The Big Book Of Maker Skills : Tools & Techniques For Building Great Tech Projects

Makers, get ready. This is your ultimate, must-have, tip-packed guide for taking your DIY projects to the next level?from basic wood and metalworking skills to plugged-in fun with power tools, and from cutting-edge electronics play to 3-D printing wizardry. Join Chris Hackett, intrepid DIY-er, on a rummage through the toolbox of yore?and a foray into the technologies of the future. Packed with demystifying explanations and helpful tips, The Big Book of Maker Skills covers: HAND TOOLS A classic is a classic for a reason. Learn to build your own metal forge, screen-print whatever you want, swing a hammer better than your ancestors, and repurpose what Hackett calls ?obtanium??but what others might call trash?into your own mad-scientist creations. POWER TOOLS Discover the supreme joy that is angle-grinding, rig your own welding machine out of a junked car battery or three, and meet and master a whole host of electronic gadgets?LEDs, piezo buzzers, solar panels, and more. ROBOTS & BEYOND When it comes to making, there?s a whole new skillset in town. Get started with CNC milling, laser-cutting, programming microcontrollers, and 3D printing in a chapter that?s all about building what?s next. MUCH MORE Setting up a hackerspace, drones and space exploration tools, circuitry basics, sourcing and crowdsourcing and biotechnology-just to name a few more. You name it; it?s probably in this book.

Author: Chris Hackett

Publisher: Weldon Owen

Publication Date: Sep 18, 2018

Number of Pages: 208 pages

Language: English

Binding: Paperback

ISBN-10: 1681884321

ISBN-13: 9781681884325