Category: Community

Great (pumpkin) new YouTube video from EMS member Rick Osgood.

It’s almost Halloween so lets get inspired!  Today we have one of Eugene Maker Space’s founders and ingenious members Rick Osgood that posted a new video on his YouTube channel. Fire Breathing Jack-O-Lantern “Published on Oct 22, 2013 In this video I build a jack-o-lantern that can breathe fire! Unfortunately I...

Eugene Mini Maker Faire is almost here.

Eugene Mini Maker Faire is next Saturday, June 15th. More info here. http://www.eugenemakerfaire.com/ EMS will have a booth. We still have room for more members to show their projects, so let us know if you want to exhibit.

Family Hack Day a Success!

Eugene Maker Space held our very first Family Hack Day on June 1, 2013.  We had a decent sized group of kids and families show up to get some work done on their own projects.  And boy did work get done.  We also had several EMS members show up 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....

Make-O-Rama

Eugene Maker Space Invites You to Visit Make-O-Rama: “Tooling Up” Our Semi-Annual Show & Tell/Open House February 23, 2013 11:00 to 4:00 687 McKinley Street, Suite #2 www.eugenemakerspace.com for more information Making awesome tools to make awesome stuff! Come see what we’re building now: Laser Cutters! Vacuum Tables! 3D Printers!...

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...

What’s happening at EMS?

What’s been happening at EMS lately?  Lots of stuff!  First off, I (Rick) have been working on a relay box for Halloween.  The ideas is to be able to control 120V circuits with just an Arduino. Bob is still working hard on his DIY laser cutter.  It’s been coming along...