Last night was a good night for kart construction. we got a tie rod stretched between the wheels. it is just a bunch of allthread with some dethreaded sections on the end. these dethreaded sections make it easier to adjust, since we can just chuck it up in a drill and spin the rod rapidly […] Read more
Progress has been slow. in the past week we’ve gotten all the requisite parts, but have been lacking in time to assemble it all. all 4 wheels are now on the kart, and the original body fits surprisingly well. Fronts are 4″ steel wheels from Harbor Freight, $6.99 apiece with some real bearings in there. […] Read more
We’ve decided to build an entry for this year’s Power Racing Series race at the 2012 NYC Maker faire! Some of our members have been interested in doing similar things for a while, and having a PPPRS event this close was motivation enough to get of our lazy butts and do something about it. The […] Read more
Of course I’m talking about gerbv! For those of you who don’t know, gerbv is a free Gerber or RS-274X viewer that comes from the gEDA Project. It’s free, it’s open source, it’s cross platform… (quick link to windows version download here) and that’s awesome. So, why do you care? Well, if you are building […] Read more
We’ve been having some fun decorating, painting and building new workbenches for the hackerspace. We also realized we have a lot of junk to sort through! Whew! Anyway, if you haven’t stopped by yet, we wanted to show the progress of how things are coming a long. Here are some updated pictures: