JUPITER 7 — EST. 1998
A Workshop for Makers, Explorers & Future Captains
Jupiter 7 began as a story and a universe drawn on paper. Today, that imagination has become a real workshop where traditional craftsmanship meets modern making — woodworking, laser engraving, 3D printing, electronics, beekeeping, educational spacecraft projects and whatever we decide to build next.
Still building. Still exploring.
What We Build
Jupiter 7 is part workshop, part laboratory and occasionally controlled chaos. Some ideas become products. Some become educational exhibits. Others begin with one question: Think we can build this?
Maker Workshop
Laser engraving, woodworking, CNC work, 3D printing, electronics and hands-on prototyping. We turn sketches and half-crazy ideas into things you can actually hold.
Craft & Homestead
Local honey, infused flavors, beeswax goods and handmade pieces share the same philosophy: make it well, learn the process and keep improving it.
Space & STEM
Interactive spacecraft projects, modular build-a-spaceship kits and a hands-on landing simulator designed to make engineering and spaceflight something people can experience.
Meet the Maker
Jupiter 7 did not begin as a business. It grew from a lifetime of making, drawing, storytelling, repairing things and wondering what could be built next.
I grew up in a family of makers and in the carnival business, surrounded by mechanics, artists, builders and people who learned to solve problems with the tools they had. My dad built radios, airplanes and quarter midgets in his youth and later helped create the Spector Ray, a huge walk-through spacecraft exhibit complete with a bridge, crew spaces and engineering. I grew up inside that world.
By the late 1990s, drawing, video games, astronomy and those childhood experiences had started becoming my own universe: Jupiter 7. Today I’m still doing what I’ve always done — building, experimenting, telling stories and trying to inspire other people to create something of their own.
Creativity Runs in the Family
My brother, Mike Roll, followed the same family tradition down a different creative path. Mike is an artist and illustrator and currently runs The Art Factory, creating caricatures and other artwork. Our tools may be different, but the idea is the same: make something, share it with people and keep creating. Mike and The Art Factory also join Jupiter 7 for maker events and future collaborations.
Mission Control
This is where the space projects live.
We are developing modular spacecraft kits that connect real spacecraft concepts with hands-on building, along with an interactive cable-driven landing simulator that puts visitors at the controls. Mission Control will document the prototypes, experiments, failures, improvements and finished builds.
The Trading Outpost
Some experiments become products. The Outpost is where you will find local honey, handmade goods, laser-crafted pieces, 3D printed creations and future Jupiter 7 kits.
Captain’s Log
Build notes, prototypes, event updates, workshop experiments and the occasional story about something that did not go exactly according to plan.
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