Thursday!
Now that we’ve moved our shop times to Thursdays, please join us for some tinkering and fun!
2016 OMG Fir Lumber Rally
Here is everything you need to know for the 2016 OMG Fir Lumber Rally! Date: Tuesday, March 29th, 2016 Time: Check-in starts at 7:00p (doors open by 5:30p for testing, tuning, and final preparations) Who: Open to all OMG members and their guests (family, friends, coworkers). Mailing-list lurkers are welcome, too! Cost: $5 per registrant
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Vacuum Chamber
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.
OMG! Eric’s in the news again!
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.
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Battery Derating and Chemistry Comparison
This weekend, Dave K was asking me some questions about the performance of our sweet LiFePO4 battery packs for the power wheels cars. At the time I was only able to answer his questions in generalizations, so I decided to sit down and show exactly how our lithium compares to more conventional lead-acid. We’re running
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Power Wheels Racing Progress
Progress on the new Power Wheels racing car (Code Name STEVE) continues at a good pace! We’ve completed our innovative wood torsion box frame and are starting to lay out the other components for mounting. Here’s the recap: The overall dimensions of the cart are 4′ in length (to make good use of our raw
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We have parts for Steve!
OMG’s Team Steve (Power Wheels Racing Series team) has received most of its electronics parts for the car, including cells for two batteries, and some monster Anderson connectors. In terms of funding, we’re $15 away from goal. Any money we don’t use this year is going towards next year’s car.
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OMG-FTW update
Update: Button at the bottom is fixed, now It’s about time we get started on the power wheels racers for this year. We’re starting a fund raising campaign. We’re aiming for $1500 and we already have $610 raised, so only $890 to go! Thanks to everyone who has chipped in so far! $1500 sounds like
We rebuilt the main workbench!
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
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Reflow Oven Toaster Build
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
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