Collin Britt – Milwaukee Makerspace https://milwaukeemakerspace.org Conceive, Collaborate, Create Mon, 03 Dec 2012 23:35:22 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.4 Aluminium Casting Night https://milwaukeemakerspace.org/2012/12/aluminium/ https://milwaukeemakerspace.org/2012/12/aluminium/#comments Mon, 03 Dec 2012 23:25:49 +0000 http://milwaukeemakerspace.org/?p=4720 This past Thursday was another great aluminium pour! I came prepared with a mold I made at work (benefits of working at a minerals company). I can’t show you guys the cast I made, cause it’s a Christmas present, but I can show you the pour!

Be on the look out on the Milwaukee Makerspace Calendar for future Aluminium pours on Thursday night at 7:00, or just come on by any Tuesday or Thursday night at 7:00 pm for our Open Meeting and Builder’s Night Out. See ya there!

]]> https://milwaukeemakerspace.org/2012/12/aluminium/feed/ 7 Ho Ho Lights https://milwaukeemakerspace.org/2012/12/ho-ho-lights/ https://milwaukeemakerspace.org/2012/12/ho-ho-lights/#comments Sat, 01 Dec 2012 22:00:45 +0000 http://milwaukeemakerspace.org/?p=4689 My Husband and I wanted to put up some kind of Christmas decorations in our apartment windows over looking the city. After talking about it for a while, I decided to make lighted letters saying, “HO HO HO” …but since we only have two pairs of windows, it would have to just be, “HO HO”.

In the wee hours on Black Friday, we got the materials: 4 sheets of wood, 4 boxes of 100 count LED lights, and extension cords. After sketching out the design…

…and cutting out the letters…

…it was time to drill the 400 holes and hot glue all the lights in place.

It only took a weekend to make and hang these and I think the end result is well worth it.

MAHRER CHRERSTMAHS

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