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Member projects: Building a night sky observatory!!
One of our members, Steven Sagerian, has a passion for astronomy and astronomy education and outreach. He has been working on building an observing site outside of the Chicago suburbs in a dark...
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Member project: Crowd-sourced science
Animation of some preliminary results from the Steelpan Vibrations project on Zooniverse. One of our members, Andrew Morrison, has a citizen science project running on the Zooniverse website. The...
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Member projects: Thingiverse remix
One of our new members, Josh, has been making great use of the 3D printers at Workshop 88. He had a headlight for his bike that he wanted centered on the handlebars. So he took the Blackburn Flea Bike...
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Performance boost for an aging laptop
I have an aging Sony VAIO VGN-N110g laptop that cannot take more than 1GB of RAM but still has a ton of life left in it for multimedia, projects, and general use. The previous teenage owner ran it on...
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25 Minute CNC digitizing probe
On a whim I decided to whip together a collet mounted Z depth probe for my CNC machine. It took 25 minutes and works GREAT! Construction Select 1/4″ aluminum rod to fit my 1/4″ collet Measure length...
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Who likes FREE software?
It’s amazing how much you can get and do for FREE today. With a modest laptop or desktop computer and access to the internet, you have a huge selection of free operating systems and high quality...
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Adventures in vacuum repair
When using the Shop-Vac the other day I noticed all the dust I was sucking up was being blown out the back of the vacuum… all over me. Intrigued and filthy, I decided to investigate… I emptied the...
View ArticleNo open house tonight due to polar vortex
Hey – the polar vortex may be winding down, but we need time to recover from it. No open houses tonight (Jan 31). See you next week!
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Workshop 88 Open House
May 16, 2019 Workshop 88 has an open house every Thursday from 7:00pm – 9:00pm where we welcome visitors and give shop tours. If you would like to see what’s available and what’s going on at your...
View ArticleWorkshop 88 has a YouTube channel!
You may not have noticed from this previous post, but Workshop 88 has its very own YouTube channel! Please subscribe to our channel and follow what the Workshop 88 membership is making!
View ArticleStuff for making stuff: PETG filament
AFFILIATE LINK BELOW – CLICKING THROUGH SUPPORTS WORKSHOP 88 END AFFILIATE LINK HERE – IF YOU DON”T SEE ANYTHING, TRY DISABLING ADBLOCKER Have you tried 3D printing with PETG filament instead of PLA...
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Customized Trailer Hitch Cover
Custom Hitch Cover I created a 3D printed customized hitch cover that lights up by incorporating a store-bought brake light hitch cover. My project started out as 3D printing a trailer hitch cover...
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Local history in Workshop 88’s…parking lot?
Photo of new sign at the parking lot outside of Workshop 88. Photo credit: Gail Jo Kelly Earlier this week, one of our members noticed that the name of the parking lot outside of Workshop 88 had been...
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Red Nos Day prototype
Jim made this Arduino-driven LED pun prototype at the space on Red Nose day, 5/23/19. The front was black spray paint on clear acrylic, laser etched to let the light shine thru. Some more details here.
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Stuff for making stuff: a power supply
There is something that every maker who dabbles in electronics eventually needs – a bench top power supply. Sure, you can get power from all sorts of source – a battery, an arduino, or a raspberry pi...
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How to 3D Print: A Beginner’s Guide (class!)
Learn all about 3D printing at Workshop 88! We are thrilled to announce a class we are hosting at Workshop 88 (June 12th) and at Fox.Build (June 26th)! Here’s the details: When – Wednesday, June 12,...
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Designed and printed at Workshop 88
Last night, new member Julia designed and printed a book ring to help her hold a book open with a single hand while reading. This was a very cool project that went pretty quickly from start to finish....
View ArticleStuff for making stuff: RasPi AC adapter
AFFILIATE LINK BELOW – CLICKING THROUGH SUPPORTS WORKSHOP 88 END AFFILIATE LINK HERE – IF YOU DON”T SEE ANYTHING, TRY DISABLING ADBLOCKER This is one of the best power adapters you can get for running...
View ArticleWe have a heat press!
New video featuring our brand new heat press at Workshop 88 This week we introduced a new tool to the Workshop 88 inventory – a heat press for making custom t-shirts, mugs, hats, plates, and anything...
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Signage at Workshop 88
Multi-material fabrication of signs at Workshop 88! One of the challenging aspects for getting visitors to Workshop 88 is that our location is not obvious for first-time attendees. We have long joked...
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