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Review: Heat Sink Soldering Tweezer

Eric Weinhoffer

Eric is a Mechanical Engineer with interests in machining, mass manufacturing, product design and kinetic art. While not building things, he enjoys skiing, cycling, and juggling.

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October 15th, 2013 6

An affordable and useful addition to any electronics bench.

Bosch GCM12SD 12″ Dual-Bevel Glide Miter Saw

Nick Parks is an engineering intern at MAKE, and he’s studying mechanical engineering at UC Irvine. He likes to build and take apart things to make products better or create something new. He enjoys working at MAKE and likes to help other people build projects of their own.

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October 15th, 2013 0

A high-end, well-made, and surprisingly quiet saw.

Made On Earth — The Light of Knowledge

By Eric Smillie

Eric Smillie

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July 23rd, 2013 0

Excerpt from the article: Built from five miles of fiber-optic cable and a tower of 44 LED projectors, the installation uses custom software to link 1,000 separate strands to Dewey Decimal System section numbers. Every time someone queries a subject or reviews a resource on the state’s online catalog, the corresponding cable lights up as […]

Made On Earth — These Kids and their Trashy Music

By Gregory Hayes

Gregory Hayes

Gregory Hayes is a helpful being who has lots of fun. He makes most of his living as a photographer and writer, and occasionally tweets @mootpointblank.

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July 23rd, 2013 0

“A real violin is worth more than a house” in the slums of Cateura, Paraguay, according to local music teacher Favio Chávez.

Playing with Fire

By Goli Mohammadi

Goli Mohammadi

I'm a word nerd who loves to geek out on how emerging technology affects the lexicon. I was an editor on the first 40 volumes of MAKE, and I love shining light on the incredible makers in our community. In particular, covering art is my passion — after all, art is the first thing most of us ever made. When not fawning over perfect word choices, I can be found on the nearest mountain, looking for untouched powder fields and ideal alpine lakes.

Contact me at snowgoli@gmail.com or via @snowgoli.

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July 22nd, 2013 0

Meet makers who are not afraid to turn up the heat.

Stupid Fun Club

By Colin Berry

Colin Berry

Colin Berry is a freelance arts and design writer who lives in Los Angeles. He is the author, with Isabel Samaras, of On Tender Hooks (Chronicle Books).

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July 22nd, 2013 0

These folks plan to have as much fun as possible making toy robots, before the toy robots overthrow civilization.