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Our Board of Directors met on Sunday afternoon. We discussed the current situation, and we want to have a good balance between the health and safety of our members and the desire to continue using the space. Therefore, we are clarifying that individual use of the space is allowed, along with the following: Until Omaha …
On February 25th, eight makers participated in the Sumo Battle that we’ve been preparing for since January. It was a raucous evening of smashing plastic and cheering crowds. Afterward we took apart a few cars to see how they worked – near the end of the video Ben even explains how he combined the front …
Have you ever seen custom embroidery work and wanted to make it happen yourself? Well good news, Omaha Maker Group has the equipment and a class for it! In this class, we’ll cover how to select and set up a design (from a custom design and/or stored on the machine), how to prepare your material …
I’m pleased to announce that Omaha Maker Group will be hosting another contest: Radio-Controlled Car Sumo Wrestling! Knock your opponent’s car to the ground and be the last driver standing! Rules are as follows: You may enter any toy-grade radio-controlled car with a fair market value of $20 or less. Be prepared to show receipts …
As mentioned in the previous Nerf post, once a year we hold a competition that displays our design, engineering and marksmanship skills. A specific model of Nerf shooter is selected and a short list of guidelines is drawn up, then makers are invited to modify their toy as inventively as possible. In this video you …
We wanted to create some aluminum snowflakes to hang on our holiday trees. First we created the positive out of plywood, then pressed it into Petrobond (which is a product name for oil sand), and then fired up the furnace, melted the aluminum, and poured it into the mold. It did make impressions of snowflakes …
Come learn the basics of Inkscape, vector graphics, and how they can be used with machinery around the studio. Inkscape is an open source vector graphics program and is commonly used in a variety of computer aided tools like the Laser Cutter and Engraver, Shapeoko 2 CNC Router, Silhouette Portrait, or even simly to print …
Inspired by this post over at Cool Tools, I ask members of the Omaha Maker Group what their “4” favorite tools were. The results, sorted by category (not person) are below. Tools that Cut Channellock 436 Diagonal Cutters SpyderCo Ladybug pocket knife Wiss W10TM Scissors Olfa Knife Victorinox – Cybertool 34 Swiss Army Knife Tools …
The Omaha Maker Group is hosting a Nerf* dart gun competition for distance , accuracy and aesthetic modification. Competitors will purchase and modify (in advance) a Nerf ‘N-Strike Mega BigShock Blaster’ to maximize it’s distance, accuracy and/or aesthetic value.
On Saturday, November 30th, Patrick and Kevin will be hosting a decorative metalcasting workshop. The goal is to make some aluminum snowflake Christmas ornaments from laser-cut wooden forms, but this is a brand new pattern, and our first time casting something on this thin, so high-quality results are not guaranteed. We’re planning to fire up …