Tonight I built a really crappy coupler to connect the motor on the cat feeder mechanism to the drive screw on the slide. I was having some difficulty getting anything to work and started on a new slide with a scotch yoke design, but, not surprisingly,…
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It seems like everyone had a great time at yesterday’s OMGWTFBBQ, and many people got their first opportunity to visit the Makery. Â Below are some photos snapped at the event; Â If you have more photos that you’d like included, either link them in the comments, or shoot an email to the list. On an aside,
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I spent the evening working on the mechanicals for an automatic dry cat food dispenser. It consists of a screw-driven slide with a 2 inch hole. The assembly will be placed under a large cat food bucket with a hole in the bottom, with a chute directing …
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We spent the afternoon tearing down the mill, cleaning and oiling the ways, and getting the tabletop painted. Its running pretty good now.
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The date has been set for the OMG open house and cookout — Saturday, June 25th. Things will run 11:00 am to 4:00pm (or how ever late people feel like staying). Food will be served at noon. RSVP to here
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I picked up some casting sand from a local aluminum foundry this weekend and spent Sunday putting together a small test casting. Rather than using aluminum, which is a challenge to melt in a soup can, I used a few rolls of pennies as a source for some …
Spent the day putting together a bench for the Omaha Maker Group Spectralight milling machine. I took way too long tearing apart a pallet some of the guys pulled out of a dumpster and reassembling it as a table. Then we mounted the mill and started tro…
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I’ve started to accumulate quite a heap of old smartphones, and would really like them to either get useful or get gone. It was my initial intent to “simply” hook one up as a networked webcam, and have it serve images via HTTP, not unlike the units sold by everyone from Axis to Panasonic. Â Sadly, […]
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I picked up some drill rod today at the local Fastenal store and put the X axis together.We used smooth rods out of various printers and a scanner for the other axes, but we didn’t have any rods long enough for the X axis, which needed rods of at least…
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As an electronic newbie, it pleases me to say that my first electronic circuit project is complete and functional. You too can learn to solder! In light of the recent catastrophe in Japan, I decided to construct my own geiger counter. These kits can be purchased from Cheney Electronics. After one afternoon of acquainting myself
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