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 […]
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Learn the basics of 3D design with Fusion 360. Fusion 360 is a free beginner-friendly design software that also has a deep and varied array of tools to satisfy even advanced users. As we work together to each model our own 3D coffee mug, we’ll cover many common 3D modeling skills which can easily be
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On September 21 we brought our creations to Lincoln’s maker faire and spent the day chatting with fellow makers and faire attendees. Our booth was outside on the grass at Trago Park along with a ring of about twelve other groups. The weather was perfect, there was always something interesting happening, and there was a
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During our Founding Day Celebration, some of the attendees decided to see what would happen when something combustible is tossed over a flame.
I’ve been reading about Magic Mirrors for several years and the ever evolving functionality they provide. Use case was simple to justify the expense of creating a magic mirror, but finding the time was the primary issue. Well, extra time finally came about and, after a few higher priority projects, time was still available for
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On August 27 2019, we at Omaha Maker Group interrupted our usual meeting schedule to hold our annual birthday party. We had a potluck dinner, then ate cake and chatted until it was time to start events. We had an aluminum melting demonstration, the we took turns popping the air cannon. After it got dark
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Omaha Maker Group was invited to set up a booth at the Union Pacific Railroad Museum’s “First Friday Family Night” earlier this month. Because the theme this month was “STEAM UP”, we decided to create a demonstration of the Hero Engine which is a two thousand-year-old steam engine design. We also tried to replicate a
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Two weeks ago we took our two cars, The Battle Bus and the Locomotive, the Power Racing Series at the Kansas City Maker Faire. Saturday was bright and sunny, Sunday was soggy. The previous video covered the sunny part and this one shows highlights of the wet part.
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Last weekend Kansas City Union Station held a Maker Faire and members of Omaha Maker Group attended. If you’ve been at the Tuesday Night meetings for the past few months you may have noticed that we’ve been modifying and rebuilding our little electric cars in preparation for this weekend. We brought them down to join
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Last weekend, June 22 and 23, several members of Omaha Maker Group traveled to Kansas City to participate in the Power Racing Series at the KC Maker Faire. For details on this huge event, just visit the website https://kansascity.makerfaire.com/. The Power Racing Series is a collection of races in which Makers drive their tiny homemade
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