The McMaster University Sherman Centre for Digital Scholarship provides pedagogical, research, and infrastructure support for people interested in the digital humanities. To support them and amuse us, we built out an unusual small makerspace where we do hardware reclamation, soldering, project buildouts, 3d printing, and other things. This session will explore why you might want to do something similar, how you'd go about doing it, and potential problems you might find along the way.