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In recent years my prejudice against Chinese tools has been proven wrong over and over again, and the DT-2234C+ is no exception. Frankly, this is a fantastic little tool, at a fantastic price, that gets the job done without breaking the bank. Is it cheap? Sure it is, in both common senses of the word. But is it worth every penny of its rock-bottom price? Again: Yes. Many times over.
Join us at 2pm PST/5pm EST today to talk about your favorite tools and workspaces. If you’d like to join the live broadcast hangout, leave a comment on the Toolsday post on the +MAKE page. We will send the invite out to you after that. Today we’ll be talking about tools in general, what’s currently […]
It can be cocked, rendered safe, loaded, cycled, field-stripped, and even fired, so long as the load is no stronger than a bit of homemade primer. And though it’s clear that the coil springs, at least, are actually metal parts, the rest of it is nothing more than carefully cut, laminated, glued, shaped, and painted paper.
MAKE’s 3D printer buyer’s guide hits the newsstands Nov. 20. Join the editors of MAKE for a sneak peak on Monday for a special Google+ Hangout on Air Nov. 5 at 2pm PST and 5pm EST
Zach “Hoeken” Smith is a co-founder of MakerBot, but he left the company 18 months ago and now calls Shenzhen, China home. In addition to pursuing his own projects he’s the program director for Haxlr8r , San Francisco-based hardware start-up incubator. As part of MAKE’s coverage of the “maker pro” space, I recently interviewed Zach about his work in China.
Watch amazing costume and prop fabricator Shawn Thorsson (who was our cover story for Make: Vol 32) and MAKE’s Creative Director Jason Babler talk about making props, costumes, and models.
Visit Shawn’s blog at http://protagonist4hire.blogspot.com/
For more MAKE: Believe visit https://makezine.com/go/believe
On this episode of DiResta, Jimmy is asked by a friend to create something for an auction. Given that the friend runs an organization (filmbizrecycling.org) that facilitates the reuse/recycling of props from film and TV, Jimmy created a unique storage cabinet, “junk doors,” using some of the junk drawer contents he found in her shop.
In each bi-monthly episode of DiResta (every other Wednesday at 2pm PT), artist and master builder Jimmy DiResta (“Dirty Money,” “Hammered,” “Against the Grain,” “Trash for Cash”) lets us into his workshop, to look over his shoulder while he builds whatever strikes his fancy.
More details on the build and Jimmy’s notes here: http://blog.makezine.com/2012/10/31/diresta-junk-doors/
