August 6th was our second Repair Café at Makers Local 256! Had a bunch of people come over with various items needing to be fixed, like mixers, weedwackers, lights, and even retro game consoles! Thanks to everyone who came out, especially our volunteer repairers! If you missed this month’s Repair Café, our next one will be on Wednesday, September 3rd!| Makers Local 256
Over the last couple of weeks, we’ve had two successful classes! Brian taught a class on relief carving, and Ryen did a class on making heat-transfer vinyls for shirts and bags! More classes are on the way, so stay tuned! Brian’s Relief Carving Class: Ryen’s Heat-Transfer Vinyl Class:| Makers Local 256
Our yearly Nerd Rummage Sale went off without a hitch! We got a fantastic turnout with many different vendors, too! Thanks to everyone for helping put together this event, as well as our vendors and guests for attending! Here’s to another exciting Nerd Rummage Sale in 2026!| Makers Local 256
One of our members who built a life-size battle droid last year was at Fan Expo Cleveland this past weekend and got his droid signed by none other than Adam Savage!| Makers Local 256
Brian turned a nerf blaster into a functioning torch gun! Watch him incinerate some wooden objects in the video below!| Makers Local 256