We’re planning on having lots of cool talks as members show off their projects. A small sampling of the demonstrations include:
The next generation drink backpack is complete just in time for Phreaknic!
This version immerses 2 liter bottles (or whatever other bottle you want) in an ice bath. It uses compressed CO2 to force your beverage of choice out of the bottle and into the tubing for dispensing. A whistle was added to make the venting a bit more fun and the relief valve helps prevent any disasters.
Makers Local got the chassis for the Remote Control Lawnmower motorized and running around the shop on Tuesday.
Currently the chassis consists of 1″ square steel tubing, two caster wheels, two motors from kid’s scooters, and two Victor 833 Motor Control Boards.
RC Mower Meets Tuesdays @ 5:30 at the Make Shop.
Watch the Calendar and the project wiki page for details.
Congratulations to the Makers Local HSIS Team!
They took first place in the Hackerspaces in Space Competition!
Click Here to See the Results!
TIME: 3h31m – 35pts
WEIGHT: 1.48lbs – 25pts
COST: $174.29 – 38pts
TOTAL: 98pts
A couple of nights ago, Bob and I started playing with a Maker Bot one of the Makers Local 256 members left at the shop. I asked the member who owns it if I could try to get it working while he was gone on work travel. Of course he said “Yes”. He had been trying to get it to make a shot glass for a while. Bob and I started playing around. We installed the latest version of ReplicatorG and some new firmware. Bob then determined that the head needed to be about .6mm off the printing service. After he tagged me in, and I started playing with laying down a raft. After a few failed attempts where the head didn’t seem like it was moving up the Z-axis enough, I learned to set the Flow Rate of the plastic to 230 instead of 250 in skeinforge. Along with Bob’s findings we seemed to have found a very nice solution. I was able to make a coin, most of a shot glass (something happen 3/4 the way through), and a companion cube.
