Tonight, I did some prep work on a new EasyDriver (on breadboard) that I ordered for an upcoming project. I mounted a 4-pin Molex Floppy connector for the motor output, and pin-headers reversed for breadboard mounting. I also milled the gear off of a scrap stepper motor and built a coupler to a fancy leadscrew I […]
Jason notes that I forgot to post a photo of the other Mendel parts I’ve been building for the MakeryMendel. Â Below are photos of a stainless steel heater tube (the one that I didn’t ruin by welding a drillbit to the inside) as well as the “order form” that Brandon sent me. His drawings aren’t […]
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People I meet via the Omaha Maker Group often ask me what it is that I make.  I try to avoid the “Everything” answer, popularized by Jason Uher, but it seems to be sort of the truth.  Due to a renewed  interest [by people who aren’t me] in things that I’m making, I’m trying to do […]
While the entire project might have cost a bit more than $5, this remote control plane built by Luke is still pretty inexpensive.  Check out the videos of it flying at the park last Saturday. 
It seems like everyone had a great time at yesterday’s OMGWTFBBQ, and many people got their first opportunity to visit the Makery. Â Below are some photos snapped at the event; Â If you have more photos that you’d like included, either link them in the comments, or shoot an email to the list. On an aside,
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I’ve started to accumulate quite a heap of old smartphones, and would really like them to either get useful or get gone. It was my initial intent to “simply” hook one up as a networked webcam, and have it serve images via HTTP, not unlike the units sold by everyone from Axis to Panasonic. Â Sadly, […]
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James demonstrates how to wind an extension cord to keep it tangle free and easy to deploy.
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One of the features of the Makery (now the defacto name for the Omaha Maker Group’s space) is a standing webcam that publishes live photos of the space to the Internet. Â We have a few USB webcams hooked up to a PC running YawCam, which is a free (as in beer) webcam package written in […]
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