[DoreenMichele]

It's likely easier, safer and more socially acceptable to set up this kind of home lab than the kind of maker spaces you are talking about. A lot of people go to (shared/public) maker spaces precisely because their home is not suitable for that kind of physical experimenting. You probably need space, money and expertise to do home experiments of that sort and then it's probably generally wise to keep it on the down low in most cases so you don't freak out the neighbors or otherwise draw problems to yourself.