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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Caught a Minute of Jim’s Time…..
Posted in Businesses at Sector67, Laser Cutter, News Tagged with: 3D printing, design, Inventor, Jim Rasmussen, laser cutting, Lulzbot, patent, Sector67, Sector67 Business, TabSynth
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
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…
Makership Meeting #2
The second Makership meeting took place on Tuesday, July 9th. The Makership Program pairs students (the makers) in primary education with knowledgable Sector67 members, who serve as their mentors. The makers work with together with a mentor, bringing a maker’s…
Cooking “With Science” Day
Several people have been interested in cooking “with science” for quite awhile, so a day was finally decided and materials were purchased to make it happen. One of our members owns the “Modernist Cuisine” cookbook, which provides an amazingly detailed…
LED Holiday Wreath Build
I was looking for a fun and simple project to learn about the new laser cutter at Sector 67, so I decided to use it to cut some acrylic to hold some RGB-addressable LEDs in the shape of a holiday…
Posted in Arduino, Hardware, Laser Cutter, Projects Tagged with: Arduino, Blinky Light, Cheerlights, LED, Sketchup