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The Learn-at-Your-Own-Risk Sign
Make a personalized laser-cut wood or metal sign with your own house rules.
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Department of Making
PARK RULE 01
ASK ALL THE QUESTIONS.
Learn at your own risk!
Stop watching other people make things. It’s your turn!
Get hands-on with the maker tech most people only get to watch online—lasers, CNC machines, welders, 3D tools, electronics, and more. Learn in a tiny, zero-ego group, then head home with new skills and something real you made yourself.
Get me in the shop →No experience necessary.
Curiosity recommended.
Curiosity recommended.
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Cut and weld a creepy rebar spider!2–3makers at a time
1finished thing to take home
0experience required
ASK ALL THE QUESTIONS.
Project possibilities
Learn it. Make it. Take it.
Every workshop starts with one approachable project, so you spend less time wondering what to make and more time learning the tools. Expect sparks, sawdust, new skills, and a finished piece you’ll be proud to carry home.
01 / Laser
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The Proper Pour Board
A CNC-carved flight board or serving board with your own marks and details.
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The Backyard Brag Piece
Shape, cut, and finish a useful small metal project with a little attitude.
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Makers at playLearning side by side at the welding bench.
Makers / The winFinished projects, proudly held up.Rec equipmentReal tools.
Real tools.
Friendly guidance.
Try the maker technology most people don’t have sitting in the garage. You’ll get hands-on, practical instruction in a tiny group—with no bravado and no dumb questions.
CO₂ + fiber lasersCut, engrave, and make your first “wait, that can do that?” moment.
CNC cuttingShape wood on the router or cut steel on the plasma table. You get the credit.
Basic metal workShape, cut, join, and finish steel with practical help at every step.
Woodshop + moreTools selected around each project, with safety and guidance built in.
3D scanning, modeling + printingCapture real objects, shape digital models, and turn them into useful parts or one-of-a-kind creations.
Creative electronicsBuild with Raspberry Pi, ESP32, sensors, motors, and the code that makes them move.
Design + file prepUse vector-design, image-editing, CAD, and slicer software—and learn when SVG, DXF, PNG, or STL is the right file.
Print, press + vinylCreate and apply custom graphics with sublimation printing, heat presses, and vinyl cutting.
Primary materials: wood, steel, acrylic, epoxy resin, 3D-printing filament, textiles, vinyl, and electronic components. The project decides the rest.
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How it works
Sign in. Tool up. Make a thing.
No lecture hall. No fifty-person class. Just a few curious adults, a good project, and enough friendly help to turn an intimidating machine into your new favorite tool.
Choose itReal project inspiration
Pick your project
Choose a workshop that sounds fun, useful, or just slightly outside your comfort zone.
Make itReal makers at work
Get hands-on
Learn the tool, make the cuts, and ask every question you were afraid to ask on YouTube.
Take it homeReal finished projects
Take the win home
Leave with the thing you made—and proof that you can make the next one.
Your next maker adventure
What should we make next?
Tell us which kind of hands-on project you’d love to tackle. Put your name on the interest list and you’ll get first notice when new workshop dates open.
NO SPAM. NO “CRUSH YOUR GOALS” NEWSLETTER. JUST WORKSHOP NEWS.