Tonight, I did some prep work on a new EasyDriver (on breadboard) that I ordered for an upcoming project. I mounted a 4-pin Molex Floppy connector for the motor output, and pin-headers reversed for breadboard mounting. I also milled the gear off of a scrap stepper motor and built a coupler to a fancy leadscrew I […]
Jason notes that I forgot to post a photo of the other Mendel parts I’ve been building for the MakeryMendel. Â Below are photos of a stainless steel heater tube (the one that I didn’t ruin by welding a drillbit to the inside) as well as the “order form” that Brandon sent me. His drawings aren’t […]
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This weekend some friends and I spent a few hours working on binding some books. We started with the paper from some drawing pads which we folded in half in sets of 4 to 6 to form signatures. We stacked between 5 and 8 of the signatures and stitched bo…
Did a quick zinc casting of a small knight figure. This was a sand casting demo for some friends who are interested in the skill. I was surprised that the shaft of the mace came out, since it is only about 2mm in diameter.The casting ended up with a po…
A few years ago I ran across composer Alvin Lucier’s work “I Am Sitting in a Room”.I thought that this was pretty cool, though excessively long. I’ve thought that it would be interesting to reproduce it, just for fun. Since the Makery is in a large mul…
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People I meet via the Omaha Maker Group often ask me what it is that I make.  I try to avoid the “Everything” answer, popularized by Jason Uher, but it seems to be sort of the truth.  Due to a renewed  interest [by people who aren’t me] in things that I’m making, I’m trying to do […]
I and a couple guys from the Omaha Maker Group got together all the tools for doing some aluminum casting this morning. We’re going to do a forge day with the group at some point, and we wanted to make sure my burner, the furnace body, and the crucible…
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Kevin was kind enough to bring down his nice crucible after I brought my furnace body in. It is just barely small enough to fit in with about 1/2″ clearance on either side. I may try to increase this slightly, as the sides aren’t exactly perfectly circular anyway. Im just not sure how to ream […]
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I was finally able to get my medium size furnace moved out of the shed, and into the Makery. This was used at my previous residence to melt aluminum with a waist oil burner that was scratch built. I have a feeling that it will be converted to a propane, or propane/oil hybrid burner here […]
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