Makerspace – Omaha Maker Group

Who we are

We are a community of sharing and making! Together, we have created a cooperatively funded makerspace in the heart of the Omaha metro area. We strive to create a better tomorrow by providing a studio and the tools for members and their guests to build, create and invent! Every donation and membership fee contributes to keeping our makerspace up and running for our members. Full Keyholder memberships are $40 per month ($50 for families) and non-keyholder memberships are $20 per month.

Our tools and resources range from 3D printing, laser cutting, sewing, and welding to wood working, electronics and so much more! Please contact us to arrange a tour or drop by anytime the sign on our site says, “Open”!

Nerf Shooter Competition Action Caught on Video

Leave a Comment / Contests, Creation, Makerspace, Makery, Making, Omaha Maker Group, Uncategorized / By Patrick Bartmess

The family of Nerf guns assembled for action

As mentioned in the previous Nerf post, once a year we hold a competition that displays our design, engineering and marksmanship skills. A specific model of Nerf shooter is selected and a short list of guidelines is drawn up, then makers are invited to modify their toy as inventively as possible. In this video you …

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B³: Banker’s Box Benches

Leave a Comment / Makerspace, Projects, Uncategorized / By Ben

It’s been two years since we first decided to start using banker’s boxes for storage at OMG. The idea has worked out great, and that original storage shelf is still going strong and sees constant use, but we filled it almost immediately. We had originally planned on making several of those shelving units, but they’re …

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Maker Faire Kansas City 2018

Leave a Comment / Announcements, CCCKC, Make Magazine, Maker Faire, Makerspace, Omaha Maker Group, Power Wheels Racing / By Kevin

Once again, members of the Omaha Maker Group participated in the Kansas City Maker Faire. Due to a general lack of interest, we forwent an “official” OMG booth entirely this year, focusing instead on the Power Racing Series. Garrick and the Tesla coil crew had quite the show, though, and even got a photo of …

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New Ryobi Tool Center

Leave a Comment / Drilling, Makerspace, Projects, Storage, Uncategorized / By Kevin

It’s been a few months now, but I’m finally getting to documenting the tool storage wall we built. I found a plan online to build some PVC drill/driver hangers, and adapted it to carry the grinder, glue gun and angle drill by their battery holders. The slanted pipes below the drills are some spare PVC …

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RedBull Creation 2012 Entry

4 Comments / Arduino, Camera, Code, Contests, Friends, Hackerspace, Hardware, How-To, LEDs, Machining, Makerspace, Makery, Meetings, Omaha Maker Group, OMG, photography, Polycarbonate, Remote Control, Soldering, Technology / By Patrick

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 …

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Lincoln Makerspace

4 Comments / Hackerspace, Lincoln Makerspace, Makerspace, Robots, Uncategorized / By Travis

Somewhere, deep in the capital city of Nebraska, is a building.Â This building is full of smoke, full of mirrors.Â Inside, birds take flight, machinists grind away in a vast darkened wonderland, and countless scavenged items from around the countryside rest in hulking, sometimes dilapidated heaps, thrown into rows awaiting re-discovery and thrifty sale. Need …

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