MAKE Roanoke is now accepting payment through Member Matters, via Stripe. By signing up on Member Matters, your payments will be collected just as before, but it will be less administrative work for the board, and you’ll have the option to pay annually!

From our 3D Printing Captain: I have some exciting news about our shop! New 3D Printer - Bambu Lab P1S We have a new printer in the 3D printing lab, thanks to our generous members! This printer will be available for use starting this evening at community craft day. The P1S has been upgraded with a hardened steel nozzle and extruder gears, which makes material compatibility equivalent to the X1C. Our new P1S also has its own AMS unit, which means it can do multicolor and multi

Join us at MAKE Roanoke as we plan an exciting lineup of classes for January, February, and March 2026!

MAKE Roanoke is building a local, semi-local, and online vendor directory for the makers in our community. Tell us where you get all your supplies for whatever you make, so our directory can be a great resource for anyone who needs it!

The highly anticipated CNC Router is now available for trainings. Trainings will take place in two parts: a classroom overview of the software and a one-on-one session when members are ready to cut out a piece on the Shapeoko 4XL

Stuck in a creative rut? Need something fun to do? Bring a friend and come hangout at MAKE Roanoke for a Community Craft night.

Big News! MAKE Roanoke now offers 24/7 Access to our members! Members can now come in to use the space and tools MAKE Roanoke has to offer at any hour of the day by using their key fob on the exterior door. Great for our Night Owls and Early Birds!

Are you a fan of learning new creative skills and sharing your knowledge? If so, you’re in luck! Join us for MAKE Roanoke’s Classes Committee interest meeting. We’ll chat about what the Classes Committee does at MAKE Roanoke, brainstorm ideas for future classes, and explore ways you can get involved.

Another wood shop tool training has been announced! From 6-9 PM on Tuesday, July 22, we will be offering trainings on our Red Level tools. Please RSVP on MeetUp for the time slot you will attend

Another wood shop tool training has been announced! From 1-7 PM on Thursday, June 19, we will be offering trainings on our Red Level tools. This is first-come first-served, if there are people ahead of you, you may be asked to wait.

More wood shop orientations have been announced! The 4 pm orientation on Sunday, June 15 will get you access to yellow wood-shop tools, and the 5 pm orientation on the same day will get you access to some red-level wood shop tools.

We have announced 2 new Electronics Shop Orientation Sessions for our Members. The first is June 15 from 6-8 PM and the second is June 17 from 6-8 PM. Please RSVP on the MeetUp Events and comment the time you will be arriving as we can only train 5 people at a time.

Two new Fiber Arts Orientations have been announced for June 12 at 6 and 7PM. The 6PM slot is a shop-level orientation, and the 7PM slot is for tool-specific training for red level tools

Our first wood shop orientations have been announced! This orientation will get you access to yellow-level tools in the wood shop and is required for any future red-level tool trainings.

We're trying something new with Office Hours at MAKE Roanoke! Designed to offer help using a specific tool or craft, Office Hours are open to the public to get hands-on assistance with your next project. Our first set of Office Hours will be for the Cricut on Tuesday, May 20 from 6-8 PM. We'll have several Cricuts available to cut out vinyl, fabric, leather, cardstock, and very thin balsa wood and people who can help bring your project to life. Members can also come to get tr

New Tool-Level Orientations have been announced for 3D Printing: Bambu Labs X1C, Biqu B1, and the Resin Printers: Elegoo Mars 1 and Saturn 3 as well as the wash & cure stations. Fiber Arts will be hosting Cricut Orientations as part of the Cricut Office Hours

All three people running for Board in last month's board election got the required amount of votes to serve on MAKE Roanoke's Board! With 31 total votes cast, Matthew Brown, Will Carter, and and Chris Santacroce will serve on the MAKE Roanoke Board of Directors through May 2027.

We have announced 2 new Electronics Shop Orientation Sessions for our Members. The first is May 1 from 6-8 PM and the second is May 3 from 10 AM - Noon. Please RSVP on the MeetUp Events and comment the time you will be arriving as we can only train 5 people at a time.

The Fiber Arts Studio has announced 3 shop-level orientations on MeetUp! Attend one of these to gain access to the yellow-level tools in the Fiber Arts Studio at MAKE Roanoke. Please note that these trainings are intended to teach you how to use our sewing machines, not to teach you how to sew! You MUST be a Full Member to attend these orientations , including having completed the registration and the general orientation! Attendees MUST be registered on the individual MeetUp

The first round of Shop and Tool Orientations are already being announced on MeetUp! Learn how to get access to more tools included in your membership