Lindsay Podrasa, lead reporter for Technical.lyDE just came to check out our new location. This is what she wrote about it: "Wilmington is on the brink of a big maker expansion: Yes, we knowNextFab is
Read MoreOur creative community has had a great year of making, teaching, and learning! We’ve taught members how to weld, how to use our 3D printer, and how to screen print their own t-shirts. We’ve worked on
Read MoreOn Saturday May 16th, the Delaware Division of Libraries hosted the "STEM Makerfest" at the Dover Library, and Barrel of Makers was invited. While there, we manned a booth and taught classes. Our goal
Read MoreSunday we had our first brainstorming session for Maker Faire New York, September 26 & 27, 2015! Jerry, a newcomer to the group, suggested we build something that not only could be shown off at Make
Read More– Matthew Eckman I made a discovery a couple of weeks ago, which made me even more excited about Arduino. That epiphany is Javascript. So it happens that there are projects and tutorials out in the w
Read MoreA couple Sundays ago, Simon Hammermesch brought his DIY setup for coating objects in copper. Not only did he teach us what the process was, we were able to coat our own objects as well. The setup its
Read MoreHello Community, For the last two years, Barrel of Makers has fostered an art, tech, and DI
Read MoreBarrel of Makers is once again partnering with the city of Wilmington and going from park to park this summer making fun things with area children! This year we will be helping the children make thei
Read More“With each of my children, I’ve notice that at a certain age (maybe 3 or 4), they figure out the basic structure of a knock-knock joke, but don’t really understand how or why the joke works. This me
Read MoreIt’s been a while since we last talked about our 3D printer. When we first built it, we were super excited about all the possibilities. As it sat in my office, I started to print as may things that
Read MoreBarrel of Makers has been wanting to do a soldering workshop for a long time. We received a microgrant from the fabulous Wilmington STIR dinner to put toward the materials, but it just wasn’t enoug
Read MoreLast night we held our monthly Critique Night. Steph and Jeff brought business cards back with lots of improvements that were suggested by the group at last month’s gathering. Look at how much they
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