Between a tiny house prototype and a large breadfruit tree in Puhi is a building where Kauai’s tinkerers and techies, hobbyists and laymen come to make things.

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About a dozen 3D printers are abuzz in two different rooms, creating molds and models, ornaments, figurines and anything else a person could imagine. Lasers and routers are on hand for fashioning exquisite and detailed plaques, signs and other wooden items. There’s a metalworking station that makers use to create pewter jewelry, medals and figurines. It’s a meeting of the minds that’s produced sumobots and prosthetic limbs, working fidget spinners and nightlights.

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Kauai Makerspace started with a few dedicated tinkerers gathered around tables in Kauai Beer Company’s wave room or at Ha Coffee more than five years ago. They met together to discuss all of their own ongoing projects, but also to figure out how to recruit more members and start sharing […]

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