Today was a pretty full, if short, day at the Makery; It started around noon, when the power was out as we arrived; It turned out to be a circuit breaker that must’ve tripped overnight somehow. Once power was restored, work continued on both the robotic arm controls and the partition wall that now divides […]
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Following last night’s meeting, a number of Panasonic Industrial robotic arms were dropped off at the Makery. These arms were used in some sort of assembly operation, and seem to have been manufactured (at least the motors) in the early 80s. A number of people hung around pretty late messing around with them, and had
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The next regular meeting will be at the space on Tuesday, April 5th at 7pm. We’ve got two presentations: Brandon will be showing his progress on the remote controlled Tricopter he’s been working on (as seen on this site); If you’re unfamiliar with exactly what a Tricopter is, it’s like a quadcopter with just 3
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The Space (aka The Makery) is really starting to come together. A build day has been scheduled for this Saturday (March 26th, 9:37am) to see about some shelves and tables. Â Full details on that are the mailing list. In other news, our local network is operational; Â We have Wireless-G, network printing and a functional DHCP/DNS
Space is Shaping Up Read More »
The Omaha Maker Group’s space is coming along nicely;  This weekend  saw the arrival of more shelving, tables and other materials;  The space also received its first quadcopter visit; I spent time down there both Friday night and Saturday afternoon, and was very impressed by everyone’s generosity with both their time and their material support. […]
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Just a few quick photos from last night and today’s setting up at the space. Â Lots of people stopped by to help, and a good time was had by all. At this point, the space has the following furniture: Two folding tables (one larger, one smaller) A round table (would seat 4) 1 Sun server
Happenings from Friday and Saturday Read More »
Our next regular meeting will be at the space  on Tuesday, March 22nd at 7pm. No official topics are planned yet.  If you have a presentation that you’d like to give, please email the list and we’ll get you on the docket.  We  do have screen facilities, though not quite as nice as what we
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Our first regular meeting at the new space will be on Tuesday, March 8th at 7pm. Meeting topics will be sort of free form, but will include a bit of orientation, some discussion on setup (which should be easier now that we’re standing there) and planning for regular operations. By Tuesday, we should be mostly
Meeting Tuesday, March 8th – At the Space! Read More »
Well, as of today, the Omaha Maker Group officially has a space. Â Keys to the new digs were picked up tonight, and the preparation and move-in begins tomorrow. Â The first official meeting at the new space is on Tuesday, March 8th.
Head on over to the…
The Omaha Maker Group gets a space! Read More »
Our next meeting (7pm on February 8th) will be at our usual place, the Peter Kewiet Institute. The agenda will be somewhat free form, mostly related to planning and discussion regarding the new space. Also, there should be tales of this weekend’s field trip to the electronics recyclers. Treasurer’s Note: This is the first meeting of
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