About us
The Clear Creek Makerspace is one of Colorado’s largest makerspaces and among Metro Denver’s go-to destinations for hands-on DIY and creative expression. Located in the heart of Wheat Ridge, just 15 minutes from downtown Denver, we offer 7,500 square feet of space designed to help you make (almost) anything you can imagine!
What’s a makerspace? Just think of us as a gym for your creative muscles. We provide affordable access to high-tech tools that you might not have at home. Got a hankering to laser-etch your face onto toast? We’ve got you covered. Want to 3D print a realistic replica of your cat? Meow you’re talking. Itching to weld together a life-size metal T-Rex for your front yard? We’ll help you ignite that Jurassic spark.
So whether you’re exploring a new hobby, developing a prototype, scaling up a small business, or just want to attend a class to learn something new, there's a spot for you here. We can’t wait to see what you’ll create with us!
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Clear Creek Makerspace Safety Orientation
Clear Creek Makerspace, 9110 W 44th Ave, Wheat Ridge, CO, USReady to use equipment on your own at CCM? In SAF101, we'll cover the key safety rules that unlock your 24/7 access to the makerspace!
👉 Sign up for Clear Creek Makerspace Safety Orientation
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It's important to us that you enter and leave the makerspace with the same number of fingers and toes that you entered with. That's why every CCM member, no matter their prior experience, needs to attend SAF101: Basic Safety in the Clear Creek Makerspace before using any equipment on their own.
This mandatory course lays the foundation for a safe and successful experience, guiding you through our comprehensive safety protocols, policies, and the exciting array of equipment available to unleash your potential.
Over the 60-minute workshop, you'll learn key facts like:- not everything's a hammer
- where it's acceptable to crunch on those crumbly granola bars, and
- how to avoid violating the Geneva Convention
After SAF101, you'll receive an automated email inviting you to join the CreateEd program, our one-stop-shop for tracking your training progress and reserving equipment. No join code needed -- just follow the instructions in the follow-up email after completing SAF101.
You'll use the CreateEd program to track your progress, take quizzes to add courses and equipment access to your portfolio, and reserve approved machines 24/7, 365 days a year. Looking for a Safety Orientation on Monday or Tuesday? Sign up for a class with Tyler!━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
You'll need to attend SAF101 before you can use any equipment at CCM. By the end of the course, you should have a firm handle on:
Makerspaces 101- What makerspaces, makers, and maker culture are
- The mission of Clear Creek Makerspace, and some of our most important policies
- How the CreateEd program works
What you can (and can't) do in a makerspace, including:
- General workshop rules & policies
- Food, drink, and material policies
- Makerspace equipment policies
Makerspace-specific safety rules and emergency procedures, including:
- Marked zones within CCM,
- PPE requirements in those zones, and
- How to interpret safety cards and find important info
- Additional safety rules & regulations
- Emergency procedures
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We're excited that you're interested in this workshop and we're glad you found us! That said, this page is NOT the official registration for the class.
To officially save your spot, please make sure you finish signing up through the link below. If you don't, we won't be able to hold a spot for you, even if you've RSVP'd here.
If you're planning to join us, take a moment to complete registration so we know to expect you. We're excited to see what you make at Clear Creek Makerspace!
2 attendees
Intro to Metal Cutting, Drilling, and Grinding
Clear Creek Makerspace, 9110 W 44th Ave, Wheat Ridge, CO, USThis is an overview of how to cut, drill, and grind basic metal stock to use for your projects.
👉 Sign up for Intro to Metal Cutting, Drilling, and Grinding
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About this event
This 90 minute workshop will give you a more in depth look at the equipment and how to cut, drill, and grind basic metal stock to use for your projects. You will learn how to properly operate the horizontal bandsaw, the metal shop drill press, grinding wheel, and hand held angle grinders, while keeping all fingers and limbs intact. This is a hands-on class so please wear close-toed shoes and comfortable well fitted clothing.After this course you will:
- Feel safe working with this equipment in the metal shop
- Gain hands-on experience with operating the bandsaw, drill press, and grinders
- Cut down metal stock to a more manageable size to start working on projects
No prior experience needed for this course, all supplies and materials are provided.
