Maker Talk

Group Buy This category is for members to coordinate with each other on group purchases they’d like to make. Furniture Tables, chairs, beds, shelves – all the things we invent to make our daily lives more beautiful, comfortable, and cozy. Post project questions, inspiration, and interesting designs. Bus conversions, tiny homes and #Vanlife Textiles & Fibers Sewing, weaving, knitting, printing; anything you might work on in the textiles lab, you can chat about here. Entrepreneurs This category is for all things entrepreneurial, especially as it relates to maker small businesses! Post here to chat with fellow seasoned/aspiring/curious business owners. Asmbly History Here we can share old photos, stories, links regarding the earlier days of Asmbly and ATX Hackerspace and some of more memorable projects. Misc. Post here for anything that doesn’t really fall in anywhere else. Luthiery luthiery ( uncountable ) The construction and repair of stringed instruments. This category’s great for posting questions, projects in progress, inspiration, designs. Dumb Questions Invited For general questions, not related to specific areas of the shop (those questions can be posted in the specific Space Teams group). Up For Grabs This category lives in the spirit of Buy Nothing, but is not affiliated in any way. Lost & Found Missing something? Find something you think will be missed? Dream Shop Use this category to talk about your ideas on dream shops — the coolest tools you’d want to have, what would be in your ideal shop, organizing inspiration, etc. Events Know of cool events taking place around austin or around the world you think others might like to know about? Post them here. Projects Expo Show off your projects — we’d love to learn from them and share them. They don’t have to be recent or large; in fact, small modest projects that unwake the maker within may be best of all. Photos highly encouraged.