FUSE Blog

Women standing next to laser cutter.

Member Feature: Josie Gates

About five years ago, Josie Gates relocated to Albuquerque with her two sons, then still in school, from Tom’s River, New Jersey, because of her job as a web designer. She is the proprietor of Blue Flower Full Moon (etsy.com/shop/BlueFlowerFullMoon), an Etsy shop that specializes in spiritual and metaphysical items. To

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Photo of participants at Build-a-thon event

Member Feature: Alice Shriver

After COVID-19 became a public health concern FUSE Makerspace closed to the public along with the rest of CNM, soon after FUSE’s resources became focused on helping the efforts to fight COVID-19. Alice was one of the first members to contact us.   She had heard an NPR story about an open-source

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Students apart of the first IOT cohort at FUSE Makerspace.

Deep Dive Internet of Things coshort #1

Deep Dive Internet of Things cohort #1 Welcome Deep Dive Internet of Things cohort #1. Sixteen students are getting into hardware design and coding towards making smart lighting controller.  They have just completed week one and learning at a rapid speed. The group has covered six weeks of a traditional class

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Tunnel build by Wessley Eccles and Owen Schwab for Electric Playhouse at FUSE Makerspace.

Wesley Eccles-Electric Playhouse

Name: Wesley Eccles Employer: Electric Playhouse What is Electric Playhouse? Electric Playhouse is a 21st-century entertainment center for people of all ages that produces unique creative worlds for immersive & interactive experiences, including games, dining, and recreation. Tell us a little bit about what you’re making? At FUSE, we built the tunnel

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Safety image used to show when your hand is to close to the table saw balde.

Push-stick Design Competition

FUSE will be running multiple design competitions throughout 2020 to promote a healthy maker community. We want to see what makers do best. Define the problem, ideate, prototype, and test their ideas. The first Make Off Competition of the year will be a push stick design competition starting Friday, January 3rd,

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Holiday Operational Hours

FUSE Makerspace Holiday Hours   December 19th-22 10 am-7 pm December 27th-29th 10 am-7 pm, We will be closed for the holiday: December 23rd, 24th, 25th, 26th, 30th, and January 1st. -Happy Holidays

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First Friday screen printed bag designs and small laser cut keychain project.

First Friday ABQ Art Walk

FUSE Makerspace is excited to participate in the monthly ABQ Art Walk the first Friday of each month. Join us and try your hand at screen printing a reusable bad. There will also be several members selling their products and talking about how they utilize the space. A staff member will

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Marco Rivera

Featured Member: Marco Rivera Jewelry

Marco Rivera – Marco Rivera Jewelry Marco Rivera came to FUSE wanting to make guitars and quickly joined the CNM Bench Jewelry program. He quickly expanded his knowledge base in all things making. Marco is a resident expert with SLA 3-D printing and casting into precious metals. Right now Marco is

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