Workshops@Driven

When you learn to pick locks every locked door becomes a "Please keep out" and less of a hard "No". Ethics and skills are complimentary topics. "Can I? " Yes! "Should I?" Different question. You will build and leave with your own practice lock and skills to open 80% of the locks you might encounter. 

Robotics for crafters. We take the craft-first approach and use simple hand tools tools and everyday materials, then we will "Robotfy" our creation with varying levels of motors and mechanical actuators so your cardboard creations can move on their own. 

Use our large industrial laser cutter to create a custom table lamp. We gan stay with the basics of hand drawn design and a simple white light, or go the extreme with a voice sensitive color changing lamp.

Explore 2D to 3D design with paper craft and cardboard craft sharks. We can start with a predesigned template and focus on construction technique or take it all the way to a custom designed animal of your own imagination. 

Trebuchets to sling shots, Maybe even forge your own knife. Let's find the right level of "spicy" for your workshop. We can build as individuals, in small teams, or as a class to construct our ballistic dreams. There is huge opportunity to tie in any level of history and culture to these workshops. 

Oil changes, changing belts, swapping out a bad headlight or repairing a tire. These are the basics of automotive maintenance. You will learn to use the tools we already have on campus so you actually have tools to borrow when it comes time to working on your own car.

Board games are better when you get to design them and make your own rules. Build and keep your own board game using many of the tools in the makerspace from the 3D printer to the laser cutter. We will cover game theory as well as the mathematics and psychology behind game design. 

We will use a power supply and electrical math to get a better understanding of volts, amps and ohms. We will cause a small electrical fire then use a fire extinguisher to put it out after learning a bit out the chemistry of fire fighting. 

The Arduino microcontroller is used ubiquitously in everything from 3D printers, laser cutters, security systems and safe locks. We will learn what we need to know to approach any project with the confidence to wield Arduino as a multipurpose controller. You will keep your own Arduino.