I sat down with Jim to complete an old interview that Margie, a past Sector67 social media intern, had started but didn’t quite finish. I found out Jim is a member of Sector67 since 2011 and has invented multiple products…
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Posted in Businesses at Sector67, Laser Cutter, News Tagged with: 3D printing, design, Inventor, Jim Rasmussen, laser cutting, Lulzbot, patent, Sector67, Sector67 Business, TabSynth
Isaac Powers Troop 173 Eagle Project
My name is Isaac Powers and I’m a Boy Scout from Troop 173 in Sauk City. A few months ago, I started work on my Eagle Scout project. My project was making and installing signs for Moely Prairie in Prairie…
Posted in Hardware, News, Projects Tagged with: Eagle Project, High School Member, Moely Prairie, Prairie du Sac, Service Project
Tormach Open House Saturday – Waunakee CNC Manufacturing Company
Madison is lucky to have a well recognized CNC manufacturing company in Waunakee, WI called Tormach. They’re hosting their second annual open house coming up on August 1st from 10AM until 5PM. They’ll be featuring many of their products for…
WiscoWood and its first Kickstarter Campaign
Over a year in the making with a lot of blood, sweat, and laughs with my Sector67 peers and this is what you get: WiscoWood Minimalist Cycling Wallets We can’t even begin to thank the list of people at…
Posted in Businesses at Sector67, Laser Cutter, Projects, Thank You! Tagged with: Bicycles, CNC, laser, recycle, Upcycle, Wood
A Gift for Steve – Wisconsin Trivet
In case you haven’t heard, Steve Case is in town (Former CEO of AOL though more recently a startup evangelist and adviser to the president) and we were tasked with making him a parting gift to thank him for his…
Posted in Hardware, Projects Tagged with: American Skillet Company, Fancy Cutting Board, FeLion Studios, TooMuchWork, Wisconsin Trivet
Madison Sewing Studio Launches – Grand Opening and Competition
Grand Opening: Madison Sewing Studio will be having a grand opening to celebrate their new location in Sector67 (2100 Winnebago St Madison WI 53704) on Friday, January 24th from 6pm – 9pm with free sewing demonstrations, modeling of member creations, information on membership and…
Build Madison 2013
Sector67 hosted the 4th annual Build Madison on November 23-24th, 2013. This event is an excuse to spend 24 hours straight working on a project of any type, and we saw a ton of interesting ideas this year. Things kick…
Posted in Hardware, Software Tagged with: 3D printing, alien versus predator, Arduino, buildathon, BuildMadison, createathon, hackathon, knitting, Penny-Farthing, RaspberryPi, RepRap, Rocketry, scary bicycle, sew-able circuits
Sixth Apollo67 Balloon Launch Successful!
Over the weekend a merry band of Sector67 members pulled together to launch another high altitude balloon. This time with a proven package that made it worth launching a GoPro black in 4K video mode for great stills from the…
Xbox Reworking Party and BGA Chip Soldering
Sector67 recently hosted an Xbox rework and BGA chip soldering class. The ball grid array (BGA) is a “type of surface-mount packaging used for integrated circuits. BGA packages are used to permanently mount devices such as microprocessors.” In Xbox 360s, the infamous “red ring of…
SnowShoe iPad Minis
SnowShoe, a tech company specializing in hardware for mobile transactions that first started in Madison, recently moved to Denver. Before they left, Sector67 engraved a bunch of iPad minis for them using the laser cutter: The iPad minis on the…
Madison Public Library Benches
Some bench frames for the new Central Madison Public Library, set to open in less than two months, were laser-engraved here at Sector67. This is the unfinished pile, accounting for about half of the total frames. The names on the…
Iona Clothing
A contemporary women’s clothing store, Iona, will be opening on 807 East Johnson Street, and all of the signage for the brand logos were made at Sector67. Monty cut the raw wood and metal material, and then engraved the brand names…