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Academic Technology

A Makerspace Recap of Sorts

May 17, 2023May 17, 2023 Josh Jordan

April and May saw a tumbling, busy schedule of events, projects, and people to wrap up a successful semester of the Swarthmore Makerspace. We saw intense coursework projects crunch through on deadlines, extracurricular (and hilarious) activities take over the space … Continue reading A Makerspace Recap of Sorts

Academic Technology

Wood: Makerspace Bread n’ Butter

March 29, 2023March 30, 2023 Josh Jordan

Even in a post-space-age world of material technology that brings us high-performing, high-strength and even often “sustainable” substances with which to fabricate, wood remains the north star in the cosmos of making things. Why? There is an industry answer: that … Continue reading Wood: Makerspace Bread n’ Butter

Academic Technology

What makes fabrication “digital?”

February 22, 2023February 22, 2023 Josh Jordan

Here in the Makerspace we offer access to all sorts of tools for making: some known as analog, some called digital… It’s tempting to see this as a clear division between old and new, hand-made and computerized, traditional and technological. … Continue reading What makes fabrication “digital?”

Academic Technology
Shop Sabre CNC

CNC has landed in the Makerspace!

January 20, 2023February 13, 2023 Josh Jordan

A hearty Swat welcome to the newest, chonkiest member of our Makerspace Machine Family, the ShopSabre CNC Router. What is a CNC? Well, Computer Numerical Control refers to any number of machines that operates by digital instructions, rather than by … Continue reading CNC has landed in the Makerspace!

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