FabLab

Best Father’s Day Gift Ever? Time!
2022-06-18 10:00 - 12:00 (America/Detroit) | Lakeshore Fab Lab, Lakeshore, 388 W Clay Ave, Muskegon, MI, 49440, United States
Bring your dad (or mom, friend, uncle, aunt) to the Fab Lab and work on a project together!
Design and make wooden sign using our CNC Router. This could be a sign for your ‘man cave’, your garage, your ‘she-shed’, or anything else!

NOTE: Ticket sales will stop a few days before to ensure we have the proper materials in stock.

Custom etch a tumbler! (Saturday Series)
2022-06-04 10:00 - 12:00 | Lakeshore Fab Lab, Lakeshore, 388 W Clay Ave, Muskegon, MI, 49440, United States
Bring your passions to life by putting that favorite thing of yours on your tumbler! Fill with coffee/tea/cocoa to make a great gift!
Tumblers are included in the price! We have various colors such as black, blue, red, purple, pink.

We cannot guarantee colors for the event though!
Additional tumblers can be purchased for $15/ea (includes tumbler and engraving). Any additional tumblers will be done once attendees have all completed 1 and time permitting.

Get Your Side Hustle On!
2022-05-21 10:00 - 12:00 | Lakeshore Fab Lab, Lakeshore, 388 W Clay Ave, Muskegon, MI, 49440, United States
Are you an Entrepreneur?
Learn how to launch and advertise your business AND experience all that the fab lab has to offer. You will design and make your own custom keychain as well. This could use the logo for your business or whatever you choose!

STEAM Along the Lakeshore
2022-05-07 10:00 - 16:00 | Hackley Park, 350 W Webster Ave, Muskegon, MI, 49440, United States
The Hackley Public Library, Lakeshore Fab Lab, Lakeshore Museum Center, MiSTEM Network, Muskegon Community College, and Muskegon Museum
of Art are asking for your support of the Inaugural STEAM Along the Lakeshore Event!
WHEN: Saturday, May 7, 2022 from 10am-4pm
WHERE: Hackley Park, Hackley Public Library, Lakeshore Fab Lab,
Lakeshore Museum Center, and the Muskegon Museum of Art
WHO: Pre-K to high schoolers and their families/guardians
WHAT: STEAM Along the Lakeshore is an adventure that
encourages students to engage in STEAM activities and take home
supplies to continue their explorations!
STEAM Along the Lakeshore will start in Hackley Park where children will receive a sling bag with a STEAM kit and a “passport”. They will travel between the four anchor organizations for the event, participating in STEAM activities at each location. After completing each activity, they will get their passports stamped. Once they receive enough stamps, they will receive a STEAM Along the Lakeshore t-shirt. This event will be FREE and open to the public. The planning committee hopes to welcome over 1,000 children and their family members/guardians. Additional community
partners will have STEAM related activities throughout Hackley Park.

STEAM Passport
Coloring Page Flyer
Facebook Page – STEAM Along the Lakeshore
Facebook Event – STEAM Along the Lakeshore
Exhibitor Registration – Businesses/Organizations
Volunteer Form

Gifts for Mom!
2022-05-07 10:00 - 12:00 | Lakeshore Fab Lab, Lakeshore, 388 W Clay Ave, Muskegon, MI, 49440, United States
Create a custom present for mom! $20 for the class instruction, then just pay for materials and machine time. Ideas include making a custom tumbler, coffee mug, key chain, maybe a fun 3D print, and more.

Please email christopher.kaminsky@muskegoncc.edu after you register to make an appointment the week before Mother’s Day. This is so we can reserve the equipment for your projects.

Ideas & Cost Estimation:

Custom Tumbler – $12
Sublimated Coffee Mug – $10
Laser Cut Keychain – $10
3D Prints – costs vary but most small-ish things will be maybe a few dollars (you may have to come back to pickup since 3D printing can take a while).
Laser Cut Mother’s Day Card – $15
Laser Engraved Wine Glass(es) – $10/ea

Learn 2-D Design/CAD (Basics of CorelDraw)
2022-04-23 10:00 - 12:00, 2022-02-19 09:00 - 11:00 | Lakeshore Fab Lab, Lakeshore, 388 W Clay Ave, Muskegon, MI, 49440, United States
Learn the software that will allow you to design your own items made on the laser etcher, vinyl plotter, etc.

We will cover the basics of CorelDraw and how to use the software for various applications inside of the fab lab.

Wooden Spring Yard Sign
2022-04-09 10:00 - 12:00 | Lakeshore Fab Lab, Lakeshore, 388 W Clay Ave, Muskegon, MI, 49440, United States
Learn about our CNC router and design and make a custom sign for your home!
It could be a Welcome sign that lots of people have outside their home or it could be a family name sign!
Design complexity is limited due to time constraints.
Wood cost has gone up so this class costs a bit more but it is worth it!

