Another Interactive Art Project
A local artist, David Burton, asked if I could add some electronics to his art so that it will play a song when a person stands in front of it. So of course I immediately…
Custom Wooden Thread Spool Wall Hanger
Another great project built by one of our members, Steve Newell: I have a commercial sewing machine and I make big stuff, which means I go through a lot of thread. I couldn’t find a…
Scratch Built Motorola 68000 Computer Project
A project by Melbourne Makerspace member, John Gay: My first computer was a TRaSh-80 (TRS-80) from Radio Shack for my 14th Birthday. As the name implies, it was an 8 bit computer based on the Z-80…
Wooden Urn Project
One of our members used the woodshop tools here at the Melbourne Makerspace to create a custom, wooden urn for his friend’s dearly departed dog, Bella. This shows a good use of the wood lathe…
Neighbor Dog Tracking Device
So my neighbor and I have a fence between us that we can’t see through. Their dogs fight with our dogs through the tiny slits in the wooden fence boards and cause a real ruckus…
Outdoor Solar WiFi Sensor
Here’s a project by one of our members, James Dinsmore. It shows his experimenting with a completely off grid, solar powered, wifi enabled, remote sensor package. It would be useful for things like monitoring temperatures…
4th Annual Retro Game Night Recap
We had another great Retro Game Night held on the Saturday after Thanksgiving. This is the event where we bring all of our old video game consoles and hand held and computer systems that were…
Solar Light Holiday Upgrade Project
Here’s another project one of our members put together. Project- Solar Landscape Color Lights for Holidays. DIY Solar Light Christmas Upgrade For these particular lights, use the process.. 1) draw circle on the transparency film…
DIY Stand Up Paddle Board
As another great example of a project one of our members used our space and tools to create is a stand up paddle board. Instead of buying one they were able to build one with…
Coder Dojo Robotics Class Recap
Our third set of official Coder Dojo classes (5 Sundays in a row) was held back in Nov-Dec and covered beginner robotics. To make it fun we wanted to make fighting robots. To keep the…