DiResta: Bookends
In this video, I make a set of steel book ends with figures pushing from each side to keep the books in place.
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Mars Rover Art Car: Bringing Space to the Playa
How a Burning Man crew brought space to the Playa.
MAKE Asks: Missing Puzzle Pieces
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.
Kinetic Creatures Plans to Go Big for Maker Faire Bay Area
Lucas Ainsworth and Alyssa Hamel of Kinetic Creatures are already hard at work on the project they have planned for their 2nd appearance at the Maker Faire Bay Area: An enormous, bike-powered, cardboard “Rory the Rhino.” Check out how they are learning to weld, sourcing new parts, and challenging themselves to go bigger for this year’s fair.
How-To: DIY Welding Rod
Brooklyn-based maker Chris Hackett is founder and director of the Madagascar Institute, whose slogan is: “Fear is never boring.” Can’t argue with that! In MAKE Volume 33, Hackett shows us how to make our own welding rods. In his intro he writes: There are a bunch of DIY welder articles and how-tos out in the […]
Book Review – Welding Know-How: The Tips and Techniques of Master Welders
The amount of shop experience packed into the book Welding Know-How is amazing.
Spot Welder from Guitar Amp Transformer
Manekinen has come up with this home-brew spot welder that’s powered by a guitar amp transformer.
