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/ Springfield, Ohio

A MakerSpace.

The tools are here. Come use them.

Sewing, welding, laser, CNC, woodshop, pottery, screen printing

all under one roof. No experience required.

Membership starts the day you walk in.

Close overhead shot of a CNC router mid-cut on a pine board, sawdust lifting in the air, natural light from a tall north-facing window casting soft shadows across the machine bed, warm weathered wood grain visible at the edges
Close overhead shot of a CNC router mid-cut on a pine board, sawdust lifting in the air, natural light from a tall north-facing window casting soft shadows across the machine bed, warm weathered wood grain visible at the edges

Industrial equipment. Open access.

Laser cutters, CNC machines, a full woodshop, welding stations, sewing and embroidery, pottery wheels and kiln, screen printing — gear most people never get near without a facility behind them.

Our printing area features a 6 color shirt press, with flash unit and conveyor drier. There is also a 16x20 t-shirt heat press, sublimation printer, vinyl cutter, and a hat press.

In our woodshop area you'll find most of the equipment you would have found in a high school woodshop (before schools started eliminating them). We have a tablesaw, a couple bandsaws, and scrollsaws. Drum sander, beltsander, spindle sander, jointer, drill press and planer. We have three lathes for wood turning.

We have two xTool lasers, a 20 watt diode, and a 40 watt CO2. There is also a Longmill MK2 cnc that accepts material up to about 30x30 inches.

In our pottery area you'll find we have three pottery wheels and a kiln.

We have two Bamboo 3D printers.

Our welding area has a welder capable of doing MIG, TIG and stick welding. We also have a plasma cutter.

The sewing area has several sewing machines, as well as a 15 needle embroidery machine.

Wide shot of two members at a pottery wheel, one showing the other how to center clay, hands covered in slip, soft north-facing daylight from the left, raw wood shelving with drying pottery visible in the background, neither person looking at camera
Wide shot of two members at a pottery wheel, one showing the other how to center clay, hands covered in slip, soft north-facing daylight from the left, raw wood shelving with drying pottery visible in the background, neither person looking at camera
Real people, real projects

Most members learned by being here.

Walk in not knowing a thing about a lathe or a kiln. Someone here has done it a hundred times and is glad to show you. That's how most of our members got started.

Remember back in the 80s, 70s and before when everyone in high school took shop classes and home ec? It's not so much like that any more, so where can someone get some of those basic skills that used to be taken for granted. At the Skill Center you can try some of those things without making a huge investment in your own equipment. In addition you'll be able to work with someone that has done it before, and is willing to show you how you can do it easier, better, and safer.

Cut back on your screen time, come in and make something. Get your hands dirty, and create something.

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Membership opens every door in the building.

One membership tier. Full access to every work area, every open shop session, and every person in the room who knows something you don't yet.