Hello everyone, Maker Faire Wayne County is a family-friendly showcase of invention, creativity and resourcefulness and a celebration of the Maker Movement.  It’s a place where people show what they are making and share what they are learning.  Makers range from tech enthusiasts to crafters to homesteaders to scientists to garage tinkerers.  They are of all ages and backgrounds.  The aim of Maker Faire is to entertain, inform, connect and grow this community.  For a complete list of awesome makers who attended Maker Faire Wayne County click here! Maker Faire Rome Maker Faire Rome showcased all things innovation – from digital manufacturing to the InternetRead More →

Hello everyone, The Spring semester began at The University of Akron Wayne College.  Despite the frigid temperature outside, the college is warm with bustling activity inside!  We are happy to see returning students and new faces enriching their lives with learning.  Engineering students enrolled in the Dynamics will build and fly model rockets, some of which may be fabricated in the 3D Lab.  This includes rocket theory, design, construction, testing, and performance.  It will be exciting to see what students and community members create in the lab this year! Prusa Research Opens Prusa Education To Schools Around The World Schools interested in using 3D printersRead More →

Hello everyone, Maker Faire Wayne County is a family-friendly showcase of invention, creativity and resourcefulness and a celebration of the Maker Movement.  It’s a place where people show what they are making and share what they are learning.  Makers range from tech enthusiasts to crafters to homesteaders to scientists to garage tinkerers.  They are of all ages and backgrounds.  The aim of Maker Faire is to entertain, inform, connect and grow this community.  For a complete list of awesome makers who attended Maker Faire Wayne County click here! Showing and Telling Across the Seas Maker Faire was big in October!  Maker Faire Bay Area CaliforniaRead More →

Hello everyone, It’s that time of year with cold weather, snow showers, and soon coming slippery roads.  Through still three weeks away, winter seemed to arrive early with snowfall earlier this month.  And with Christmas arriving soon, keep in-mind that the 3D Lab is a great place for making personalized gifts for your friends and loved ones.  We have donated material provided by P. Graham Dunn and for make-it-yourself gifts, you can discover wonderful laser engraved ideas here.  Bring yourselves, friends, and family to the 3D Lab to make or personalize gifts!  We have lots of ideas. Students enrolled in UA’s engineering program are havingRead More →

Hello everyone, The 3D Lab is a hopping place as of late.  What started as a quiet Friday morning got busy from visits by handful of community members, a student, and staff with different projects to complete.  Engineering students in particular are busy printing weighted objects for the upcoming “robot toss” assignment, always entertaining. With Christmas arriving soon, keep in-mind that the 3D Lab is a great place for making personalized, custom gifts for your friends and loved ones.  We have donated material provided by P. Graham Dunn and you can discover wonderful laser engraved gift ideas here.  Bring yourselves, friends, and kids to theRead More →

Hello everyone, The Fall semester is finishing its fifth week.  What a joy to see many students roaming the halls and taking classes at Wayne College.  If you haven’t been to campus in a while, be sure to check-out the trees just beginning to change into their fall apparel!  Our engineering classes are packed with students in the Tools for Engineering section.  We are excited to see the robots and 3D printed projects they will be churning out in the coming weeks. In case you haven’t heard, the 3D Lab is a great place to make personalized gifts!  Our laser engraver, vinyl cutter, dye sublimationRead More →

Hello everyone, The final week of summer break finishes this week; a new semester with new students and fresh stories begins this Monday!  Yesterday was Welcome To Wayne Day, a fun event where new students explored the college grounds, met faculty & staff, and discovered the academic and personal resources available to them.  The 3D Lab was available that day, being a free resource for  academic and personal projects, regardless of discipline. The 3D Lab is also a community resource; we welcome people of all backgrounds and ages to explore what the lab can help you with.  We assist with the design and fabrication ofRead More →

Hello everyone, July 2024 may go-down in history as the hottest July ever recorded!  What a good reason to work on your projects and create something new in the air conditioned 3D Lab at Wayne College.  We are happy to talk about your ideas and use the software and equipment to make them a reality.  Our hours of operation are here and a list of equipment is here.  We offer free advice and free use of most the equipment.  Make a point to stop-by! We spent the summer maintaining and fixing equipment, notably a 3D printer with movement problems, a dye sublimation printer with cloggedRead More →

Hello everyone, Less than three weeks ago, Maker Faire 2023 landed on Wayne College campus with a rousing success!  Over 1,000 people attended the fifth year of the event, hosting almost 60 makers showing their creative works and fascinating inventions.  Please click here for makers who participated over the years.  If you attended last May’s event and want to reach-out to a particular maker, let me know and I’ll put you in-touch!  Special thanks to our many volunteers (both community and in-house) who helped make event day a success. Save the date! Save the date to attend Maker Faire Wayne County 2024 held at theRead More →

Hello everyone, It’s hard to believe that the 3D Lab has been serving students and the community for nine years.  And what an adventure it has been with the variety of people, projects, and stories.  Makerspaces are important to community for connecting people and encouraging everyone to explore their creative/inventive side; it’s more about being makers than consumers.  The Schantz Makerspace has thrived for almost as long and the Apple Creek Historical Society Maker Space is going strong with a myriad of equipment and classes.  For a list of makerspaces in our area, click here! Right next to Wayne College in Smithville, the Smithie ArtRead More →