Woodworkers Meetup

Thursday (TOMORROW!) July 18, 2019, 7:00 – 8:00PM

FREE
Open to public

This gathering is for anyone interested in woodworking, beginner or expert, to exchange knowledge and share projects that inspire them. Projects or photos of projects encouraged! This is also an opportunity for those involved in the woodshop at MakeHaven to connect with each other, as well as to socialize with people outside the membership who have an interest in woodworking. BYOB. There will be light snacks and soft drinks available.

Note: This will be a social session, *not* using the equipment. A beer and a chat can be a great combo–a beer and power tools are not. See you there!

Silkscreen Basics

Sunday, July 21, 2019, 10:00AM – 3:00PM

General public: $60
MakeHaven members: $45

This course will cover all the basics of silkscreening, including: choosing images, creating the screen stencil, printing on paper with water-based ink and printing on fabric with plastisol ink. Participants will leave with a reusable 10 x 14″ screen with their design.

Screenprinting is a printmaking process that allows you to print on just about any flat surface, including garments such as T-shirts. The images are created by pushing ink through a stencil, creating a the look that is often colorful and bold. The image can be reprinted many times fairly quickly. The process can easily be duplicated at home with the right equipment and a small amount of DIY initiative.

MakeHaven will supply inks and paper. Those wishing to also print to fabric should bring their own cotton-blend t-shirt(s) to print on. This class is taught by Michael Angelis.

Make a Cutting Board

Saturday, August 3, 2019 10:00AM – 4:00PM

General public: $60
MakeHaven members: $45

Get comfortable with tools of the woodshop while you create a beautiful cutting board! No experience necessary.

This introductory class will walk you through the use of the planer, table saw, chop saw, and sander. You’ll learn to operate these tools (members will have the opportunity to be badged at the end!).

Learn to finish your cutting board with mineral oil. It’s a great opportunity for those looking to get started in the woodshop but who may feel initially intimidated or those who prefer hands-on, directed learning.

You will leave class with knowledge, hands-on experience, and your own handmade cutting board! A great class for the woodshop novice! Materials and safety goggles are provided.

Parent & Child Bat House Build

Saturday, August 10, 2019, 10:00AM – 4:00PM

General public: $80
MakeHaven members: $65

This workshop is designed for a guardian and child to attend together and enjoy building as a team. A ticket covers a family team of a legal guardian and a child (age 6-17). The adult will operate the large power tools (table saw, miter saw, circular saw) under the direction of our woodshop facilitators. Children will be welcomed into the space and will help with the assembly and staining of the project. Every family will leave with their own handmade bat house!

Arduino Prototyping For Beginners

Sunday, August 25, 2019 2:30 – 5:00 PM

General public: $15
MakeHaven members: $5

If you’re brand-new to Arduino and electronics, this class will get you started prototyping your first circuit. We will use an Arduino UNO to make LEDs flash in fancy patterns at the push of a button. We will cover: The Arduino board and how not to fry one; Simple LED circuits, including what is a resistor and how do you know which one to use; How to plug things into a solderless breadboard; How to read someone else’s code and modify it to do what you want; Sending code to the Arduino board; Schematic drawing – electronics shorthand so you can remember what you made. Each student should bring a laptop with the Arduino IDE running on it. Download from https://www.arduino.cc/en/Main/Software Please email us if this requirement is an obstacle. MakeHaven members: register at the reduced member rate.

MORE FROM OUR FRIENDS

The events below aren’t by MakeHaven, but they are still really cool. Check ’em out!

Virtual Reality Worlds Make Something Unreal

Tuesdays July 23 – August 27, 2019, 6 – 7:30PM

FREE
Open to public

Learn how to build 3D virtual worlds for VR experiences, animated films, and video games. Using the Unreal Engine, students will create their own 3D environment filled with foliage, weather, animals and more! Each session will cover a different type of world and skill. Feel free to attend one session or all! This program is open to ages 13 and up. Space is limited, please register.

Did you know MakeHaven now has Virtual Reality? Talk with facilitators Nick & Peter to learn more. If you take the library class, we’d love to show off your world in the space!

Entrepreneurs Society Meeting

Tuesday, August 6, 2019, 5:00 – 7:30PM

$10
Open to the public

The Entrepreneurs Society of Fairfield County is holding its inaugural meeting on August 6.

At the Brewport Pub, 225 South Frontage Road, just off exit 27 of I-95, near the junction with Route 8 in Bridgeport, CT. Map. goo.gl/maps/buWSyHnZ5Vk

5:00 pm Networking
5:30 pm Pizza and salad
6:00 pm Keynoter Bob Dorf, investor-entrepreneur and author of the best-selling Startup Owner’s Manual.
6:30 pm Elevator pitches by attendees (optional)
7:00 pm Discussions with investors, attorneys, and industry experts in small groups around topics of common interest; plus one-on-one mentoring. Sample topics: Marketing, Raising capital, Business Modeling, Patents and trademarks, Lean manufacturing design. To 7:30 pm.

$10 registration fee covers dinner (all the pizza and salad you can eat) plus a drink ticket.

A public service of the division of the Entrepreneurship Foundation.

Business Startup Accelerator

Sat, Sep 21, 2019, 8:30 AM – 5PM
& Sun, Sep 22, 2019, 8:30AM – 5:00 PM

FREE
Open to public

Unless you’ve closed your series A, you’ll get tons of ideas, horsepower and rocket fuel for your business in two free weekends of Lean Startup workshops and mentoring sessions.

• A dozen workshops and lectures on key lean startup steps to speed your progress
• One-on-one mentoring by experts on lean, business models, marketing, engineering and more.
• Opportunities to shape, accelerate, and build your new business
• Information about startup competitions and funding sources
• Help preparing a winning pitch deck for competitions and investor meetings

INSTRUCTORS: Global startup trainer and Startup Owner’s Manual co-author Bob Dorf, and serial entrepreneur-turned-professor Dale Jasinski