We’ve added a new metalworking mill to our list of tools available at the Melbourne Makerspace. Now everyone can include metal parts into their projects and prototypes like aluminum covers for control panels, metal parts for custom latches and levers, and even molds for plastic and rubber parts! A few of us were required to […]
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Today, we began construction on the Pinewood Derby Unleashed track. There were a lot of volunteers that came to help with this project. The wood was mainly made from scrap pieces from building the loft or donated. The timing program we used was from MiscJunk.org using an Arduino and a few electronic parts and a
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Do you want to do home automation on a dime? Sure we all do! So instead of paying $40-50 per outlet, how about $10-15 (or less!)? Here’s what you’ll need: ESP8266 module = http://goo.gl/eXgLSy = Ebay $1.92 with free shipping. 5V – AC Relay Switch = http://goo.gl/tQ1Q8F = Ebay $3.75 free shipping. 3.3v/5v Breadboard Power Supply = http://goo.gl/XlqIyq
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Today we had a great chair party! What’s a chair party you ask? It’s where you have 20 chairs that need assembly and you invite everyone to come out, eat donuts, and put them all together in a giant assembly line. We were able to assemble 15 chairs in about 45-50 minutes! Thanks to everyone
We had our SQL / database management class yesterday December 12, 2015. This was class 5 of 5 for the web development series so now everyone who has come to the classes have learned just the tip of the iceberg for the major parts for getting a web site, web app, or internet of things
SQL Class was a Great Success! Read More »
We just held our first ever Retro Gaming Night on Saturday. It was a huge success! There were at least 40 attendees throughout the day. Most of the games were played on emulators but some classic machines were brought to share with everyone. There was a Nintendo Virtual Boy, an Original Nintendo Game Boy, Game
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I made a few small upgrades here and there to the space today with help from Jack and Mike. The first upgrade was changing from painter’s tape to old hard drive magnets to hold the camera and raspberry pi to the Makerbot 3D printer! Now it’s much easier to remove and re-position when the 3D
Small Makerspace Upgrades! Read More »
Tony and Josh taught the second of five web development classes today. This time we covered Cascading Style Sheets or CSS. We went over the very basics using the w3schools.com CSS tutorial. We started the class off making sure everyone that wanted to install Brackets on their machine had it installed correctly. Using the live
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Arlo and Tony volunteered and presented at the Melbourne Barnes & Noble Mini-Maker Faire. We had a great group of visitors and hopefully inspired people to visit our Makerspace in the near future.
Presentation at B&N Mini-Makerfaire Read More »
Tony started off the class off explaining HTML and how the internet works. He began with an example on how the internet actually works. Dubbed “The Round Trip Though Internet Land” He showed how information is transferred back and forth through the internet millions of times per day. Afterwards, he explains how servers and domains
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