New Welder
Tim gifted a new welder to the space today. The back shop is being reorganized and will have the addition of a welding table.
Hardware
Results from The Great Drill Contest
As promised, we tested some drills. The testing wasn’t exactly scientific, but the results pass the smell test and provide some interesting insights as to the relative value of different drill types. Spoiler alert, no equipment was visibly damaged in the collection of this data. Read on for all the gory details.
Oscilloscope Music
A few weeks back, I caught a video on AvE’s YouTube channel of graphics drawn on an oscilloscope, given an audio input. Last week, Ben, Garrick and I decided to give it a try at OMG. According to Garrick’s research earlier that week, “older scopes” do better with this sort of thing, and OMG’s scope …
Banker’s Box Storage Plans
For years, our makerspace has used a hodgepodge of solutions for storing members’ projects in progress and other personal belongings. Most recently, we’ve used a dozen or so plastic totes. The totes worked great, but were limited in quantity (they were industrial waste, and no more matching totes were available) so that not everyone could …
Padlock exhibits vulnerability to extreme cold (and a large hammer)
If I hadn’t seen this myself, I don’t know that I’d believe it. Last night, we set out to test this Popsci article, and it seems to hold up. We had 2 locks donated, a generic U-Lock, and a pretty beefy looking keyed padlock. The U-Lock’s steel turned out to be a bit too soft, …
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RedBull Creation 2012 Entry
RedBull Creation challenge entry. It’s a brain-wave game. The players stand on opposite sides with wireless headsets that measure brain waves. One of them presses the big red button on the back, and then as they focus the power of their minds, the arm responds to their brain wave readings, and moves back and forth …