|| the Columbus Idea Foundry http://www.columbusideafoundry.com/index.php a community workshop and creative space Fri, 13 Aug 2010 19:39:42 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Next TIG Welding Class, August 23-25 Learn to TIG weld at the Columbus Idea Foundry!

Instructor: Jesse Mills

The Columbus Idea Foundry is offering an intro to TIG welding class, taught by Jesse Mills.  TIG welding is a sophisticated welding process that can be used with typical steels, as well as stainless steel and nonferrous alloys such as aluminum, brass, bronze and copper.  This class will teach the basics of steel and aluminum TIG welding over…

]]> http://www.columbusideafoundry.com/index.php/?p=1152 2nd Annual Ohio Tool Racing Championships! The Columbus Idea Foundry invites makers, racers, and enthusiasts of all types to our 2nd annual Ohio Tool Racing Championship!  Saturday, August 21st, we will be encouraging people to race their power-tool racers down our 75 foot long track, competing for fame, infamy, and prizes…  A rough schedule of events includes:

2pm-4pm – Art Car design with Ramona Moon and Greg Phelps
2pm-4pm – open house and live demonstrations…

]]> http://www.columbusideafoundry.com/index.php/?p=1115 The Idea Foundry’s 2nd Annual Power Tool Drag Race! The Idea Foundry’s 2nd Annual Power Tool Drag Race will be Saturday, August 21st!

Power Tool Drag Races, events for the kids, demonstrations of classes and crafts at the shop, and much more!  Stay tuned for further details soon….

]]> http://www.columbusideafoundry.com/index.php/?p=1024 Bladesmithing classes at the CIF! Adlai is offering a bladesmithing class at the Columbus Idea Foundry, Thursday, June 10th, ~6pm to 9pm.  Participants will learn basic blacksmithing and bladesmithing techniques.  They will be forging a small forge finished all steel utility knife or letter opener similar to the ones pictured below.  Please wear all natural fiber clothing.

Fee is $30 and $10 for supplies (for a total of $40).  Email us at info at ColumbusIdeaFoundry…

]]> http://www.columbusideafoundry.com/index.php/?p=1014 Container Gardening Class offered by the Vintage Sheets Collective Greetings all-

To ring in the Spring, the Vintage Sheets Collective is offering a container gardening class at the Foundry.  Details below.  If interested, please email VintageSheetsCollective at gmail dot com.

Curious about container gardening?  Want to start doing it on your own?  Successful container gardening is more complicated than it seems!  Join us for a lovely Saturday afternoon container gardening tutorial.  We’ll explain the ins and outs, take you…

]]> http://www.columbusideafoundry.com/index.php/?p=981 Woodturning class at the Foundry Hello Everyone -

The Columbus Idea Foundry is offering a class on woodturning, taught by Devon Palmer.  Among other things, Devon is a studio woodturner/woodworker at JunctionView Studios, and is the woodturning instructor at Woodcraft.  He is offering the class described below, and is donating all of the proceeds to the Idea Foundry.  (Many thanks!)

Details are to be determined, and depend on the number of

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]]> http://www.columbusideafoundry.com/index.php/?p=978 Shh… ShopBot Latest Project Alex Bandar and Mike S. have been working fervently on a fantastic commissioned project this week.  Sorry to say, the contents won’t be fully released until this Friday, since this project is a surprise!  Still, we just couldn’t wait to leak a little info about what we’ve been up to.

The new ShopBot has been flexing its muscle lately, and proving it can cut through various types of material: wood,…

]]> http://www.columbusideafoundry.com/index.php/?p=948 Thanks for the support this weekend C-bus

The Idea Foundry wanted to give a special thanks to all the people that helped out on the iF A-holes project (in alphabetical order):  Jay Amstutz, Alex Bandar, Matt Bowman, Ethan Dicks, Mandy Howenstine, Alli Meade, Mike Newmann, Nikki Padgett, and Mike Schoenborn. Without the combined effort of the team, the project wouldn’t have been such a success!

Much thanks to Couchfire Collective for dreaming up…

]]> http://www.columbusideafoundry.com/index.php/?p=860 A-holes Just a reminder that A-holes begins today at 5PM. Hope to see everyone there. :)

]]> http://www.columbusideafoundry.com/index.php/?p=857 iF’s A(rtist)-hole! The iF has been invited by Couchfire Collective to participate in A-holes! Info about A-holes from CC’s website:

“The idea is simple. Get 18 art groups to make 18 holes of miniature golf, add refreshments, invite the public. What you end up with is a unique event that mixes art and fun without all the pretentious attidues. Come join us, have a beer, and play a round.”

Dates…

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