REGISTER NOW to participate in the Ohio Tool Racing Championships, held at the Columbus Idea Foundry, Saturday, August 21st! $25 to enter your power tool dragster and compete with Ohio’s best DIY toolracers! Compete for prizes, fame, and infamy!

Visit our official Tool Racing Championship site here (www.ToolRaces.com) or simply register below.

Upcoming events (click text for more details)  Learn to make Art Cars – July 11th, noon to 6pm;  Woodturning class July 13th, 6:30pm to 9:30pm TIG Welding class, July 19-21…and the Ohio Tool Racing Championship, Saturday, August 21st, 2pm-7pm!

Click here to view our Calendar.  Classes, events, monthly meet-ups, workstation reservations and more are maintained here. 

Members: to reserve time on a station, email us (columbus dot idea dot foundry at gmail dot com) and we’ll block out the time for you on the calendar.

The Idea Foundry is Columbus’s own community workshop, DIY learning center and creative space.   Our goal is to teach introductory hands-on classes in fields such as welding, silversmithing, blacksmithing, jewelry making, small and large metal casting, stained glass soldering, CAD/CAM/CNC, screenprinting, electronics, and more.  Once trained to use our resources, members may rent time on our tools to practice their skills or work on personal projects.  Check out our blog or sign up for our newsletter for updates on classes, community events, and more!

We’re always looking for new members, instructors and talented associates, so if you have a project to build, an idea for a class, or a passion to help develop our community,  drop us a line!