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Drone Chain: Installing the Landing Gear

Drone Chain: Installing the Landing Gear

At our meeting on Tuesday, we successfully installed the main Landing Gear and the Nose Gear on to the air-frame. We ran into a couple of small problems, which were quickly and easily resolved. The screws for the landing gear were slightly long, so Larry cut them and...
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...
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...
Electronics Lab

Electronics Lab

We are happy to help you explore embedded electronics applications in our lab. Whether you are a novice, hobbyist or expert we would like to work with you and see what you are doing to explore the world of electronics.  We currently have soldering and de-soldering...