by Alan Shelton | Feb 19, 2018 | Building, Community, Events, Metal Working, Uncategorized, Volunteer Engagement, Woodworking
Another week of volunteers and members coming together to build MIXXER has passed. The wood shop and metal shop systems are nearly complete, the digital studio is being used for some really cool projects, and local robotics teams are wrapping things up as they build...
by Alan Shelton | Feb 5, 2018 | Community, Digital Studio, Metal Working, News, Uncategorized, Volunteer Engagement, Woodworking
If you have been to MIXXER lately, you know how quickly it is evolving. And if you are one of the many volunteer/members that have been involved with that, Thank You for the time and energy you are devoting to build MIXXER into a great makerspace. I have been blown...
by Alan Shelton | Jan 29, 2018 | Building, Community, News, Volunteer Engagement, Woodworking
The subject of the photo above this article is a building being renovated for UNCSA a long time ago. The smaller photo to the right is a new workshop at UNCSA. They have come a long way. It has been another exciting week at MIXXER. Over the last week, we have hauled...
by Alan Shelton | Jan 22, 2018 | Building, Community, News, Volunteer Engagement, Woodworking
The third weekend since our opening day has just passed and we are steadily making progress toward filling out the MIXXER studios. This past weekend another team of members and volunteers picked up another load of impressive woodworking tools for the wood shop. This...
by Alan Shelton | Jan 7, 2018 | Building, Community, Digital Studio, Events, Metal Working, News, Volunteer Engagement, Woodworking
In the book Outliers, author Malcolm Gladwell says that it takes roughly ten thousand hours of practice to achieve mastery in a field. That is about the amount of time spent actively working toward opening MIXXER. How do I come to that conclusion? Let’s do the...
