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Harvesting the bounty of my garden the Spring, Summer and Fall months is a great thrill. But harvesting in January is even more exciting!

The above photo was taken in my basement just today (1/12/2023) and it is proof that anyone can grow their own greens at this time of year, despite freezing temperatures outside.

The average temperature of my basement is ~56 degrees, which is just right for the Mesclun shown here, and many other greens.

I have them…

There was a time when I was logging a whole lot of highway miles. And, during my travels, I thought about the possibility of making a device where I could display custom messages to my fellow motorists.

After all, driving can be kind of lonely sometimes and a simple message like this could help make someone’s day.

I finally got the time to sink my teeth into this project and the results were surprisingly good!

As usual, I turned to my old Buddy – the Raspberry Pi – to power a 32×32…

I was racking my brain for gifts I could give to friends and family – and it suddenly occurred to me to harness the tools around me.

That’s when I got the idea to personalize some Cocoa Coir doormats for friends, using our 60-Watt Laser Cutter. Here are a couple of my creations over the weekend…

The whole process got a bit tricky at times. This Cocoa Coir stuff is great fire tinder and, every once in a while, a small part of the mat would start smouldering. I had to pause the…

Nach einem erfolgreichen Jahr mit vielen well-staffed-Treffen und einigen umgesetzten Projekten, geht es für den Hackerspace wieder in die Winterpause.

Die Winterpause endet Anfang Januar

Eröffnet wird der Hackerspace wieder Anfang Januar, beginnend mit dem ersten well-staffed-Treffen des Hackerspaces am 6. Januar 2023. Wir wünschen allen Mitgliedern und Gästen schöne und besinnliche Feiertage.

Richard got the desktop CNC working! He put a new control board in the MaxNC and now it creates sawdust in compelling ways!

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Makers Local 256 now has a functioning Iron Worker!

We drink an obscene amount of Mountain Dew here. With the new crusher we’re going to recoup some cash recycling the cans