Makers as A Service
How to bridge the gap between Makers and tangible problems We in Norwegian Creations deliver what we like to call for “Makers as a Service”. And what is that exactly? And how is it possible to create value utilizing the…
Posts by Ragnar Ranøyen Homb
Making a Log Book Holder
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Every workshop has different tools. And several of those tools have a lot of options when it comes to using them. For example, a 3D-printer can be used with several different materials and temperatures, while when running a CNC, the…
Making a Plotter for Trondheim Maker Faire – Part 5: Finale
Making this machine was really fun and rewarding. We learned a lot on the way and we also got great feedback from the users at Trondheim Maker Faire and several other places we’ve exhibited the plotter. There’s still much to…
Making a Plotter for Trondheim Maker Faire – Part 3: Electronics
This post will explain the electronics taking part of the big Plotter. First we will explain the whole system: what it consists of and how it’s all connected together, before we go more in depth on some of the components.…
Norwegian Creations at Trondheim Maker Faire 2014
Trondheims first Maker Faire is over. And it was awesome! And yes, the awesomeness will continue. Norwegian Creations exhibited a big and NC-created plotting machine (checked out by Make here). Visitors controlled this machines in real time using a drawing pad. We supplied…
Bus Stop Pac-Man
Together with HK-reklame and Trondheim Makers, we created some awesome interactive bus stops to advertise for Trondheim Maker Faire. In one of the bus stops we created a pac-man booth. And this post explains the process. Electronics The system consists of a Raspberry Pi…
Norwegian Creations at Trondheim Maker Faire 2014 – a Teaser
Many people has asked us what we are going to exhibit at Trondheim Maker Faire. To answer that we put together a short teaser video. You can read more about Trondheim Maker Faire here.
An open source CNC Dust Shoe
If you don’t have a good performing dust collection system, the joy CNC machining will quickly fade away. Especially when you realise how much dust this kind of subtractive manufacturing creates. We upgraded our Shapeoko 2 with a Makita RT0700C router. This…
Electronics 101: Voltage, Current and Resistance
So what has this picture to do with voltage, current and resistance? Continue reading and you will be explained why this is a good analogy to this often misunderstood and complicated topic.
The Open Source Generation
“The Only Thing That Is Constant Is Change.” Growing up today is without doubt different from growing up a couple of decades ago. Everything from common household technology to communication systems are totally different. And often overlooked, but extremely important,…
How to make a simple table
In this tutorial we will show you how to make a simple, yet beautiful table. 1. The Wood and the size The first thing you need to determine is the size. The one-person desk built here is 1 meter wide and…
How to shrink-to-fit the classic Levi’s 501 STF Jeans
We needed a couple of extra work pants. And instead of buying the usual (and expensive) work pant (such as this), we decided to use the original work pants, namely the jeans. And the only alternative here was raw denim.…
3 quotes from great Makers – Impressions from “maker – A documentary on the maker movement”
Together with Trondheim Makers and Trondheim Maker Faire, we held a screening of a crowd-funded documentary on the maker movement. “Maker” is a feature-length documentary on the Maker Movement and its impact on society, culture and economy in the U.S. …
Desktop CNC mill assembly – the Shapeoko 2
The Shapeoko 2 is an affordable and heavily community supported open source desktop CNC mill kit. And since it is a kit, it had to be assembled, but the assembly process was pretty straight forward. All the parts were…
Norwegian Creations and coworking at DIGS
Norwegian Creations has since this summer been a part of DIGS coworking, Trondheim’s first official coworking space. What is coworking? Coworking is the process of uniting self-determined individuals with similar shared values to work in a collaborative office-space, to build networks,…