Starting a Maker Space

Resources for Creating A New Space

Great Examples

• Walkthrough the Urban Workshop space. A very inspiring tour.
• Why do we need makerspaces?

Organizing

• Nation of Makers US non-profit helping maker spaces.
• How-to guide from Nation of Makers, an excellent document.
• How to set your membership price
• A presentation on the process of organizing, help guiding the conversation with your initial group of friends.
• Non-profit real estate development
• APROE, a company the specializes in machine shop set-up
• Open Works Baltimore, blog on how they started
• A guide from FormLabs: Incentives and Ingredients for Building a Makerspace
• Makerspace organizing experiences
• Tax Exempt Status
• Getting City Help in Opening a Makerspace

Infrastucture

• Access Control Systems - For doors and machines
• Machine Maintenance Tracking
• Managing Your Membership List
• Scheduling Software - To make reservations
• Asset Tracking
• Maker Network is creating free software for makerspaces
• Online class repository
• Member Handbook for Maker Works.

Suites

These solutions cover several functions you might need.

• Cobot
• Club Express

Tools

• An interesting concept: Standard Operating Procedures
• A great safety guide from Berkeley
• Safety training from Power Tool Institute
• Safety Training