NOTE: Ticket sales END a few days before the event so we can ensure we have the proper amount of materials

Gardening Plant Markers
2022-04-02 10:00 - 12:00 | Lakeshore Fab Lab, Lakeshore, 388 W Clay Ave, Muskegon, MI, 49440, United States
Laser etch wood garden labels and make a 3D printed planter!
Note: You will probably have to come back for the planter because 3D printing can take several hours

Laser Cut Bird House
2022-03-19 09:00 - 11:00 | Lakeshore Fab Lab, Lakeshore, 388 W Clay Ave, Muskegon, MI, 49440, United States
Think spring and make your own wood bird house using our laser engraver/cutter!
You will get to customize your birdhouse (note there are limitations to customization due to time constraints).

Custom Pint Glasses for St. Patrick's Day
2022-03-05 09:00 - 11:00 | Lakeshore Fab Lab, Lakeshore, 388 W Clay Ave, Muskegon, MI, 49440, United States
Design and etch your own custom pint beverage glasses.
Additional glasses available for purchase on site (pending time constraints) for $10/ea

Valentine's Mixer
2022-02-10 17:30 - 20:00 | Lakeshore Fab Lab, Lakeshore, 388 W Clay Ave, Muskegon, MI, 49440, United States
Skip the crowded restaurants and spend Valentine’s Day in a unique place, making unique projects and meeting awesome people!
Attendees will receive appetizers, you will get to personalize a coffee mug (on our sublimation machine) or personalize a tumbler (on our laser), and personalize a wooden photo frame!

Designs will be subject to fab lab staff approval due to time constraints.
Other activities could include: playing with 3D Printers, Virtual Reality (Beat Saber and others), Spheros (robots), Nintendo Switch (Smash Bros, Mario Kart)
Event starts at 6pm, you can arrive anytime between 5:30 and 6pm!

Let us know about any dietary restrictions when you fill out your ticket!

Ticket sales END 2/7/22 at 12pm so that we can order the proper amount of food.

NOTE: The fab lab will be closed to to normal operations for this event!

Heart Shaped Wooden Keepsake Box - Saturday Series
2022-02-05 09:00 - 11:00 | Lakeshore Fab Lab, Lakeshore, 388 W Clay Ave, Muskegon, MI, 49440, United States
Create a custom engraved heart shaped wooden box with the top etched with words, images, or dates.
In this workshop you will learn about the basics of our CNC Router and our Laser Cutter/Engraver and you will walk away with your own customized heart shaped keepsake box!

If you cannot attend the event but are interested in purchasing a keepsake box, you can place your order here.
Orders must be placed by 2/8/2022 and you can pickup your boxes by 2/12/2022

Personalize a Coffee Mug with Sublimation!
2021-12-23 17:00 - 19:00 | Lakeshore Fab Lab, Lakeshore, 388 W Clay Ave, Muskegon, MI, 49440, United States
Our new Sawgrass Dye Sublimation printer is setup and ready to make custom coffee mugs for you! This printer is AWESOME! You can do full color photos right onto the mugs!
Each participant will get 1 mug! Buy additional tickets for multiple mugs!
You can attend this workshop with a guest. So bring your kids, bring your friend, bring your significant other! Only paid participants will leave with a project.
Some examples to get the creative juices flowing!

Custom Laser Cut Ornaments
2021-12-21 17:00 - 19:00, 2021-12-11 10:00 - 12:00 | Lakeshore Fab Lab, Lakeshore, 388 W Clay Ave, Muskegon, MI, 49440, United States
Join us in this Laser Engraving workshop as we walk you through designing a custom ornament!
Each participant will be able to make up to 2 ornaments.
You can attend this workshop with a guest. So bring your kids, bring your friend, bring your significant other! Only paid participants will leave with ornaments.
Some examples to get the creative juices flowing!

Signs on the CNC Router
2021-12-14 17:30 - 20:00 | Lakeshore Fab Lab, Lakeshore, 388 W Clay Ave, Muskegon, MI, 49440, United States
Join us in this CNC Router workshop and learn the basics of making wooden signs on our Shopbot Router. Your sign can be Holiday themed or something else that you may have in mind. You could ALSO make a sign as a gift for someone for the Holidays!
There will be a limit to the complexity and size of the projects for timing purposes. Signs will be about 10″ x 10″.
You can attend this workshop with a guest. So bring your kids, bring your friend, bring your significant other! Only paid participants will make a sign.
Some examples to get the creative juices flowing!

