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5 Mechanical Celestial Models From Paper To Brass

Caleb Kraft

I get ridiculously excited seeing people make things. I just want to revel in the creativity I see in makers. My favorite thing in the world is sharing a maker's story. find me at CalebKraft.com

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October 17th, 2019October 16th, 2019

A multitude of materials lend themselves to creating these mechanical orreries

A Mechanical Engineer’s Quick Tips for Using Gears

Tim Hunkin trained as an engineer but became a cartoonist for a U.K. Sunday newspaper. He next made The Secret Life of Machines TV series and now runs an arcade of homemade coin-operated machines in Southwold, England. He wrote “Building with PLCs” in MAKE Volume 23.

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April 8th, 2016April 8th, 2016

Here are some quick tips on making gears for your next project (plus links to some more exhaustive gear resources if you’ve got the time).

8 Crazy Keyboards That Will Trick Out Your Typing

By Jeremy S Cook

Jeremy S Cook

Jeremy is an engineer with 10 years experience at his full-time profession, and has a BSME from Clemson University. Outside of work he’s an avid maker and experimenter, building anything that comes into his mind!

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March 17th, 2016March 17th, 2016

A custom keyboard could be right at your fingertips, so why are you still using that basic keyboard that came with your computer?

Watch the Fiery Rotations of a 40-Foot-Wide Mechanical Solar System

By Caleb Kraft

Caleb Kraft

I get ridiculously excited seeing people make things. I just want to revel in the creativity I see in makers. My favorite thing in the world is sharing a maker's story. find me at CalebKraft.com

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@calebkraft

November 11th, 2015November 13th, 2015 2

Watch this Jim Henson inspired solar system as it rotates, glows, and spews flames.

Watch the Mechanical Gallop of a Beautiful Kinetic Horse Sculpture

By Jordan Bunker

Jordan Bunker

Technical Editor at Maker Media. Maker. Hacker. Artist. Sometimes Scientist. Pretengineer. Builder of things. Maker of stuff.

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October 8th, 2015February 2nd, 2021 1

This mechanical horse is made completely out of stainless steel and gracefully gallops in slow motion without a sound.

Understand 1,700 Mechanical Linkages with these Helpful Animations

By Ronald Jaramillo

Ronald Jaramillo

Ronald Jaramillo is a Software developer and tinkerer with a lifelong fascination for automata and robots. He shares his excursions into robotics at www.burningservos.com. You can find him on Twitter @RonaldXJT

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April 20th, 2015July 21st, 2016 12

Check out this amazing library of 3D animated mechanical linkages and contraptions.

Found Objects Come to Life in Brooklyn Artist’s Fantastic Studio

By Andrew Salomone

Andrew Salomone

Artist, writer, and teacher who makes work about popular culture, technology, and traditional craft processes. http://www.andrewsalomone.com

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April 2nd, 2015June 9th, 2015 2

Photo: Andrew Salomone Makers are everywhere. If you’re not careful you may just bump into one. At least that’s what happened to me when I met artist Steve Gerberich as he stood on the sidewalk below his Brooklyn studio photographing one of his famous storefront window displays. I’d noticed his hypnotic, kinetic displays in other […]

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