Make Tools

Download or read book Make: Tools written by Charles Platt and published by Maker Media, Inc.. This book was released on 2016-09-27 with total page 565 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Whether you’re interested in becoming a handyman or developing artisanal woodworking skills, the place to begin is by learning the fundamentals of using basic workshop tools correctly. The place to find out how is right here. Make: Tools is shop class in a book. Consumer-level 3D printers and CNC machines are opening up new possibilities for makers. But there will always be a need for traditional workshop skills and tools. Charles Platt's Make: Tools applies the same approach to its subject matter as his bestselling Make: Electronics -- in-depth explanations and hands-on projects that gradually increase in level of challenge. Illustrated in full color with hundreds of photographs and line drawings, the book serves as a perfect introduction to workshop tools and materials for young adults and adults alike. Platt focuses on basic hands tools and assumes no prior experience or knowledge on the part of the reader. The projects all result in fun games, toys, and puzzles. The book serves as both a hands-on tutorial a reference that will be returned to again and again.

Download or read book How to Make Tools written by Per Christiansen and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Make Your Own Artist's Tools and Materials written by Vance Studley and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Make pigments, brushes, bamboo pens, palettes, felt-tip markers, etching needles, woodblock press, a portable drafting table, more.

Download or read book 40 Power Tools You Can Make written by Elman Wood and published by Woodworking Classics. This book was released on 2008 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ""A woodworking classics revisited book""--Cover.

Download or read book Make Your Own Woodworking Tools written by Mike Burton and published by Fox Chapel Publishing Company Incorporated. This book was released on 2006 with total page 121 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Woodworkers, carvers and turners who are frustrated with keeping sharp edges on tools, and with handles that don't fit the hand precisely, can use this book as a guide for creating customized woodworking tools either with or without blacksmithing. The authors considerable research into heat treatment of knives results in a chapter that will surprise the reader the author recommends heat treating with fruit! He helps carvers cut through the controversy on how to get a hard cutting edge while keeping the back of the knife soft for extra strength. An extensive section on salvage steel is for those ready to experiment. A chapter on carving handles offers advice for customizing handles that distribute pressure over larger areas of the heel of the hand to relieve stress from long hours of carving.

Download or read book Make: More Electronics written by Charles Platt and published by Make Books. This book was released on 2014-05-24 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shares step-by-step experiments that teach how to add computational power to projects, including light bars, timers, decoders, phototransistors, op-amps, and various sensors.

Download or read book Every Tool's a Hammer written by Adam Savage and published by Atria Books. This book was released on 2020-10-27 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this New York Times bestselling “imperative how-to for creativity” (Nick Offerman), Adam Savage—star of Discovery Channel’s Mythbusters—shares his golden rules of creativity, from finding inspiration to following through and successfully making your idea a reality. Every Tool’s a Hammer is a chronicle of my life as a maker. It’s an exploration of making, but it’s also a permission slip of sorts from me to you. Permission to grab hold of the things you’re interested in, that fascinate you, and to dive deeper into them to see where they lead you. Through stories from forty-plus years of making and molding, building and break­ing, along with the lessons I learned along the way, this book is meant to be a toolbox of problem solving, complete with a shop’s worth of notes on the tools, techniques, and materials that I use most often. Things like: In Every Tool There Is a Hammer—don’t wait until everything is perfect to begin a project, and if you don’t have the exact right tool for a task, just use whatever’s handy; Increase Your Loose Tolerance—making is messy and filled with screwups, but that’s okay, as creativity is a path with twists and turns and not a straight line to be found; Use More Cooling Fluid—it prolongs the life of blades and bits, and it prevents tool failure, but beyond that it’s a reminder to slow down and reduce the fric­tion in your work and relationships; Screw Before You Glue—mechanical fasteners allow you to change and modify a project while glue is forever but sometimes you just need the right glue, so I dig into which ones will do the job with the least harm and best effects. This toolbox also includes lessons from many other incredible makers and creators, including: Jamie Hyneman, Nick Offerman, Pixar director Andrew Stanton, Oscar-winner Guillermo del Toro, artist Tom Sachs, and chef Traci Des Jardins. And if everything goes well, we will hopefully save you a few mistakes (and maybe fingers) as well as help you turn your curiosities into creations. I hope this book serves as “creative rocket fuel” (Ed Helms) to build, make, invent, explore, and—most of all—enjoy the thrills of being a creator.