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Tag Archives: logo

3 Scoops of Signage

Posted on June 1, 2017 by Minga, Brandon
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Julie and Carl of Scoops Ice Cream & Candies of Kenosha, approached new Makerspace member, Brandon Minga, with their project. They were given recommendations from other projects he’s done in the are including Mike’s Chicken & Donuts and the Modern Apothecary. Scoops was looking to enhance and draw more attention to their new location with a large exterior sign. Going through the concept and design process Minga quickly decided that the sign design was also going to become their new logo. Once the final design was rendered he quickly learned how to CNC a template to hand plasma trace the design out of sheet metal. The middle of the sign was also hand cut, roll bent and broke to match the bubbly ice cream cone shape. With a little help from friends a the Makerspace, he ground down welds and drilled 44 holes for the light bulbs. After all the holes were drilled Minga fit the sign with sockets, wired up the sockets and tested the electrical. Working with Prodigy Sign in Kenosha he also coordinated the hanging of the sign.

Any project starts with a sketch.

Nothing wrong with learning a little g-code.

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Posted in art, CNC, DIY, electric, lights, logo, make, metalworking, milwaukee, Projects, router, Sign, signage, skills, vector, welding | Tagged Branding, cnc, Hand painted sign, kenoshafun, logo, metal, Mingadigm, plasma, Signage, steel, welding | Leave a comment

Light it UP!

Posted on December 13, 2013 by Pete Prodoehl
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Sign

I noticed a serious lack of light-up signs with our logo in the 3D Printing Lab, so I rectified that situation.

I took an old IKEA “Skugga” lamp and replaced your favorite coffee with a fresh new Milwaukee Makerspace logo.

If you want all the gory details (actually, I left out the bloody part) check out my blog post It’s a sign! for more info.

Sign

(Note: MakerBot Replicator 1 not included.)

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged ikea, logo, sign, vinyl | Leave a comment

Posted on December 25, 2012 by Thelen, Shane
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Our traditional logo of an old timey welder's mask, but with a santa hat and a candy cane in place of the soldering iron.

Happy holidays from our makerspace to yours!

 

“So, have a merry Christmas, happy Chanukah, kwazy Kwanza, a tip-top Tet, and a solemn, dignified Ramadan.”

-Krusty the Klown

Posted in art, Uncategorized | Tagged logo | Leave a comment

Laser Logo

Posted on December 4, 2011 by Pete Prodoehl
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Milwaukee Makerspace

Here’s our logo as a digital file. It’s an SVG file in Inkscape. The width of the lines are 1 single pixel.

Milwaukee Makerspace

Here’s our logo etched into a piece of wood using the Laser Cutter. It’s totally awesome.

Yes, at some point I’d like to see our logo created using every process / machine / material we have available at the space…

…and once that’s done, we’ll show ’em off. :)

I think it would be a great way to showcase the capabilities the Makerspace has to offer.

Posted in art, laser, wood | Tagged laser, logo | Leave a comment

Builder’s Night Out

Posted on September 16, 2011 by Pete Prodoehl
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Team Kegbot

We had quite a night at the space! Thursday is “Builder’s Night Out” when we are open to the public, and if you want a tour, want to meet the members, or have a project you need help on, bring it down. Last night we helped Gary work on a project for his BarCamp session on Rubik’s Cubes. (And let me tell you, using PVC on the belt grinder creates a white dust the likes of which you’ve never seen before!)

Team Kegbot (also known as Kevin, Jason, and Adam) did a bunch of Arduino hacking, and made some progress. They may have also imbibed some of the malted beverages in the name of science.

Milwaukee Makerspace 1-bit logo

I even got to contribute to the Kegbot project when Jason asked for a 64×64 1-bit file of the Milwaukee Makerspace logo. Of course he then demanded a 48×48 logo. (I’m just glad he didn’t ask for a 32×32 or the dreaded 16×16!)

Brant Mini-CNC Mill

Brant spent a little time with the Mini-CNC Mill trying to cut a key out of a piece of plastic. I offered to try printing a key on the MakerBot, but he got it done with the mill. (Plastic seemed to lack the strength needed for the key though, and we may look at a stronger material next time.)

Makerbot

As for me? Besides helping out other folks, I managed to get a little quality time with the MakerBot, and printed a few more cookie cutter designs, which we should be testing this weekend. I did a little bit of web site updating as well, which is always an on-going effort.

And you know what happens next week Thursday? Builder’s Night Out! Yup, every Thursday… so come on down and hang out with us!

Posted in CNC, logo, Projects, Uncategorized | Tagged cnc, kegbot, key, logo, makerbot, mill | 1 Comment

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