Hey gang, it’s time again for OMG’s annual Gingerbread House event. Note that this event has no actual gingerbread (we use graham crackers) and few, if any, “houses” in the traditional sense. In the past, we’ve seen locomotives, hobbit holes and skyscrapers. This years’s event coincides with the regular meeting on December 19th. As usual, […]
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Now that we’ve moved our shop times to Thursdays, please join us for some tinkering and fun!
Here is everything you need to know for the 2016 OMG Fir Lumber Rally! Date: Tuesday, March 29th, 2016 Time: Check-in starts at 7:00p (doors open by 5:30p for testing, tuning, and final preparations) Who: Open to all OMG members and their guests (family, friends, coworkers). Mailing-list lurkers are welcome, too! Cost: $5 per registrant
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Thanks to all who took part in our Trebuchet Contest! We had perfect weather and all involved had a great time. With nine people competing on six teams, we saw a wide variety of designs and lots of experimentation. Each team fired three shots, which were analyzed for efficiency and for accuracy. The efficiency score
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Congratulations to the winners of the inaugural 2013 Founders’ Prize: For Opening New Frontiers – Jay Hannah and Dave Knaack For Operational Excellence – Eric Kaplan As stated at the meeting, the categories for these awards are entirely arbitrary and subject to change in future years; Â Also, we estimate that this prize is roughly
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Mark your calendars, the Omaha Maker Group’s 3rd anniversary (birthday?) get-together is Tuesday, August 20th. As usual, doors open by 6pm. There’ll be food and beverages and even some awards. RSVP Here!
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I am honored to announce that the website, Instructables.com, has contact Omaha Maker Group and asked us to participate in their inaugural “Instructables Build Nights”! The idea for Build Nights is that Instructables picks a topic and sends supplies/materials to select Makerspaces for their use in creating an event around that topic.  And just to make
Special Event at OMG – May 28th, 7pm – Paint and Pizza! Read More »
If you haven’t heard via the mailing list and meetings, OMG has moved! Our new address is 8410 K St. #5. Come check it out!
Would you like to learn about lock picking? Come to our meeting Tuesday July 10th @ 7pm. The meeting will feature a talk from a member of Toool.us (The Open Organization of Lockpickers), Steve Beck. Steve will cover three topics, two of which are a little more hands on-ish, the first will be a basic
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