Author: Rick

The Science Factory and EMS at the Mythbusters show!

The Mythbusters came to the Matthew Knight Arena last Friday March 15, 2013. The Science Factory had a table to promote themselves as well as the upcoming Eugene Mini Makerfaire (June 15, 2013). I was invited to help them out and was able to bring a few EMS fliers to...

Make-O-Rama Timelapse Footage

The first EMS Make-O-Rama was held last Saturday, Feb 23 from 11AM to 4PM.  We had a good turn out.  We had a good portion of our membership turn up to help out either by showing off projects or talking with visitors.  We had a ton of snacks, drinks, pizza,...

Eugene Public Library Event

The Eugene Public Library hosts events for young kids on Sunday afternoons.  A few months back, Eugene Maker Space was invited to host one of these events at EPL.  We accepted the offer and on February 3, 2013, six members from EMS went to the library to run the event....

Board Elections and Annual Meeting

The EMS annual membership meeting and board elections are coming up very soon.  The meeting will be held on Saturday, December 8th at 1:00 PM.  The meeting will take place at Eugene Maker Space.  If you want to vote in the board election, please make sure you have your dues...

Annual Meeting and Board Elections

It’s just about time for us to hold our first annual meeting since Eugene Maker Space was founded!  The meeting will be held on Saturday, December 8th at 1:00PM. At this meeting we also have to elect our new board.  There are currently five positions on the board and all...

Open House Party Saturday

Our open house party is tomorrow from 11:00AM to 4:00PM at 687 McKinley St. Suite #2 in Eugene.  We will have projects to show and tell, soldering kits for people to learn soldering, food, and more!  If you’ve been looking for an excuse to finally come check out Eugene Maker...

Welding Booth!

Recently some EMS members have been learning to weld. Unfortunately, the shop hasn’t been very welder-friendly. We have the one welder but we really didn’t have a good place to weld. The only place we are able to plug in the welder is in the far back corner of the shop,...

Star Wars Uncut Entry

A few EMS members have been working on entries for the Star Wars Uncut: The Empire Strikes Back project.  This is a project where the entire “Empire Strikes Back” movie is split into many 15 second chunks.  Anyone is welcome to sign up for one of the 15 second pieces....