself “We haven’t ordered anything… what could …
Exciting news as a slightly late X-Mas present to the shop I have built us a dedicated sanding station with dust extraction! This project did not cost a single dime and built entirely from things found in the space. The dust collection is thanks to @TechCurious who hooked us up with a donated Shopvac and …
it’s Way Back Wednesday – and waaaay back in October (the 21st, to be exact!), some of our volunteers here at AMT were teaching East Bay Mini Maker Faire-goers how to bend paper to their will to make spooky origami LED bats! Their glowing red eyes struck fear and ‘awwws’ into the hearts of hundreds. …
This case was made with boxes.py then modified in LaserSoft to add openings.
So this was an ambitious workshop where each person got to make a few pieces of custom laser cut jewelry out of wood or leather. We learned a lot at this workshop. With a bit of restructuring, I would be interested in doing this again. All proceeds went to the new serger fund.
Exciting news in the AMT Workshop! We are embarking on a plan to improve the air quality in the AMT workshops. We estimate that we should see a 35% improvement in air quality in the shop. That is a lot of good considering that the AMT workshops serve over 400 people a year. The plan is …
The Art Printing Photobooth aka The Edgy Printacular At the Bay Area Maker Faire 2018, a team of Ace Monster Toys members created a photobooth where participants could take selfies which were then transformed into line art versions and printed, all initiated by pressing one ‘too-big-to-believe’ red button. Back in March, AMT folks began prepping …
I know what you’re thinking. I’m sure you think this all the time. You’re thinking: ‘Gosh, I get so much out of Ace Monster Toys; I’d really love to give just a little back! After all, the membership agreement says I’m supposed to do one small thing a month, and one big thing a year. …
Over the years the AMT community has experienced growing pains. And it turns out many of these growing pains are not unique to AMT or even makerspaces. We are proud to have partnered with Emily Bowen MA, ABS to bring a 3 workshop series on soft skills. The focus is on soft skills for inclusion, …
My folks just moved here from out-of-state. Naturally a few things got broken in transit, including the cabinet door handles for a simple storage unit. There was nothing appropriate in the right size at the local hardware stores. These have holes 5″ apart, which seems to be larger than average. This is a great example …
