Sector67 interns, Mitch and Kyle, already have their main summer project in working condition. Their new filament extruder is able to take plastic pellets, and convert them into plastic that can be fed into Sector67’s 3D printers. The main motivation…
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Dark Stars
Using tools at Sector67, Nyika Campbell was able to transform her drawing of a sword in a notebook into a full-size, steel sword that looks like it could do some very serious damage. Before coming to Sector67, Nyika had already…
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Mirror
At last month’s meeting, Kemper Smith presented his kinetic installation, Mirror, which he constructed at Sector67. The work was recently on display at the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art as part of the Design MMOCA program, where architects and designers…
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July Monthly Meeting
Another monthly meeting with great presentations. Big thanks to Bob Baddeley for the photos and to Liam for filming! 0:00 Bob gives intro 1:03 Alec and his floppy disk orchestra he constructed using step motors 11:21 Kate and her creative…
Creative wedding invitations!
The creations coming out of Sector67 truly come in all forms—from woodworking, to electronics, to sewing—there really is a bit of everything. Kate Baldwin has been pushing innovative limits in yet another area, wedding invitations. Originally, coming to Sector67 to…
Community Iron Pour – February 8th
FeLion Studios and Sector67 are proud to announce our 3rd partnership on a community iron pour, taking place on February 8th at Sector67. Please stop out anytime until the 8th to purchase your very own iron molds and have poured…
Camp Fire Rotisserie
Leon was in need of a high quality, easily portable, camping capable rotisserie system for whole chickens. Rather than resort to a expensive commercial solution (like this really bad photoshop job I found online, there’s no way I’m linking to…
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Handmade Bookshelves
Kemper needed a massive set of bookshelves to hold all of his titles; and rather than turn to a carpenter to make them, he laid out a clean design and built them himself: He first started with a solid design:…
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Yelp Fundraiser Tap Handles – October Launch
Yelp solicited the Madison community for people who would be interested in making some cool tap handles for a launch of their October “Red Bursting Ale” (made by none other than Page Buchanan) at our neighbor down the street –…
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…
Siglinda Knives
Sector67 member Josh runs Siglinda Knives, a “locally owned, artisanal sharpening & repair service for knives, shears & blades of all kinds.” Visit his site here: siglinda.com
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…