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THE OBP BLOG

Great event, great friends

What a good time we all had on Thursday night down at SPACE Gallery. I was super happy when so many people showed up to help us launch our fundraising campaign. Thank you all for coming. Let's keep all working to support this effort to get a makerspace here in Maine's...

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Contribute to our Indiegogo Campaign.

Contribute to our Indiegogo Campaign.

We are excited to announce that we are now LIVE with our Indiegogo campaign. You can contribute here! [wpvideo RKSAXih9] To contribute to our campaign click here or any of the text in this post. After months of preparation we now invite you to help us "Build the...

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I want to be an engineer when I grow up…

I want to be an engineer when I grow up…

A recent interview with Karen Wallingford has reminded me of the importance of exploring. While we often find our selves chasing down ideas that we think are appropriate solutions, it is often the things that we stumble upon along the way which lead to the greatest...

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Distributed workshops

Distributed workshops

One of the first things we are doing to help get the maker community together here in Portland is to organize some Skills classes at various people's shops. We have recently organized a youth soldering / electronic workshop as well as a few welding workshops. If you...

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A Collaborative Effort

A Collaborative Effort

Over the last month I have been working on a new collaborative project for the Open Bench. Or rather, I should say "we" have been working, for it is though the efforts of many different people that this project is coming together. We have begun a collaborative effort...

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