About FUSE
Makerspace

If you're taking a workshop, please see the training description for all clothing and personal protective equipment requirements.

Eye protection: You must wear safety glasses at all times on the shop floor. You may bring your own or purchase a pair for $3. You must also wear a face shield when using the angle grinder or wood lathe. We have these available for use.

Shoes: You must wear closed-toed shoes at all times, in all areas.

Clothing: In areas involving working with high temperatures (welding, plasma cutting), you must wear long pants and sleeves made from natural fibers such as wool, leather, or cotton - no synthetic materials. When using most power tools, especially drills, saws, mills, and lathes, short-sleeved shirts or fitted, cuffed long sleeves are recommended.

Hair: You must tie back long hair while on the shop floor.

Gloves: We do not allow guests to wear gloves in the woodshop or when using lathes.

If you are already an experienced maker and would like to test out on a specific piece of equipment, please click here to request a test out. Qualification assessments usually cost $39 and take less than an hour. If you cannot show a comprehensive understanding of the equipment’s operation and safe practices, you will not pass the assessment. You will be required to pay the $39 assessment fee to cover the staff member's time regardless of whether or not you pass the assessment.

FUSE offers credit for prior learning for people who have taken relevant classes at CNM (and occasionally select other institutions). For example, if you've taken CNM's Carpentry Fundamentals, you don't need to take FUSE's Intro to Woodshop or do a qualification assessment.

Minors 12 through 15 years of age are permitted to attend workshops and use equipment when under the direct supervision of a parent, legal guardian, or designated adult. The minor and designated adult must both have memberships and clearance to use all equipment that the minor will be using, even if the adult is providing supervision and not using it themselves. If a minor is taking a workshop, the adult must enroll in and pay for workshops alongside of the minor unless the adult has taken the workshop in the past, in which case they can audit the workshop alongside the minor.

For minors 16 through 17 years of age, the same rules apply to workshops and equipment in the metal and wood shops (including welding, powdercoating, and all CNC equipment). Sixteen and 17 year olds may other equipment independently.

Parents/guardians are responsible at all times for the minors in their care and their actions. They must also sign a waiver of liability for the minor.

Minors may not have keys to the space.

We will do our best to provide accommodations that promote an accessible educational environment for everyone. If you have a specific need or concern, please contact us. You also have access to CNM Accessibility Services.

If you need to have a caretaker with you during your time at FUSE, we will work to accommodate both of you.

Projects and materials may be stored with a tag in a designated project storage area for up to 7 days. Projects with a blue tag past the 7-day mark must be updated by a staff member or they will move to an abandonment tag. Abandoned projects and materials must be removed within 7 days.

Longer term storage lockers are available to rent. Please see a staff member to ask about renting a locker. Projects and materials stored in a rented storage area must be neat and within the member's designated space.

Items considered harmful to others, including but not limited to firearms, gunpowder, primers, weapons, or assembled ammunition may not be stored at FUSE Makerspace.

Any flammables, explosives, radioactive materials, hazardous wastes or materials, toxic wastes or materials, or other similar substances, petroleum products or derivatives or any substance (collectively "Hazardous Materials") subject to regulation by or under any federal, state, and local laws and ordinances relating to the protection of the environment or the keeping, use or disposition of environmentally hazardous materials, substances, or wastes, presently in effect or hereafter adopted, all amendments to any of them, and all rules and regulations issued pursuant to any of such laws or ordinances (collectively "Environmental Laws") cannot be stored in lockers.

Projects and materials left in areas not designated as storage areas are considered donated.

Thanks to partnerships with charitable foundations and local and national government initiatives, we have access to funding sources for those who qualify. All funding opportunities are listed in CNM Ingenuity's Funding Resources webpage.

Workshops: As long as you contact us at least 24 hours before the workshop starts, we can refund you or transfer you to a different workshop. No refunds or transfers are available if you contact us with less than 24 hours before the workshop starts.

Call us if you are running late. We will work to accommodate you on a case-by-case basis. You will be considered a no-show if you are more than 15 minutes late and have not called. You will not be refunded and will not be allowed to join the class. Late arrivals disrupt class and impact the experience of other participants.

Memberships: We will refund you as long as you contact us at least 5 days before auto-renewal payments take place.

Our payment processor retains a 3% fee that is non-refundable, and it will take 3-5 business days for the system to process the refund to your card.

Yes, please visit our Field Trips and Team Building page for details and to fill out a request.

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Yes, please. Certain materials or chemicals can cause bodily harm or damage machinery.