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Just a sneak preview of an upcoming “project” at OMG… Member Ben found a great old drill at Habitat ReStore, and it spawned a conversation about torture testing various drills under extreme circumstances.  As a test, we pitted Ben’s drill against one of our cordless Ryobis… More “sciencey testing” to follow. Remember, these sorts of […]

We’re going to be celebrating the Omaha Maker Group’s 7th anniversary on Tuesday, August 29th. As has become our custom, the evening will include dinner, dessert and the awarding of the annual Founders’ Prize. In addition, I’ve dug up some photos from long ago, showing not only the old space, but also our current K

What happens when you give makers a vacuum pump and a bin full of components to rummage around in? Watch the videos to find out. Can you think of something interesting to put in a vacuum chamber? Post in the comments below.

With Omaha’s Mini Makerfaire nearly upon us, our own President Eric Kaplan is in the news yet again. Personally, I feel like that old Macgyver guy could learn a thing or two from Eric.

On Saturday, we modified the main workbench and added some much needed pegboard space, exposing outlets for use, and anchoring the bench to the wall. Thanks goes out to everyone who helped. Before After

Surface mount soldering is the way to go for small footprint projects and multiple production runs. However, surface mount components aren’t always the most friendly for a soldering iron setup. Imagine a surgeon trying to operate with bulky leather gloves on and you kind of get the picture for what happens when you try to solder

Since I’m trying to use a PID controller to keep the chamber temperatures under control I need to tune the PID parameters. And since this is designed to run for hours at a time, and because I’m crap at PID tuning, getting it right it is very tedious. A…