About

The Conejo Valley MakerSpace is where new and experienced Makers of all ages connect to work on real projects, share, learn, and have fun.

We are a makerspace created to serve the Conejo Valley area. The Conejo Valley Makerspace  supports and embraces the resurgence of hands‐on Do‐It‐Yourself and maker culture through classes, meetups, membership, and community outreach where engineers, artists, students, and entrepreneurs can make ideas into real things.

We meet every Thursday at 7PM (online and at our space at 31332 Via Colinas #108, Westlake Village, CA 91362). We also host other scheduled events and classes, and occasionally lead “take-apart” sessions for middle-schools.

  • Embraces the resurgence of Do It Yourself, DIY, and Maker culture
  • In‐house manufacturing and rapid prototyping capabilities: (TODO: Soon)
    • 3D printers
    • CNC machines
    • Laser cutters
    • Electronics & soldering stations
  • Programming classes (Web, Work, Game)
  • Intel, Arduino and Raspberry Pi classes
  • Regularly scheduled weekly meetings and larger events

Focus Areas:

  • Community development
  • Education and cross‐training
  • Independent research
  • Rapid manufacturing
  • Science, Technology, Engineering, Math (STEM) and Art (STEAM)
  • Idea incubation & business development
  • Engineering and design think‐tank
  • Invention

Structure:

  • Membership funded community
  • Corporate funded sponsorships
  • 501(c)3 Non‐Profit Community‐driven shared workspace

Things we want to do next:

  • Classes (Paid and Free):
  • Arduino / Raspberry PI / Microcontrollers
  • Soldering
  • Robotics
  • Programming
  • Electronics
  • Website creation
  • 3D modeling and printing
  • Laser Cutter creations
  • Fashion and Wearables
  • DIY-style arts and crafts
  • Video Game creation
  • Events (usually Free):
  • Trips to Maker Faire
  • Trips to museums
  • Hackathons
  • JPL Tour
  • Movie nights
  • Game nights
  • Group projects
  • Work out possible ideas that would help Discovery Center
  • Cooperative events with Crash Space & other makerspaces
  • Group created art and engineering projects
  • Smart / Internet of Things experiments in the lab, home, and garden

Things we want to add later:

    • More Workbenches
    • Electronics equipment
    • 3D Printers
    • Woodworking equipment
    • Aluminum CNC Mill
    • and more!