I first joined Milwaukee Makerspace in 2012 (give or take) after I started volunteering with Big Brothers Big Sisters and I was matched with a wide-eyed, curious young person named Elijah who wanted to learn everything.

The Lenox location became our weekend home and launchpad for projects in the electronics lab or trips to Discovery World. Elijah aged out of the program right around the time COVID broke and I became less active in the space, barely keeping up with the Google Group, until this past year when Elijah joined the Makerspace himself as a family member with me.

Phone: 414.828.3010 (cell)
Email: chad.lawson@me.com

The following are my strong suits. I am by no means an expert in any of them, but if I can be of help to you in any of your projects, please let me know.

• Arduino
• Raspberry Pi
• Shell scripting
• Perl
• PHP/MySQL
• Training

• Building a modular shelving/display system with v-slot extrusions and 3D printed parts
• Ultrasonic range finder sensor and ESP-32 to notify us when the dogs' water bowl is low

• "Retro Future" Bluetooth Remote
• Networking Group Timing Light (Hackaday)
• Fireplace Lighting Control (Instructable)
• Arduino "Spook Box" for the Hartford Jaycees Spook House
• A Laser Cut 3D Picture for the older brother of my "Little Brother"

• N3-B8 - A BarBot for the DNA Lounge Cocktail Robotics challenge?