Flex Space
Vehicle and bike work, plus the paint and spray booth. Formerly the Automotive Area.
Overview
What the area is for, equipment at a glance and who the Area Champion is.
Flex Space Overview
The Flex Space is the area for vehicle and bike work, with basic tools and equipment for working on cars and bikes. It also includes the paint and spray booth, the ventilated area for finishing.
The Flex Space was called the Automotive Area until the board renamed it on 2026-07-21. Older signs and documents may still use the old name.
Equipment at a glance
The current list of Flex Space equipment is in Atlas: https://atlas.waukeshamakers.com.
Pages in this book:
- Flex Space: Spray Booth (being written)
Before you work here
- Corded tools require training. See Training and Certification: How Certification Works, and check your certifications in Journeyman at https://journeyman.waukeshamakers.com.
- Inspect each tool before use. See Training and Certification: Pre-Use Inspection.
- Spray finishing goes in the booth. See Shop Safety: Air Quality and Shop Safety: Fire Safety and Hot Work.
- Fluids and parts. Clean up spills right away, and dispose of oil, coolant, solvents and batteries properly. See Facility Operations: Trash, Recycling and Hazardous Waste.
- Label your project. Vehicles and large projects left in the space must be labeled with your name and the date, like any other project.
To be confirmed: whether vehicles may be brought inside the building or only worked on in the lot, how long a project may stay, and any rules for running engines indoors.
Area Champion
To be confirmed: who the Flex Space Area Champion is and how to reach them. See **Volunteer Runbooks: Area Champions** for what Area Champions do.
Equipment SOPs
One page per tool. Reading an SOP does not replace training or certification.
Spray Booth
Reading this page does not replace training. You must be checked off on this tool before using it.
This page will be the standard operating procedure for the paint and spray booth in the Flex Space: who may use it, ventilation and fire precautions, the PPE required, what may and may not be sprayed, and how to clean up and dispose of paint waste.
This page is being written. The spray booth SOP is a priority and is owned by the Flex Space Area Champion.
Maintenance
Routine maintenance procedures and checklists.