Fun with Propane
What do you get when you combine propane with plastic bottles and a bit of hacker spirit? Check it out:
Web-attached pan tilt camera
With some help from Brandon and Ben I got the mechanics for the pan tilt camera rig going. The servos attach to an Arduino which is connected to a computer running a Windows web service that provides access to the camera.I had an issue with the movemen…
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Tippy forge
Here are a couple of videos of the tippy forge I’ve been working on for the Omaha maker Group. At this point it just needs the frame to hold it and a handle to make it easy to tip. There is a little leakage from the input that we need to get sealed up,…
Motor demonstration rig
One of the interesting projects from the Omaha Maker Group meeting on Jan 10. Ben put together this little motor demonstration rig with a couple of magnets, a 3D printed frame, and the armature from a commercial motor. Here he is just holding a couple …
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OMG’s Patrick Pecoraro to present Contrast, a custom pinhole camera inspired exhibition
From Patrick’s website: “In order to assemble this series, I faced a specific problem: most pinhole cameras have only one shot. You expose film or paper and have to go back and develop it in the lab before loading the next shot. When there is more than one opportunity for a great photograph, the only
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Projects Abound!
Despite unseasonably nice weather, the members of OMG continue to work on their projects at the Makery or in their garages at breakneck speed. January is traditionally the perfect month for shunning the outdoors and basking in the glow of your computer monitor or, perhaps, the piercing UV glow of an arc welder. Here’s
Makery Glowstick Fashion
Myself and Brandon Essler put together a glowstick holster and a glowstick bracer at yesterday’s meeting, continuing the trend of glowy maker high fashion. The plan is to eventually wire these pieces up with some sort of LED infusion. You’ll be able to view these in action at this year’s “New Year Revolution” event.
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Maker High Fashion…the EL Coat
Actually, I’ll leave the judgment as to whether this is fashionable to the reader. Taking a cue from the ready availability of electroluminescent tape/wire to the Maker community, and yes, the recent Tron movie (which re imagined the cult classic costuming in a decidedly more modern twist), it has become too tempting to ignore the
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What is this “Variac” Thing?
A Variac (also known as an Autotransformer) is a variable transformer, which allows the user a convenient way to control the power to an AC appliance. Â In our context, it’s typically used to adjust the output of a heating device. The variac currently at the Makery is a 20-amp model manufactured by PowerStat. Â We’ve configured
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Easier Vacuforming with Sintra
One of the other projects enhanced by the Variac is the vacuformer. Â It consists of two parts: a box with a heating element that melts plastic (background) and a perforated box which sucks the softened plastic down over a heat-resistant form (foreground). Â Prior to the Variac, we’d had problems damaging the plastic sheet, because it
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