A space to build, make and create The Annapolis Makerspace provides the space and equipment for members to get creative. BY STEVE ADAMS
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f you are, were, or want to be a maker—someone who creates something for fun, practicality, or both—you likely know that it takes more than just some free time and intention to produce whatever your heart desires. It takes materials, tools, space and know-how, too. Some of us are lucky enough to possess these common necessities of making (or at least have a friend or family member who does). But there’s also good news for those who don’t: makerspaces have you covered! At the Annapolis Makerspace, a nonprofit community workshop space that offers far more than the bare necessities, people who want to work
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with their hands, and are interested in anything from robotics, fabrication, electronics, woodworking, metalworking, and beyond have the space and tools to work on whatever they like. As an added bonus, members can learn from each other and hang out with new friends. In July 2017 a group of local Annapolis makers connected through meetup.com. The makers soon concluded that there were enough of them to incorporate and, through membership dues and donations, sublease a local engineering startup’s industrial space. The Annapolis Makerspace quickly grew, and in June 2018 moved into its own home, in an industrial park on General’s Highway, next to Annapolis Bowl.
Annapolis Makerspace's industrial 3D printer and (top) a group of makers at a special makerspace cooking night.
