Castlemakers
Events are free and open to all unless otherwise noted! You can also sign up for our monthly events email at this link.
Open Shop time at the Makerspace (19 E. Franklin) in April & May is on Saturdays 9 am-noon and 7-9 pm on Tuesdays. Bring in a project to work on, try one of ours, or just visit to find out what’s new!
We’re offering a Intro to Welding & Plasma Cutting class on Saturday April 19th and April 26th at 1 pm. There is a charge and more information on our Classes webpage.
Learn about Linux in our Installing Linux workshop on Monday 4/28 at 7 pm. You’ll get the chance to install Linux on an older Windows laptop to bring it back to life and see the ease of use of Ubuntu Desktop. The workshop is free, but we will have laptops you can take home for a small fee – more information on our Classes webpage.
May 2nd brings on the first First Friday of 2025 in downtown Greencastle. We’ll have a hands-on project for youth from 6-8 pm on Franklin Street in front of the makerspace.
Other Events
Dayton Hamvention, perhaps the largest meetup of amateur radio operators anywhere, will be May 16-18 at Greene County Fair and Expo Center in Xenia, Ohio.
The 2025 Midwest Rip Rap Festival(MRRF), the largest gathering of 3D printing enthusiasts in the world, will be held June 22 & 23rd in Goshen, Indiana. Yep, right here in Indiana!
ARRL Field Day, where over 30k amateur radio operators practice getting on the air and show others what it’s about, is June 28th and 29th. Activities are still being planned here in Putnam County
Last updated on 4/16/25.
hi, I have 2 questions; are kids welcome on Tuesdays and are code dojo sessions still being held on the first Saturday of the month?
Definitely on both! Kids are welcome anytime we have open shop (Tuesday nights for now), in May when the Farmer’s Market opens downtown we’ll have the makerspace open Saturday Mornings also.
When will you be having a class on the laser cutter/printer?
Thank you.
Denise
Hope for late July/early August. Our plan is letting folks make an acrylic keychain or we have some interest in building Dice Towers. The original design software we were going to use needs a laptop at least, which we don’t have enough of to do a class. But working on a way to use Chromebooks, a recent gift we received from Techpoint Foundation for Youth.
Are the times listed still going on for Tuesdays?
Yes, we are still open every Tuesday evening for anyone along with Saturday mornings from 9-12. Since we’re an all volunteer organziation, other times will depend on who happens to be there.