Interested in taking a welding class? We’ve got some new ones coming up! Check out our Eventbrite page for the full lineup.
Wed May 3, 7-10 pm
Intermediate MIG welding w/ Mike
$60
Sat May 12, 11am-6pm
6 hour MIG/TIG combo w/ Jim
$125
Tues. May 22, 7-10pm
Beginning TIG welding w/ Jim
$60
(Photo and class review by Nick Normal)
Thanks to all the participants who learned to weld at Jim’s MIG/TIG combo class today at the shop! Sparks flew all afternoon at Jim’s multiple welding stations. Want to take a class? Check out our Eventbrite calendar.
Art Star number 1, Hackett, was recently profiled in the NY Times.
Pretentious artspeak dragging you down? Looking for something fun and different, without too much commitment? You’ve come to the right place. Here at Madagascar Institute, we give great art with out the fear of commitment. Our classes are up close and personal, short and cheap. Just like you like them.
Coming up this next Sunday, March 18, learn quick and dirty etching the Mada way.
Lindsay will teach you the Hackett-honed art of home etching. In this class you will be able to make a beautiful, brag-worthy etching on a steal or brass plate with household materials and high school chemistry.
And if you just came for the welding, well we’ve got that too.
Tabitha is teaching intro to MIG welding the following Saturday, March 24.
If you haven’t been down to the shop lately, we have a new MIG welder.
Come use it.
Go to our classes page to sign up through eventbrite.
If you just want to check out the shop, check our calendar for open shop days.
Looking to add a little thrill to your chrome future?
My next project is an amusement device, based on those from the
past also wishing to push the envelope (be sure to snoop around the referenced by links for some great stuff):
http://www.google.com/patents?vid=USPAT846925,
http://www.google.com/patents/about?id=TChzAAAAEBAJ&dq=3141669,
http://www.google.com/patents/about?id=Dcc0AAAAEBAJ, with a fiery
twist.
It will be a gyroscope ride – 3 gimbals, with a rider inside -
however, each gimbal will have a propane cannon attached, top and
bottom, facing opposite directions. The rider, mounted inside the
inner most gimbal, will have throttle controls in each hand, bars with
big red buttons, giving control over direction and thrust, to propel
the gimbal rings and him or herself for a hell of a ride. The desired
effect is not only to allow the rider to experience a gyroscopic
effect, but also to send the fiery cannons spinning overhead, in the
periphery, and in front and behind. The ride will be hot.
a resounding thank you to Gaylen, Boris, and Mary Beth for fixing the backdoor. It has been talked about for so long, and it is a radical difference from what it was. Thank you thank you thank you!!!!
We decided to do a Halloween parade in the West Village this year. Just kind of an off the cuff thing. Nobody did much work on it or anything and we’re not sure anyone will show up, but we’re gonna head down there in the evening and “parade” around a bit. Prolly there will be some people with their pants off and other ridiculous things going on. It’s the Village after all.
chariots of fire from Sara Kinney on Vimeo.
Maker Faire coverage – NY Times
