Join us Thursday evenings in February - April for introduction classes to Fabville’s various tools and programs! All classes are free to the public from 6-8pm, with facilitators Justin Schmidt or Halley Murray. Visit fabville.eventbrite.com to register for classes.
Open Shop is still available during all classes if you want to stop by to work on your project! Our Open Shop hours are now Tues, Weds, and Thurs from 6-8pm. Our new location is at the Healey School in Somerviile.
Thurs Feb 13 - Intro to 3D Printing
Thurs Feb 27 - Intro to Vinyl Cutting
Thurs March 5 - Intro to Laser Cutting
Thurs March 12 - Intro to Microbit
Thurs March 19 - Intro to 3D Printing
Thurs March 26 - Intro to Vinyl Cutting
Thurs April 2 - Intro to Laser Cutting
Thurs April 9 - Intro to Arduino
Class Descriptions:
Flat is Boring: Intro to 3D Printing at Fabville
Want to 3D print something at Fabville, but have never used a 3D printer before? This is the place to start! Learn the basics of how 3D printers work, how to find printable 3D models on the internet that you can download, modify, and print, and learn how to get started in 3D modeling with Tinkercad.
Decked-Out Decals: Intro to Vinyl Cutting at Fabville
Master the vinyl cutter at Fabville to design, cut, prepare, and apply your own custom vinyl stickers. Learn how to make your own custom vector graphics using gravit.io and Roland CutStudio, and explore how to prepare graphics from other design programs (like Inkscape or Adobe Illustrator) to use with the vinyl cutter.
Freakin' Laser Beams!: Intro to laser cutting and engraving at Fabville
Learn how to operate the laser cutter at Fabville. This workshop will cover making your own designs with gravit.io and exporting/preparing your work for the laser to cut or engrave materials like cardboard, plywood, and acrylic.
Intro to Micro:bit
Learn the basics of this tiny computer you can program to make lights blink and use other input sensors. If you’ve never used code before but would like to understand it, this will be a great class! Similar to Scratch, Micro:bit uses drag-and-drop block coding you can piece together to make commands.
Intro to Arduino
An introduction to the most loved simple computer around, the Arduino is an open-source electronic prototyping platform enabling users to create interactive electronic objects.