“Make Pumpkin” in the news!
2017-10-26
Our recent pumpkin-carving event, “Make Pumpkin,” was featured on Rocket City Now and WZDX! Check out the cameo by our member and official Pumpkin Carver, Jeff Cotten.
Canoeing and Kayaking Trip Photos!
2015-07-04
Here are some shots from the canoeing/kayaking trip on 27 Jun. Thanks for organizing, kix! We had a great time.
Monthly Build Night – July 2012
2013-07-17
Check out our lists of projects from the May and June Build Nights on the Maker’s Local wiki!
The Maker’s Local 256 Monthly Build Night for July is this weekend! The theme for July is “Sugru Moldable Rubber”, and this time, Instructables sent us some free Sugru to use in our projects! In case you’ve never heard of Sugru, it is a “multi-purpose, non-slumping brand of silicone rubber that resembles modeling clay”, and can be used for all sorts of projects and repairs, from fixing your phone charge cable to creating robot parts.
The structure of this Build Night will be similar to our first, except that the Instructables we’ll need to make have to involve the Sugru in some way. We’ll need to submit five Instructables from the night.
Build Night will be on Saturday, July 20th from 1PM to 11PM. More info on the event can be found on the ML256 Wiki Page.
Monthly Build Night – June 2012
2013-06-02
If you haven’t checked it out already, you can see the list of projects from May’s Build Night on the Maker’s Local wiki page for the event!
This month’s Build Night is coming up! The theme for June is 3D Modeling and Printing, and Instructables is offering us $150 in credit on Shapeways for creating some really neat 3D-printed objects! This month works a little differently: Build Night will be spent mostly designing and modeling 3D items in various CAD software packages. We’ll then post all of our 3D models to a gallery on Instructables and share them with the community! We will then pick a few models to send off to Shapeways to get printed for us, and write at least two Instructables that use these printed objects or the models themselves.
Build Night will be on Saturday, June 8th from 1PM to 11PM. More info on the event can be found on the ML256 Wiki Page or on the Instructables blog post here.
3D Scanning Day at Makers Local 256!
2012-11-05
Extra bonus going-ons at the Makers Local public night this week (Tuesday, Nov 6th)!
Photographs are so passé. Videos still lack depth. We live in a three-dimensional world, so why should we represent it in just two dimensions? This week, during the normal Makers Local public night, we will have a setup that will allow you to be digitized and archived as a three-dimensional computer model!
Using the power of the Microsoft Kinect and a desktop computer, we will be making models of whoever wishes to be scanned. These models can then be imported into video games, used in animations, printed on 3D printers, and more! We can do headshots, and will hopefully be able to get some full-body model files as well.
Scanning will probably start around 7:00PM. We’ll have some snacks and sodas, and probably some extra Halloween candy, and feel free to bring your own food and treats!