Built by people who Live Here.
Anchorage needed a place with real machines.
Plenty of people here want to design and make their own parts. Very few places let them do it with industrial tools and someone to show them how. So we took an empty room on Merrill Field, laid the floors, built the benches, moved in the machines, and started teaching.
Our students range from high schoolers running their first print to pilots, mechanics, and business owners who need a part nobody sells. Everyone learns on the same equipment.
Floors going in
Ready for benches
You'll probably meet him at the door.
Meet Domenic, owner of Alaska Innovation Lab, and his trusty German Shepherd, Cash. Domenic is here to help you learn new skills, explore new technology, and turn your ideas into something real. Cash mostly handles greetings, shop break times, and security.
Get in touch →Our neighbors fly bush planes.
Merrill Field is one of the busiest general aviation airports in the country, and the lab sits right on it. Pilots and mechanics around us make brackets, fixtures, and panel parts every week.
That fix-it-yourself habit is the whole point of this place. We teach the tools that make it easier.
Hangars, avionics shops, and mechanics on every side.
Merrill Field has served Anchorage since 1930. The people who work here fix things for a living, and that's the culture we wanted to be part of.
Alaska shapes the projects.
Sled parts, truck rack brackets, fishing gear, cabin signs, float plane fittings. Our students make what they need for how they live here.