Please wear comfortable well-fitted clothing, close-toed shoes, put your hair up, remove any jewelry, and be prepared to learn about working with metals. Please note: this class is for ages 18 and up!━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
What we will go over:
1) General Shop Rules
2) Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
3) Intro to Metal Shop Equipment and Workshop Overview
4) Horizontal Band Saw- Band Saw Safety
- Machine Overview
- Blade Selection and Cutting
- Operation and Intructor Demo
- Student Supervised Practice (Hands-On)
5) Grinders
- Grinder Safety
- Grinding Wheel and Instructor Demo
- Angle Grinders
6) Drill Press
- Drill Press Safety
- Machine Overview
- Operation and Instructor Demo
- Student Supervised Practice (Hands-On)
Clean Up & Equipment Maintenance
*Please note that this class is focused on learning to safely use the tools and equipment above. This will be a hands-on class and will qualify you for using the bandsaw, drill press, and grinders after the course.━━━━━━━━━━━PLEASE NOTE!━━━━━━━━━━━━━
We're excited that you're interested in this workshop and we're glad you found us! That said, this page is NOT the official registration for the class.
To officially save your spot, please make sure you finish signing up through the link below. If you don't, we won't be able to hold a spot for you, even if you've RSVP'd here.
If you're planning to join us, take a moment to complete registration so we know to expect you. We're excited to see what you make at Clear Creek Makerspace!
👉 Sign up for Intro to Metal Cutting, Drilling, and Grinding
1 attendee
Introduction to Woodshop
Clear Creek Makerspace, 9110 W 44th Ave, Wheat Ridge, CO, USLearn how to safely use essential wood shop equipment!
👉 Sign up for Introduction to Woodshop
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This 3-hour workshop teaches how to use the large stationary woodworking machines in Clear Creek Makerspace. $30 per participant ($25 for CCM members using their discount code).
Partcipants will be introduced to each machine, provided operational overview, safety considerations, and have hands-on experience.
At the end of this course you will receive an email to the CCM Woodshop Quiz. Passing this short quiz is part of the requirement for members to gain personal woodshop access.
No prior experience needed for this course, all supplies and materials are provided.
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This is a combined course that covers the topics in Benchtop Basics and Processing Raw Lumber. You will learn the fundamentals of how to mill raw lumber and safely use the stationary woodworking equipment through hands-on experience.
Whether you're a beginner or looking to refine your skills, this workshop covers essential techniques and tools for successful woodworking projects!
As part of the course, you'll learn:- Miter saw for rough cross cuts
- Jointing a face and edge
- Planing for square and thickness
- Ripping and cross cuts on a table saw
- Band saw for rough shaping
- How to safely use a router table for edge detailing
- How to safely use a drill press
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We're excited that you're interested in this workshop and we're glad you found us! That said, this page is NOT the official registration for the class.
To officially save your spot, please make sure you finish signing up through the link below. If you don't, we won't be able to hold a spot for you, even if you've RSVP'd here.
If you're planning to join us, take a moment to complete registration so we know to expect you. We're excited to see what you make at Clear Creek Makerspace!
1 attendee
Intro to 3D Printing
Clear Creek Makerspace, 9110 W 44th Ave, Wheat Ridge, CO, USLearn the basics of 3D printing in our free introductory workshop! Get hands-on experience with some of the best 3D printers on the market.
👉 Sign up for Intro to 3D Printing
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3D Printing on Prusa for Beginnersis one of the most popular, free beginner-friendly courses offered at Clear Creek Makerspace, and is designed to be an easy intro to the exciting world of 3D printing. Over 60 minutes, you'll learn how to operate some of the best desktop 3D printers on the market, and even start your very first project!
Today, 3D printers are used across a growing list of industries, from movies and museums to mechanical engineering and the Met Gala. You’re just as likely to see this technology in dentist’s offices, construction sites, and Michelin-starred restaurants as you are to find them in schools, libraries, and small businesses.
As 3D printing continues to skyrocket in popularity, we think it's important to highlight how easy 3D printers can be to use, even for folks who don’t consider themselves particularly tech-savvy. No coding or programming required! If you can operate a paper printer, chances are you can easily operate a 3D printer.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
As part of the FDM101 course, you'll learn:
The basics of 3D printing- What 3D printers are
- How 3D printers work
- Pros and cons of 3D printing
- General 3D printer anatomy
How Prusa 3D printers work
- Prusa anatomy
- Slicer software
- Slicer tips and tricks
Desktop 3D printing best practices
- Loading, unloading, and storing filament
- Preparing to use a Prusa 3D printer
- Starting your print and monitoring its progress
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We're excited that you're interested in this workshop and we're glad you found us! That said, this page is NOT the official registration for the class.
To officially save your spot, please make sure you finish signing up through the link below. If you don't, we won't be able to hold a spot for you, even if you've RSVP'd here.
If you're planning to join us, take a moment to complete registration so we know to expect you. We're excited to see what you make at Clear Creek Makerspace!
1 attendee
Past events
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