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The Omaha Maker Group & Made New Makerspace are merging to create a better Maker experience in Omaha!

Dear Omaha Maker Group Members, Things have gotten stagnant at OMG lately – the weekly open shop time is sparse, there are a lot of things that need attention in the space, and the culture that made OMG great has started to wane. We’ve been wanting to figure out how to renew that “spark”, and […]

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Nerf Shooter Competition Action Caught on Video

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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4 Favorite Tools

Inspired by this post over at Cool Tools, I ask members of the Omaha Maker Group what their “4” favorite tools were. The results, sorted by category (not person) are below. Tools that Cut Channellock 436 Diagonal Cutters SpyderCo Ladybug pocket knife Wiss W10TM Scissors Olfa Knife Victorinox – Cybertool 34 Swiss Army Knife Tools

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