Tucked away in South Knoxville just south of Fort Dickerson Park, the Knox Makers space is accessible from both Martin Mill Pike and Childress Street. We occupy the basement level of 116 Childress.
Members have 24/7 access to the space. Visitors must attend with a member who has keyed access, visit us at one of our Tuesday open houses, or schedule another time to visit.
On every Tuesday night at 7:00pm, we host a “show and share” event at which members and guests share brief presentations about projects they’ve been working on. Then we open up the shop and folks socialize or work in the shop. Folks are usually around by 6:30pm, and we offer tours before and after the show and share event. Come join us on any Tuesday evening!
Our space occupies about 10,000 square feet plus a separate blacksmithing building. The space includes a number of zones for different activities, such as fiber arts, metalworking, laser cutting, and others. It is possible to enter the space using a wheelchair, but all of our equipment is not accessible.
Our Zones
3D Printing
Do rapid prototyping or make cool doodads and art on our various 3d printers.
Arts & Crafts
From painting to stained glass to creating terrariums, we’ve got you covered with supplies and space to spread out.
Blacksmithing
Make knives, tools, and ornamental pieces in our fully-featured blacksmithing shop.
Electronics
Build a macro keyboard or refurbish thta old gaming system in the electronics zone.
Fiber Art
Do some hand-stitching, make leather goods, add CNC designed embroidery to a shirt, or make a quilt.
Laster Cutting
With both a C02 and a fiber laser, members can cut through organic materials, acrylic, and even metal in our laser cutting zone.
Machining
A Bridgeport machine, a metal lathe, and many other tools of the machining trade enable you to bend and snip and shear metal to your heart’s content.
Metalwork
Throw sparks with us in the metal shop, where you can cut, grind, bend, weld, and polish metal.
Woodworking
Our woodshop is stocked with a Sawstop, planer, jointers, bandsaws, several lathes, a giant CNC router, and all the other standard tools of the craft.