As we were planning our grand opening event, I received an e-mail from a guy named Chris. Chris talked to me about a documentary he and several other people were filming, and they wanted to come to the QC Co-Lab to feature our space. Not one to turn down free publicity, it was an easy… Continue reading ReMade Aims to Bring the Maker Movement Mainstream Again
Bronze casting with the crew of QC-Co Lab – Makerbot Blog
Article Title: Bronze casting with the crew of QC-Colab Author: “MakerBlock” Full URL: http://blog.makerbot.com/2010/10/01/bronze-casting-with-the-crew-of-qc-c… Date: 10/01/10 Dave Hinkle, bronze caster extraordinaire, and “pretty good” programmer does a cool writeup of his project for MakerBot’s blog on how he used the MakerBot to create the impression for his sand casting bronze experiment.
QC Co-Lab fosters thinkers, builders in technology field – Quad City Times
Article Title: QC Co-Lab fosters thinkers, builders in technology field Author: Doug Schorpp Full URL: http://qctimes.com/business/article_d4d8a71c-c1f5-11df-b10b-001cc4c03286… Date: 9/16/10 A nice writeup out just in time for our grand opening festivities!
Grand Opening was so awesome I couldn’t make a blog post until now…
It’s already been a week and a half and no one’s posted about Grand Opening week? Oh what, that’s MY job? Sheesh… And I suppose you want to hear all about it too, don’t you? I’m not surprised, it was pretty awesome. Overall at the QC Co-Lab grand opening, we had people from 4 neighboring… Continue reading Grand Opening was so awesome I couldn’t make a blog post until now…
Grand Opening Friday – Flame On!
If you ever wanted to know what 1800 degree (F) bronze looks like, the QC Co-Lab is the place you want to be. David Hinkle (Twitter: @drachs1978) constructed a blast furnace and used it to liquify bronze ingots for sandcasting coins. Tonight’s firing was a dry (or maybe molten) run, and a complete success. Hopefully tomorrow… Continue reading Grand Opening Friday – Flame On!
Grand Opening!
The QC Co-Lab is proud to announce our Grand Opening Weekend and Open House from Friday, September 17th thru Sunday September 19th at our new facility, located at 1033 E 53rd St. in Davenport, IA, next to Hamilton Technical College. (Full Press Release) We would like to invite you out to see the new space and… Continue reading Grand Opening!