Miscellaneous Policies

Minors at Akron Makerspace

Anyone under the age of 18 needs to be accompanied by a Parent/Legal Guardian or Responsible Adult with written parent permission. Memberships and keys are only issued to adults over the age of 18. 

Animals at Akron Makerspace
No pets are allowed in Akron Makerspace. Only service animals required for a disability, that are trained to perform a specific task, are allowed in the Space. Emotional support, comfort, therapy, or companion animals are not considered service animals and are not allowed in AMS. Service animals must be leashed and under control of their handlers at all times. If a service animal is out of control and the handler does not take effective action to control it, we may request that the animal be removed from the premises. See the ADA’s FAQ about service animals here

Intellectual property & copyright infringement

The Akron Makerspace respects the ideas and intellectual property rights of others.  Naturally, we ask our members to do the same.  We require that members who use designs that may be copyrighted, trademarked, or patented have acquired the appropriate legal licensing rights.  

We are not responsible for the infringing actions of individual members, nor will we knowingly facilitate the willful infringement of intellectual property and we reserve the right to make reparative action on members who appear to infringe the copyright or other intellectual property rights of others.  Tool fees already incurred by members found in violation are still the responsibility of the responsible member.  

Prohibited Actions

Prohibited actions include, but are not limited to:

  • Using AMS tools to produce goods bearing trademarked or licensed content for commercial purposes without the appropriate permissions or licensing from the owner of said content. (Licenced content includes, but is not limited to, things like TV/movie/book characters, professional sports team logos or mascots, trademarked logos or branding, other individuals’ words, lyrics, and artwork published or unpublished without the consent of the creator, etc.)
  • Selling infringing merchandise at AMS-sanctioned events on or off-site or selling such goods at an AMS tent or booth at non-AMS events.
  • Referencing, tagging on social media, or otherwise associating the AMS name or identity while promoting infringing goods for commercial sale.
  • Sharing photo/video/sketches of other members’ work for the purpose of replicating it for commercial use without permission.

Protect Your Work

AMS assumes no responsibility to prevent the infringement of your trademark or intellectual property. AMS is visited by many people each month such as members, and the general public. Please do not leave sensitive material in open view that you do not wish to be viewed or photographed.

Common Workbenches, Areas, and “Parking Permits”

Common areas of the Space are available for daily use to work on and assemble projects. Please do not use these areas for personal storage. You are generally expected to remove your project-in-progress when you leave the Space for the day unless you’ve received permission to leave a project there (on a short-term basis) from AMS management.

If you do need to leave a work-in-progress project in a common area please use the AMS Parking Ticket System in the Google Drive to label it.

We are not responsible for loss or damage.


Communal Drop-cuts (or “Hack Pile”)


The Wood Lab may contain larger-size scrap or drop-cuts that remain after members use raw material for their projects that they no longer wish to keep. These materials are generally considered “up for grabs” for members who might be able to use them.


We like to be able to maintain this sense of internal recycling, but please take care that the area is kept orderly and not a nuisance to the safe operation of tools and pathways.


Members who want something from the communal drop-cuts are encouraged to take these home or place them in rental storage.


Do not consider this area as storage.

At the discretion of the area Maintainer items left here may be purged.
Anything left in this area may be used by another member.