This past week saw a few major steps in the chill box. This post describes building the acrylic container holds the parts and the plantings.. Cole came over to my (Jerry) home on Friday to work on the container. I had a couple long (8×2′) sheets of 1/4″ acrylic. We picked one and then cut it in half with a ... Read More »
Monthly Archives: April 2011
We have a Container!
We have talked about using containers to create our space. Cole, Tommy and others have played with various designs on their own for a long time. The Community Work Day folks have said we could put containers on their space. So when Cole found a 40′ High Cube, Aluminum container on Craigslist Tuesday, I called. Yesterday, I bought it. It ... Read More »
April 21 meeting and Chill Box build night
We had another build night on April 21st at CWD Puunene. We are progressing slowly. Cole and I arrived before 5pm to take over from CWD people. They are putting in a security system in a week or three, and we should have our own access after that. Meanwhile they are continuing to upgrade the building. There were a couple ... Read More »
First meeting in Pu’unene space
We had our first meeting last night (4/14/11) in our new temp space in Pu’unene. Although there was a small turn out (5 total), I consider it a success. We did not so much talk about Makers, finding space, etc as we worked on projects! Attending were myself, my son Brian, Cole Santos, Gabe Mott, and Matt Lane. Matt works ... Read More »
We have a space! Sharing with Community Work Day
Yippee!! We finally found a home. Community Work Day has agreed to let us use part of their building in Pu’unene for work and meetings. Later we can put shipping containers on the property and utilize those. The space is located at E Camp 5 Rd, Kahului, HI 96732. This is behind the mill near the Friends of the Library. The ... Read More »
Maui Makers Needs New Logo
Ok, the turtle was picked a year or more ago by me – Jerry – as something simple and generic to denote Maui without getting too creative. I’m an engineerd not an artist/designer. Now that its been in use a while, it is obviously in use elsewhere too. It is not distinctive enough to be *our* logo. Several people have ... Read More »
Maui Makers Having Fun Making and Learning Together in Paradise!
