MAKE Gosport
Welcome to Gosport's Makerspace

Facilities

The facilities at MAKE Gosport have to offer are listed below, things are added all the time and if you don’t see what you’re looking for – let’s try and add it to the list!

GROUND FLOOR

Reception Area

  • Makers Displays
  • Sign-In & Sign-Up Station
  • Information Board

The Kitchen

  • Fully fitted kitchen inc oven, hob, toaster, microwave & grill
  • Barista coffee machine
  • Tuck shop
  • Seating & tables
  • Cookware & utensils

Main Studio Space

  • Members Storage Bins
  • Workbenches
  • General Tools & Materials
  • Business Incubator Spaces for rent

The Messy Kitchen

  • Pottery wheels
  • Pressure pot & vacuum chamber
  • Soap making kit
  • Wash area with dual sink
  • Cooker & hob for craft use
  • Spray booth for rattle can painting
  • Drying area
  • Painting tools
  • Consumable store inc paint and filler

Woodworking Workshop

  • Full sheet, 2400mm x 1200mm, CNC router table (Big Chris)
  • Table saw
  • Band saws (Big Blue and Ol’ Yella)
  • Scroll saws
  • Radial arm saw (RASputin)
  • Pillar drills
  • Thicknesser
  • 10” (305mm) disc sander
  • Spindle sander
  • Router table
  • Wood turning lathes (Tina and 2 others)
  • Power tools
  • Air tools
  • Hand tools
  • Material store inc nuts, bolts, screws, paint, wood & more
  • Dust extraction & air filtration system
  • PPE equipment

Kindly supported by

Engineering Workshop

  • Bridgeport Interact 412 CNC mill (Millie)
  • Colchester 5×20 Chipmaster lathe (George)
  • Desktop CNC mill & lathe
  • Warco manual desktop mill (Beryl)
  • Drill press
  • Power tools
  • Hand tools
  • Measuring instruments & gauges
  • Oils & other fluids
  • PPE equipment

Metalwork Workshop (Hot Works)

  • CNC plasma cutting table (2m x 1m bed, cuts up to 10mm mild steel)
  • MIG/TIG/MMA welders
  • Sheet / pipe benders & rollers
  • Band saw
  • Drill press
  • Power tools
  • Hand tools
  • Bench grinder
  • Material store inc metal sheets, bar stock & more
  • 110v supply
  • 3 phase power
  • PPE equipment

Smelting / Blacksmithing & Farrier Area

  • Devil-Forge foundry
  • Devil-Forge furnace
  • Smelting equipment, tools & PPE
  • Anvil & blacksmithing tools

Materials Store

  • Sheet Goods
  • Timber such as lengths of wood & fence posts
  • Metal Store

Gated Compound

  • Seating
  • Secured bike parking
  • Sandblaster (coming soon)
  • Kiln (coming soon)
  • Forky parking

FIRST FLOOR

Media Suite

  • Video editing workstations
  • Video & photography equipment
  • Recording booth
  • Green screen

Detailing Room

  • Screen printing press
  • Spray booth with air brush & extraction
  • Picture framing equipment
  • Display area

Fab Lab (Fabrication Laboratory)

  • Ender 3 Pro 3D printers
  • ELEGOO Mars 2 Pro – coming soon (Thanks Elegoo)
  • CJP (Colour Jet Printing) composite 3D printer
  • Plastic vacuum forming machine with injection moulding and plastic coating abilities
  • Laser cutter, able to engrave and cut a range of materials
  • Finishing tools & work area
  • Desktop CNC machines (Little Chris & Tiny Toby)

Kindly supported by

Electronics & Ham Radio Lab

  • Test & diagnostics equipment
  • Tools
  • Solder stations
  • Rework station
  • Component storage
  • Workbenches
  • Ham Radio equipment covering HF to UHF bands, Digital Mobile Radio (DMR) and Amateur paging (POCSAG)

Multi-purpose Arts & Crafts Studio

  • Communal work table & seating
  • Sewing machines inc heavy duty industrial type
  • Vinyl cutter
  • Laminator
  • Tools
  • Stationery & craft supplies
  • Leather working tools
  • Clock / watch repair kit
  • Model making tools
  • Hot wire foam cutter
  • Sublimation printer & heat presses

Lounge Area

  • Comfy seating
  • Library of books to get your creative juices flowing
  • Huge touchscreen TV for films & console gaming
  • LEGO! ‘nuff said…

Terrace Area

  • Pizza Oven
  • BBQ
  • Log Burner
  • Seating
  • Winch
  • Phoenix!