Makers, get ready.
This is your ultimate, musthave, tippacked guide for taking your DIY projects to the next levelfrom basic wood and metalworking skills to pluggedin fun with power tools, and from cuttingedge electronics play to 3D printing wizardry.
Join Chris Hackett, intrepid DIYer, on a rummage through the toolbox of yoreand a foray into the technologies of the future.
Packed with demystifying explanations and helpful tips, The Big Book of Maker Skills covers: HAND TOOLSA classic is a classic for a reason.
Learn to build your own metal forge, screenprint whatever you want, swing a hammer better than your ancestors, and repurpose what Hackett calls obtaniumbut what others might call trashinto your own madscientist creations.
POWER TOOLSDiscover the supreme joy that is anglegrinding, 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 & BEYONDWhen it comes to making, theres a whole new skillset in town.
Get started with CNC milling, lasercutting, programming microcontrollers, and 3D printing in a chapter thats all about building whats next.
MUCH MORESetting up a hackerspace, drones and space exploration tools, circuitry basics, sourcing and crowdsourcing and biotechnologyjust to name a few more.
You name it; its probably in this book.