The Charleston Corridor is a business incubator for technology companies. What they offer is great for start-ups and entrepreneurs in particular, but you may occasionally find the events they host to be interesting or educational to groups like us as well. Every 3rd Friday of the month they have a round-table to discuss a topic as determined by members, and this month they are talking about Modern Day Recruiting. To find out more, visit our event listing here.
Welcome
Who are we?
Makelab Charleston is accepting new members! We are a 501(C)3 sponsored organization, which allows the group to solicit for and pool resources to purchase equipment like CNC machines, drill presses, quality soldering stations, 3-D printers, all to benefit the community. If you are interested in working to bring more science, technology, and art to the Charleston area, join now!
Open House
We host an open house every Sunday at 1PM. They are held at our space, 1370 Ashley River Road, Charleston, SC 29407.
Submitted by: ChadH 1 week 3 days ago
The second segment of Lee's class on FreeCAD still has 2 spots available! The first session sold out so if you are wanting to attend the followup please sign up before there are no more spots. This lecture will be covering extrusions and revolutions in the FreeCAD environment, which will be very important for creating your 3D models. Find out more about this class by following this link.
Submitted by: jarickc 1 week 4 days ago
Makelab Charleston will be facilitating car pools to NC Maker Faire on June 16th. We will be leaving at 6-6:30 am from the space, this will result in an arrival around 10 am. Last year there was about 3 hours worth of stuff to look at and explore. We will plan to leave around 2 pm getting back to the Charleston area around dinner time. Those people providing transportation are donating their time, gas, and car use. In return people wishing to take advantage of the carpool are asked to donate $20 to Makelab Charleston. This is a great opportunity to meet fellow makers and see the types of projects they are working on.
Contact Jarick if you want more information. This opportunity is not limited to members of Makelab Charleston. Tickets are not provided by Makelab Charleston and will need to be procured individually.
Submitted by: ChadH 1 week 4 days ago
For those interested in expanding your knowledge in coding, the Digital Corridor has partnered with local companies to offer 4 different classes in subjects such as jQuery, Ruby on Rails, Django, and iOS apps. The courses meet 1 day a week for 12 weeks and the cost is $500. You need to hurry though, as the cutoff date for signups is May 10th. If you are interested, find out more by visiting CharlestonCodes.com
Submitted by: ChadH 1 week 5 days ago
Tonight Lee will be teaching a full house about the open source program FreeCAD. This will be an introductory course to get your feet wet in 3D modelling. After going through this class you will be better prepared to start modelling objects to print in our 3D printers! A followup class will be held next Tuesday and it will go deeper into the basics of FreeCAD. To sign up for next weeks class, go here.