He was a musician who decided to build his own instrument from scratch. Almost three years, two mandolins, and a ShopBot CNC router later, he left Norfolk as a luthier. He's still building.

She started in the woodshop making tables. Four years later she's designing in Fusion 360, running a CNC router, and teaching others to feel the moment everything clicks into place.

Sarah from StudioShift called with two weeks to go. They selected an Artist, Aslan, with a design and booked a steamroller for the Chrysler Museum print event Inked. They just needed someone to carve it in reverse at scale. We said yes.

When Rob pulled the rudder to inspect it, he found it was destroyed beyond a simple repair. So he brought it to 757 Makerspace and rebuilt it from scratch. Combining metalwork, woodwork, CNC, and fiberglass to make it better, lighter, and stronger than the original. Now it's in the water, and he's ready to sail.

For 10 years, Roadstead Montessori students have come to 757 Makerspace to learn real skills with professional tools. One semester's challenge: design and build a Game of Thrones throne with custom swords. They failed many times before getting it right. That was the point.

Bill had decades of traditional woodworking experience but zero CNC knowledge. He spent six months learning digital fabrication to build a sculptural rocking chair that most furniture makers would send to a specialized shop or avoid entirely.

Jay's team landed a commercial contract to build a custom podcast set with an aggressive 6-week timeline. Working nights and weekends, they needed to move like a professional shop without the overhead of being one.