Sector67 recently held our first Repair Cafe event. Repair Cafes are a free community event where people bring broken household items to fix them with the help of skilled volunteer experts. We had a packed house for four hours, with…
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Caught a Minute of Jim’s Time…..
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…
Posted in Businesses at Sector67, Laser Cutter, News Tagged with: 3D printing, design, Inventor, Jim Rasmussen, laser cutting, Lulzbot, patent, Sector67, Sector67 Business, TabSynth
Build Madison Returns to Sector67 – November 21-22
Build Madison is back! The 24-hour community “create-a-thon” returns to Sector67 on November 21 at 11am. Project presentations begin at 11am on Sunday, November 22. We’re excited to announce the 6th annual Build Madison event coordinated by Capital Entrepreneurs and hosted…
Huge Thanks, Tormach!
Tormach, located in Waunakee, Wisconsin is a leader in the PCNC (Personal CNC) industry. Their high quality products are a maker’s dream. Many at Sector67 are already familiar with Tormach and thankful for their generous donations of tools and equipment over the…
Posted in Thank You!, Uncategorized Tagged with: CNC, Madison hacker space, maker, PCNC, PCNC 1100, Sector67, Tormach
Sector67 October Monthly Meeting Recap
Perfect weather and interesting presentations made the October meeting a great success! You Built a What?! The evening kicked off with an introduction to “Joliet” (Jim’s Overbuilt LED Interactive Entertainment Table). The table’s primary function is as a digitally enhanced…
Posted in Meetings Tagged with: 3D printing, Amazon Dash, Arduino, CNC, Madison Science Museum, Monthly Meeting, Sector67, Tormach
Fractal Camp
Fractal is a STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Mathematics) enrichment program that uses Participant-led, Inquiry-based Learning techniques for school-aged participants (6-13). Through fun, creative and engaging workshops, Fractal builds self-esteem, teamwork, knowledge base, and confidence in participants’ for their…
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged with: 3D printing, Drawdio, Education, Learning, Madison Fractal, Minecraft, Scratch, Sector67
Wall-E Silicone Molds
Jeff Whitehouse is a project person. His current project is building what will end up being a full sized, fully autonomous or remote controlled Wall-E. When faced with the next logical question “WTF” he responds “I build things. It’s my…
Posted in Projects, Uncategorized Tagged with: Make your own, Polyurethane, Sector67, silicone mold, stinger router, Wall-E
Startup Weekend April 10th-12th
The fourth annual Startup Weekend Madison event returns April 10th-12th 2015 at the MGE Innovation Center. Startup Weekend is a 54-hour event where developers, designers, marketers, product managers, and startup enthusiasts come together to share ideas, form teams, build…
Posted in News Tagged with: entrepreneur, Madison, Sector67, Startup, startup weekend, startup weekend madison
March monthly meeting
The Sector67 monthly meeting was held March 3rd 2015. 1.Mike presented a vacuum table insert for the CNC Router This allows flimsy or lighter weight pieces of material to be secured with out the use of clamps which…
Posted in News Tagged with: CNC, Madison SOUP, MOARbots, Monthly Meeting, ondes martenot, Sector67, theremin
Thank You Tekton
In the last year Tekton went on a mission to talk to and visit with several makerspaces. After all these conversations something became clear : They like makers. They like the inner drive inside every maker to continually design,…
The PPPRS in Kansas City
Sector67 went down to compete in the Power Racing Series in Kansas City June 29 and 30! This our third year of attendance. The goal of the race is “to create a working electric vehicle for less than $500 using…