Classes & Events

May – June 2013

Arduino 201: Servos & Steppers
Saturday @ 10:00 am – 12:00 pm
Arduino 201: Servos & Steppers @ Tacoma | Washington | United States
So you want to use the Arduino to manipulate the real world? This workshop will be a hands-on demonstration of how motors work and [...]
Welding 101: MIG Welding and Plasma Cutting
Saturday @ 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Welding 101: MIG Welding and Plasma Cutting @ Tacoma | Washington | United States
Welding and Plasma Cutting: This two-hour class covers welding and plasma cutting safety, positions, and techniques. During the class, students will have the opportunity [...]
ShopBot Basic Operation and Safety Class
Sunday @ 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm
ShopBot Basic Operation and Safety Class @ Tacoma | Washington | United States
Experience how fun it is to sit back and watch a machine work for you! This class covers the basics of CNC-router operation including [...]
Inkscape 101: Laser-cutting Tokens & Coasters @ Tacoma | Washington | United States
Create custom coasters or tokens to fill a 12″x12″ eight-inch plywood sheet. This is a beginners class for Inkscape, the free, scalable, vector-based editing [...]
Introduction to E-textiles
Saturday @ 2:00 pm – 4:30 pm
Introduction to E-textiles @ Tacoma | Washington | United States
This workshop is an introduction to e-textiles and focuses on integrating ordinary electronics into fabric. We will modify electronic components and sew them together [...]
Woodworking BOS Class
Sunday @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm
In this Basic Operations and Safety class, you will learn how to safely operate many of the woodworking tools at FabLab Tacoma including the SawStop [...]
123D Make with the Laser Cutter
Tuesday @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
123D Make with the Laser Cutter @ Tacoma | Washington | United States
123D Make, a free download, is one of Autodesk’s newest software offerings for the Maker crowd. With it you can import a 3D model [...]
Raspberry Pi 101
Thursday @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Raspberry Pi 101 @ Tacoma | Washington | United States
The Raspberry Pi is a low cost, credit card sized, single board Linux computer. If you have outgrown your Arduino this is a great, [...]
Tacoma Electronic Makers
Sunday @ 1:30 pm – 3:30 pm
Join the Tacoma Electronic Makers for their monthly meeting at FabLab Tacoma!