{"id":1347,"date":"2015-08-26T23:07:45","date_gmt":"2015-08-26T23:07:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fcwhack.com\/?p=1347"},"modified":"2026-01-30T23:53:05","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T23:53:05","slug":"happy-birthday-fcw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/fcwhack.com\/?p=1347","title":{"rendered":"Happy Birthday FCW"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/fcwhack.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/GEDC0620-1024x768.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-648\" src=\"http:\/\/fcwhack.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/GEDC0620-1024x768-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"GEDC0620-1024x768\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/fcwhack.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/GEDC0618-1024x768.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-647\" src=\"http:\/\/fcwhack.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/GEDC0618-1024x768-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"GEDC0618-1024x768\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>The 23rd of August marked the 4th anniversary of the formation of FCW.\u00a0\u00a0 Starting with four members and a sad looking area in an old cotton mill without power or lights due to vandals, FCW has grown to 26 members, 5000+ square feet\u00a0 and numerous areas, including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>An electronics shop<\/li>\n<li>A ham radio station (K4FCW)<\/li>\n<li>A machine shop with a large mill (converted to CNC) and large lathe.<\/li>\n<li>A woodworking shop with traditional machines and CNC routers<\/li>\n<li>A mini-kitchen<\/li>\n<li>An HO scale model railroad<\/li>\n<li>A classroom capable of 16 students<\/li>\n<li>A fabrication lab with laser cutter, 3d printer and welder<\/li>\n<li>A science lab<\/li>\n<li>A stagecraft shop complete with industrial sewing machine<\/li>\n<li>A vintage computer museum<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>FCW has conducted workshops in electronics, 3d graphics, programming, robotics, machining, soldering and ham radio; has designed and built three large props for local plays; assisted CCC&amp;TI with a science olympiad; conducted workshops for the public schools and CCC&amp;TI; designed and built two robot\/CNC projects; attended several makerfaires and conferences; and hosted two haunted house events and eight open house events.<\/p>\n<p>For a detailed history check out <a href=\"http:\/\/fcwhack.com\/?page_id=1123\" target=\"_blank\">FCW History <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 23rd of August marked the 4th anniversary of the formation of FCW.\u00a0\u00a0 Starting with four members and a sad looking area in an old cotton mill without power or lights due to vandals, FCW has grown to 26 members, 5000+ square feet\u00a0 and numerous areas, including: An electronics shop A ham radio station (K4FCW) &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/fcwhack.com\/?p=1347\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Happy Birthday FCW<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1347","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fcw"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/fcwhack.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1347","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/fcwhack.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/fcwhack.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fcwhack.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fcwhack.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1347"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/fcwhack.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1347\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1348,"href":"http:\/\/fcwhack.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1347\/revisions\/1348"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/fcwhack.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1347"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fcwhack.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1347"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fcwhack.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1347"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}