Shop Talk! Blog

Membership Drive

EMS will be having a membership drive on Saturday, November 3 from 11:00AM to 4:00PM.  We hope to make this event similar to our grand opening from last March.  We intend to have food, drink, fun projects, and activities for people to do.  Please mark your calendars and spread the...

SPICE! Science Open House

The Science Program to Inspire Creativity and Excellence (SPICE) held it’s second annual Science Open House event at the University of Oregon last Wednesday.  Eugene Maker Space member Mark set EMS up with a table at the event so we could represent our group in the community. Mark brought in...

Tonight’s Open Shop

What happened at Open Shop Night tonight? Weston’s project was to make new wheels for his cardboard robot. He had designed some and wanted to print them on Rick’s 3D printer. Darrell showed him how to use the printer, and they worked together to get two new wheels printed. Here...

Bob thinks he can make a laser cutter.

Labor Day traditionally denotes the end of summer. Kids head back to school, clothing stores start displaying long sleeves and jackets, and makers start their big winter projects. This winter, I have the audacity to presume that I can build a CNC laser cutter. I will be basing my design...

Grand Opening

Grand Opening February 18th, 2012 11 am – 5 pm 687 McKinley St., Suite 2, Eugene Eugene Maker Space has made a lot of progress lately. To celebrate, we’re holding a Grand Opening. Come on down and check us out. Meet us. Decide to join us (or not). We’ll be...