Eugene Makerspace • 687 McKinley Street #1 • Eugene OR 97402
I haven’t posted here about the laser cutter in quite a while. It’s coming along. I’m nearly done with the mechanical assembly and ready to start on wiring and electronics. The gantry, the movable beam in the center of the picture, is installed. The laser carriage, which rides on the...
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...
I have been writing Arduino software to drive a stepper motor. I am planning to grow this into a complete control program for the laser cutter I’ve been building. Today I got some interesting things working, and I made some videos and uploaded them to Youtube.
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...
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...
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,...
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....
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...
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