Holi-DIY
2021-11-22 - 2021-12-23 | MI
For the entire month of December we are focusing on helping you get your Holiday gift shopping done! We want you to WOW anyone you give a gift to with some incredible things made right here at the Lakeshore Fab Lab.
If you are NOT a fab lab member, this event is for you! It will get you in the door for the month of December!

Holi-DIY @ Lakeshore Fab Lab

Here are some ideas with estimated project cost:
Laser Engraving Projects

Custom Christmas Ornament(s) (about $10)
Living Hinge Box (about $20)
Living Hinge Clutch Bag (about $20)
Pint and wine glasses (about $10)
Wine box with living hinge (about $30)
Tumblers (similar to Yeti) (about $10)
Beard Combs (about $10)
Engrave a family picture or family pet! (about $30)
Customize a wooden frame and put a favorite memory in it as a heartfelt gift (about $25)
Have a furry friend in your life? Make them a standing food and water bowl holder (about $40)

CNC Router Projects

Custom signs – maybe dad or grandpa needs a sign for their workshop???? (starting at $25)
Funny sign + bottle opener (about $30)
Wooden 6 pack holder (about $70, depends on current lumber prices)
Heart shaped keepsake box, custom engraved for your loved one (about $30)
Custom flat pack stools (great for tailgating and camping) (about $50)
Have a furry friend in your life? Make them a standing food and water bowl holder (about $40)

Personalized Items Using Our New Sublimation Printer

Custom Coffee Mugs (full color) (about $12)
Custom shirts, hoodies, towels, pillow cases and more (starting at $10)

* FYI the sublimation process limits what materials and colors of items you can personalize. Fabric needs to be 60% polyester and needs to be light colored to work with the sublimation process
Vinyl Printing

Make custom stickers that are tailored towards your giftee
Print off full color, high resolution photos
Create custom bumper stickers
Dress to impress – make yourself a fun holiday themed shirt or make one for others

3D Printing Gifts

Custom ornaments and holiday decor
Make your white elephant gifting party fun by impressing everyone with a 3D printed gift

These are all just ideas to get your creative juices flowing! You can bring your own ideas!
Once you buy a ticket, GO HERE to schedule your Orientation at the Fab Lab. We will have you sign some waivers, get you and ID badge, give you a safety tour and talk about your gift ambitions 🙂
We close on 12/23/2021 at 7pm so don’t delay!

Custom etch a tumbler! (Saturday Series)
2021-11-20 10:00 - 12:00 | Lakeshore Fab Lab, Lakeshore, 388 W Clay Ave, Muskegon, MI, 49440, United States
Bring in your own tumbler and custom etch a name or logo on the container. Fill with coffee/tea/cocoa to make a great gift!
Tumblers are not included! You can sign up for multiple tickets if you have multiple tumblers that you want engraved.
UPDATE: We now do have tumblers for sale in our ‘fab lab store’. We have black, pink, purple, and red ones. We cannot guarantee colors for the event though! These are available for $6/each.

Who is your fav superhero? (Saturday Series)
2021-11-06 10:00 - 12:00 | Lakeshore Fab Lab, Lakeshore, 388 W Clay Ave, Muskegon, MI, 49440, United States
Design and make your own swag of your favorite superheroes (or villains) we don’t judge! Come learn how to make a t-shirt, make a wall sticker and laser etch a keychain of your favorite superhero!
T-shirts not included in the price.

Kids or a big kid:
Design and make your own swag of your favorite superheroes (or villains) we don’t judge! Come learn how to make a t-shirt, make a wall sticker and 3D print of your favorite superhero!
T-shirts not included in the price.

It is recommended that you bring your own shirt that is the color and size you want. We recommend Michael’s or Hobby Lobby to find shirts.
We will have some shirts here for purchase but cannot guarantee we have the color or size you would want.

RESERVATIONS DUE BY 1 WEEK BEFORE CLASS

Walk-ins day of are not guaranteed materials. We will try to have extra items if we can.

Season Decor - CNC Router Halloween Tombstone
2021-10-28 17:30 - 20:00, 2021-10-21 17:00 - 19:30, 2021-10-16 09:30 - 12:00 | Lakeshore Fab Lab, Lakeshore, 388 W Clay Ave, Muskegon, MI, 49440, United States
Come to the Lakeshore Fab Lab and create a custom graveyard tombstone for Halloween! The class will cover the barebone basics for operating the Shopbot CNC Router. We will go over the basic operations used in Vcarve Shopbot Edition to create this piece. After you have personalized your tombstone project in the software, we will go into the shop and cut the signs out. This will involve basic CNC router operation.

Due to time, you will be limited in your design! We had one ambitious kid make a file that took 2 hours to cut once 🙂

NOTE: This will not be an in-depth course on the CNC router.

