Popped by kwartzlab v3 on Sunday morning to see what’s cooking with the new space. It’s been 6 weeks since my last visit and there has been a tonne of progress on all fronts from moving to mudding. Melissa Pynkoski, kwartzlab Treasurer, was mudding drywall seams on the new 10×10 individual studio spaces.
Got an unreasonable number of photos here for you, surveying the mid-move efforts. This just gets more exciting with every visit. Connect with kwartzlab!
Jim Fare and Neil Eaton, heavy lifting on the second floor.
Lots of muscle on the loading dock. Davenport, Mike, Cam and Drew.
Calder and kwartzlab President Ravi Baboolal surveying the giant woodshop area.
Nerves of steel, fractional inches to spare piloting the forklift.
Studio hallway.
Floorplan.
Lounge up front.
Future classroom, current landing zone for moved items.
Kitchen.
More shop space.
Hey, I know that guy.
Sonny’s been pulling a lot of cable. Big drops in the metal shop here and a new sub-panel going in this space this week.
Matt, Jim and Neil upstairs.
Forklift downstairs.
A makeshift elevator.
Not necessarily move related.
Cam and Drew. Loading dock.
Building common area off the dock.
Stuff!
Lathe.
Drive motor.
Paint booth and laser cutter to be installed on the right. There’s already a vent in the exterior wall. Panning left…
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Storage lockers will be here.
Corner of the woodshop. Roll-up door connects to storage area. Panning right…
Panning right again…
And there’s the 4×4’ CNC table. I heard a rumour there was another locally-built mill on the way, so stay tuned.
If you’re new to CNC, this is a computer controlled router that can cut your designs out of plywood, MDF and more.
kwartzlab has the best signs.
Green tape has a long and delightful history with kwartzlab.
The Pres is never idle.
I love these hand-written notes…
Everywhere. A physical manifestation of the getting’-stuff-done nature of kwartzlabbers.
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10×10’ studios.
Jim!
Skylight studio.
Album cover.
The laser is here.
And then there’s the piano.
It was time for me to head out, but I’ll be back very soon.
DW