Dallas Makerspace - Carrollton, Texas

Sea Pond Will Fish

Poor leadership. Poor management. People who harass you while you’re trying to complete your project and chair people who make threats to others about you but won’t say it to your face then act surprised when it gets back to you. If you have any semblance of decency and respect for yourself and just want to get your projects done in peace find another place. If you’re forced to stay there due to the tools and equipment, keep your head down and keep to yourself. The moment you don’t and you’re new you’re a target. Do not recommend this place. I’ve never been treated like this in my life. It’s…special…to say the least.

Wesley Moon

This place is creative heaven. Something for everyone. Woodworking, metal, automotive, 3d printing, sewing, screen printing, animatronics, digital media, clay working, glass, electronics and those are just the ones I can think of off the top of my head. Well worth the monthly cost.

Garreth Wilcock

Tools, classes, people. Lots of each. I joined thinking I’d do lots of classes but the reality is that I found something more appealing - a community. Also a motorsports team that let little old me drive a racecar. On the track. Twice in my first year.

Check out the motorsports meeting every Thursday at 7pm.

There are also fun events - they (we) built drift trikes for example.

Sure it’s run by volunteers, so you either like that or don’t. It’s not corporate, but things get done. And you never know, you may even end up volunteering yourself.

Forever Improving

Ridiculously amazing price to use their amazing shops. Take a free tour of the place to see your self. Membership is literally month to month so you can cease your membership if you find you didn't like the place or end up not frequenting the shop as much as you anticipated. I believe it was like $50 a month or something for 24 hour access (they use a card reader thing). They have a wood shop, metal shop, car shop, more C&C machines you can count, 3d printing lab, and just so so so much more. I was very impressed. Everything is communal and tight nit, very down to place to work on your projects.

Jon Guidry

We went to the Dallas Makerspace one Saturday during the DFW Retrocomputing Meetup. Quite a friendly bunch of people and got to see quite an assortment of systems up and running! We also got to see David Murray and his new game being demo'ed. This is a great space for makers as well as retro computing enthusiasts!

Justin Edwards

It started out as a great place with friendly people who could get along or tolerate each other. However over time it became a place full of political and personal missions with a lot of in-fighting and bickering and personal vendetta's. Safety is an issue as it is looked at as a second thought or after incident kind of thought. Both workshop safety and personal safety as facility physical security kinda sucks. They caught meth heads preparing pipes in the science lab, no background checks occur for anyone. No true control of exposures to chemicals or substances from the many things that occur in the workshop. There is no handicap access though you might get lucky and be able to roll in through the auto bay if no one is using it. There is leadership but it waxes and wanes with every day. Some days it is good and some days they are acting as dictator like people. It stays a perpetual mess and storage is poorly controlled. Maintenance is poorly handled and leads to increased safety issues. Finances are a mess and are finally getting a little organized however it could definitely use an IRS audit. Some of the previous board members took personal gains and were never dealt with or reported. They do not have a proper nor valid certificate of occupancy and have many outstanding issues with the fire marshal and city code enforcement. They don't have proper permits for pretty much everything in the workshop. The fire system didn't function until about 2 years ago. They have theft issues every year or so from members. There is bad electrical wiring in the ceiling. AC units fail or malfunction regularly. The chairs in the Commons were comfortable but now are the most uncomfortable ugly things you have ever seen. Used to have some couches and chairs where folks could socialize but people kept sleeping there or living there. Rather than deal with the individuals they just removed all the couches and chairs that we're comfy. Internet speed is great! Parking is ok but watch where you park or you might get a flat or paint all over your car. Electric car and Tesla chargers available but are not always accessible as they are in the loading dock. Coincidentally where flats and paint spray happen most. No emergency lighting until just last month. People will have no respect for you or your things at times but thankfully most folks there are good folks. A great wealth of knowledge is available from it's members. The woodshop is good but be prepared for down equipment and poor maintenance. Also it's kinda hot because they never clean the woodshop when they are done working so the AC is full of saw dust in the woodshop. Private information is not protected very well so be careful what you give out but to do most anything including visiting you have to give PII. Have fun and watch out for your own safety, never volunteer for any position if you don't want the massive liability that comes with it. Wear ear muffs and you'll get a lot more done and might find it more pleasant most of the time. I was a member for 3 years total before I canceled my membership. I volunteered, helped out around DMS a lot in my free time. I was even a committee chair at one point but resigned due to liability issues. I canceled my membership for the above issues listed.

Michael Neeper

Absolutely love this place, highly recommend anyone who wants to be crafty. It’s a community owned space and you can learn a lot here.

Yeda Steele

Great place to learn new things, how to operate tools and meet new people.