GUESTS (such as kids) – you are allowed to bring 1 or 2 guests to help with the project but only 1 registered and paid person per group will be guaranteed to received a tombstone.

Walk-ins day of are not guaranteed materials. We will try to have extra items if we can.

Are you a Murderino? Podcast Fan Art! (Saturday Series)
2021-10-23 10:00 - 12:00 | Lakeshore Fab Lab, Lakeshore, 388 W Clay Ave, Muskegon, MI, 49440, United States
Design and make your own swag from your favorite podcasts! You can make a shirt, stickers, and even laser etch a glass/tumbler with images or slogans from your favorite podcast!

So come and make some swag from your favorite podcasts, talk with other podcast enthusiasts about your favorites and maybe find a new favorite podcast!
T-shirts and glasses not included in the price.

It is recommended that you bring your own shirt that is the color and size you want. We recommend Michael’s or Hobby Lobby to find shirts.
It is recommended that you bring your own glass, use simple pint glasses please.
We will have some shirts and glasses here for purchase but cannot guarantee we have the color or size you would want.

RESERVATIONS DUE BY 1 WEEK BEFORE CLASS

Walk-ins day of are not guaranteed materials. We will try to have extra items if we can.

Season Decor - Fall Decorations (Saturday Series)
2021-10-09 10:00 - 12:00 | Lakeshore Fab Lab, Lakeshore, 388 W Clay Ave, Muskegon, MI, 49440, United States
Custom design an acrylic or wood yard or wall sign. We will be mostly doing fall/Halloween styles.

Due to time, you will be limited in your design!

We will be using a website called https://template4me.com/ to create the signs. We have an account so no need to create one.

GUESTS (such as kids) – you are allowed to bring 1 or 2 guests to help with the project but only 1 registered and paid person per group will be guaranteed to walk out with a project.

Walk-ins day of are not guaranteed materials. We will try to have extra items if we can.

Season Decor - CNC Router Halloween Tombstone (Saturday Series)
2021-09-25 09:30 - 12:00 | Lakeshore Fab Lab, Lakeshore, 388 W Clay Ave, Muskegon, MI, 49440, United States

Keys to the Fab Lab Kingdom (Saturday Series)
2021-09-18 10:00 - 12:00 | Lakeshore Fab Lab, Lakeshore, 388 W Clay Ave, Muskegon, MI, 49440, United States
Learn Computer Aided Design (CAD) and design a key chain to be laser engraved or 3D printed.
The program we will be using is Onshape.com please register an account before the workshop, https://www.onshape.com/en/products/free

For the kids, or a big kid:
Tinkering in the Fab Lab:

Learn TinkerCAD and tinker around the fab lab learning about the equipment. Design a custom 3D printable keychain.
The program we will be using is TinkerCAD.com please register an account before the workshop, www.tinkercad.com

Walk-ins day of are not guaranteed space

3D Printing Workshop/Meetup
2021-09-15 18:00 - 19:00 | Lakeshore Fab Lab, Lakeshore, 388 W Clay Ave, Muskegon, MI, 49440, United States
Come learn about 3D printing at this workshop/meetup. Bring your questions about the technology and we will try to answer them! If you have a cool project you have been working on making, bring it in for a show and tell!
We will cover the basics of the FDM (filament based) technologies.
All attendees will receive a 3D printed Fidget Star (trust me they are fun).

Members: FREE

Non-Members: $10

FAB LAB CLOSED
2021-09-03 - 2021-09-13 | MI
From 9/3/21 to 9/13/21 the Lakeshore Fab Lab will be closed.

Are Your Ready to Tailgate??? (Saturday Series)
2021-08-28 10:00 - 12:00 | Lakeshore Fab Lab, Lakeshore, 388 W Clay Ave, Muskegon, MI, 49440, United States
Build your own custom full size cornhole game with personalized surfaces add your family name, your favorite team, or slogan.
Images or text will be made on our large format vinyl printer. There will be a limit to the complexity we can do in the amount of time that we have.
NOTE: Bags are NOT included. Also finishing (stain, clear coat, paint) is not included with this workshop. You can bring your own to work on here though.

For the kids, or a big kid:
Custom Mini Cornhole Game:

Build your own custom mini cornhole game with personalized surfaces. Add your name, favorite team, or slogan.

NOTE: Bags are NOT included. Also finishing (stain, clear coat, paint) is not included with this workshop. You can bring your own to work on here though.

RESERVATIONS DUE BY 1 WEEK BEFORE CLASS SO WE CAN GET MATERIALS.
Walk-ins day of are not guaranteed materials. We will try to have extra items if we can.
