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MAKE Asks: Bucket List Builds

MAKE Asks: Bucket List Builds

MAKE Asks: is a weekly column where we ask you, our readers, for responses to maker-related questions. We hope the column sparks interesting conversation and is a way for us to get to know more about each other.

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All Aboard 40-foot Steamship at Maker Faire

All Aboard 40-foot Steamship at Maker Faire

Romance, power, danger — what’s not to love about a 40-foot stern-wheel paddleboat driven by a boiler full of steam? Stoked by the gang at Kinetic Steam Works, the good ship Wilhelmina is great fun to watch, with its churning red paddles, locomotive linkages, and piercing steam whistles. In the past KSW has exhibited giant […]

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A Maker Day in Far Rockaway This Weekend

A Maker Day in Far Rockaway This Weekend

A parade of pedal-powered maker contraptions and a reception for artists junk boats takes place this Saturday in Far Rockaway, Queens.

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The Great Concrete Canoe Race

The Great Concrete Canoe Race

For me, Concrete Month has been about discovering all kinds of amazing uses for a material that, before, had seemed pretty mundane. But among engineers, that sentiment—that concrete can do so much more than we normally ask of it—is not new. Case in point: the concrete canoe phenomenon.

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Open Call for NYC Area Boatmakers, Builders, and Artists

Open Call for NYC Area Boatmakers, Builders, and Artists

Reported here on makezine last year by Jon Kalish, Marina 59’s “Boatel” in Far Rockaways, Queens, NYC, is expanding their programming this Summer with a 6-week boat-maker residency.

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