Monthly Archives: April 2010

carousel at a party

By hans | Published: April 25, 2010

Thanks again to Drew and Josh and all for letting us use their space! We worked all week on the carousel and had plenty of room to build, test and ride it. Then a party showed up at the space, and so we added that extra special mada touch to the party. Plus Mia brought […]

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back when we built things with jets

By hans | Published: April 19, 2010
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how do we get this damn thing together?

By hans | Published: April 19, 2010

After a big production push in the mada shop, we moved over to the super big Gowanus Hotel space for the final assembly. Up until this very moment, we had a clear, simple idea of how these 8 custom plywood-wheeled bike things would go together. We threw that all out the window when we got […]

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It’s alive!

By hans | Published: April 18, 2010

Yesterday, we finally figured out the angle on one section, so we had to take it for a spin. The whole thing was just held together with C-clamps so we were fucking stupid to be going that fast. Everyone survived and much fun was had. Today was the first test of the whole thing bolted […]

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carousel progress

By hans | Published: April 16, 2010

The carousel is coming along, tomorrow is the big first test! Here’s where we were as of last night:

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Upcoming Classes

By hans | Published: April 12, 2010

We have three classes coming up this month: Beginning Mig Welding with Hans, $50 ($30 for members) plus a $10 materials fee. Sign up here for: tomorrow, Tuesday, April 13th 7-10pm Thursday, April 22nd 7-10pm Lis is also teaching the ever popular Make Your Own Absinthe in two sessions, 4/27 and 5/4 at 7pm. Sign […]

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