Intern’s Corner

Intern’s Corner: Hammer (machining) time!

Intern’s Corner: Hammer (machining) time!

Every other week, MAKE’s awesome interns tell about the projects they’re building in the Make: Labs, the trouble they’ve gotten into, and what they’ll make next. By Eric Chu, engineering intern Hammers have been used for millions of years, evolving from a primitive stone tool to the combinations of metals, woods, and plastics commonly seen […]

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Intern’s Corner: Chladni Plate, the alternate build

Intern’s Corner: Chladni Plate, the alternate build

Every other week, MAKE’s awesome interns tell about the projects they’re building in the Make: Labs, the trouble they’ve gotten into, and what they’ll make next. By Meara O’Reilly, projects intern I’d been wanting to make a Chladni plate for years, and testing out Edwin Wise’s Chladni plate project for MAKE, Volume 16, was just […]

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Intern’s Corner: My R/C hovercraft

Intern’s Corner: My R/C hovercraft

Every other week, MAKE’s awesome interns tell about the projects they’re building in the Make: Labs, the trouble they’ve gotten into, and what they’ll make next. By Steven Lemos, engineering intern For a school project in my AutoCAD class, my group and I decided to design and build a hovercraft. At first we were planning […]

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Intern’s Corner: The Make: Labs plastic bender

Intern’s Corner: The Make: Labs plastic bender

Every other week, MAKE’s awesome interns tell about the projects they’re building in the Make: Labs, the trouble they’ve gotten into, and what they’ll make next. By Kris Magri, engineering intern One of my favorite tools here at Make: Labs is the plastic bender. The coolest thing about it is using the variac, a giant […]

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From the inside — Welcome to Intern’s Corner

From the inside — Welcome to Intern’s Corner

Here at MAKE, we’re lucky enough to have a rotating stable of interns who build and test most of the projects before we go to print each issue (and sometimes photograph any missing step shots). They also haul supplies from the warehouse, shop for tools and materials, and come up with projects of their own […]

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Intern’s Corner: Making my own magazine

Intern’s Corner: Making my own magazine

Every other week, MAKE’s awesome interns tell about the projects they’re building in the Make: Labs, the trouble they’ve gotten into, and what they’ll make next. By Ed Troxell, photo intern When I landed my internship here at MAKE it was my real break into the magazine industry. I remember telling myself that if I […]

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