Metal Fabrication Shop

Metal Fabrication

  • 36” manual sheet metal roller
  • 2x JET 12” Drill Presses
  • 60” finger brake
  • 96” power shear
  • 24” Diacro manual pressbrake English forming wheel
  • Sheetmetal shrinker / stretcher
  • Sheetmetal notcher
  • 1000# hydraulic floor lift
  • 2000# 96” wide 96” high rolling gantry crane with winch
  • 3x grinding stations
  • Edwards horizontal hole saw / tubing notcher
  • 16” metal abrasive disk sander
  • Combination disk / belt sander
  • 12” Cold cut miter saw
  • 12” Abrasive disc cut-off saw
  • Kalamazoo 10” capacity horizontal band saw
  • Powermatic 18” capacity vertical band saw
  • 3 roller ring roller tubing / stock bender
  • 3 ton arbor press

Ready To Start Making?

Welding

  • 5x downdraft filtered welding booths
  • Esab – Migmaster 260 Mig welder
  • Lincoln Powermig 280 Mig welder with auto set
  • Lincoln Multi Process 210 MIG/TIG/STICK welder with aluminum spool gun
  • Lincoln Squarewave 300 TIG with water-cooled gun
  • Miller Multi Process 220 MIG/TIG/STICK welder
  • Hypertherm 80 manual plasma cutter
  • Portable Oxy-acetylene brazing torch with cutting head option
  • Tungsten grinding station

Ready To Start Making?

Blacksmithing

  • 3 burner Natural Gas forge
  • 10 gallon quench bath
  • Misc. black smithing tongs, hammers forms
  • Custom multi-clamp and vice station
  • 150# anvil
  • 60” x 60” acorn work table with multiple drop-in forming tools

Ready To Start Making?

360° View of The Metal Shop

360° View of The Welding Shop

The headquarters for the Maker Movement in Connecticut. 

Our mission is to positively impact lives by enabling access, innovation, and education.

Location: 960 Main St, Hartford, CT

Main Entrance: 36 Talcott St, Hartford CT (Get Directions)

Operating Hours:
We are operating at reduced capacity for July – Aug 2022. 

New Operating Hours (starting 7/22): Fri: 10am-9pm / Sat: 10am-6pm / Sun – Thurs: CLOSED

IN CASE OF INCLEMENT WEATHER: Check our website homepage or Facebook and Twitter for updates for possible changes to our hours of operation.

Holiday schedule:

Wed, Nov 23, 2022: Closing at 5:00 p.m.
Thu, Nov 24, 2022: CLOSED FOR THANKSGIVING
Sat, Dec 24, 2022: Closing at 5:00 p.m.
Sun, Dec 25, 2022: CLOSED FOR CHRISTMAS
Sat, Dec 31, 2022: Closing at 5:00 p.m.
Sun, Jan 1, 2023: CLOSED FOR NEW YEAR'S DAY

MakerspaceCT is a program of McEIVR, Inc., a 501(c)3 nonprofit.

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