The Maker's Manual
The Maker's Manual

Author: Paolo Aliverti

Publisher: Maker Media, Inc.

Published: 2015-04-09

Total Pages: 400

ISBN-13: 1457193957

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The Maker's Manual is a practical and comprehensive guide to becoming a hero of the new industrial revolution. It features dozens of color images, techniques to transform your ideas into physical projects, and must-have skills like electronics prototyping, 3d printing, and programming. This book's clear, precise explanations will help you unleash your creativity, make successful projects, and work toward a sustainable maker business. Written by the founders of Frankenstein Garage, which has organized courses since 2011 to help makers to realize their creations, The Maker's Manual answers your questions about the Maker Movement that is revolutionizing the way we design and produce things.

Die Makers Handbook
Die Makers Handbook

Author: Jerry Arnold

Publisher: Industrial Press Inc.

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 228

ISBN-13: 9780831131326

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The only book of its kind expressly intended to help avoid the pitfalls associated with stamping designs, die designs, and stamping die function.

Sir John Hargrave's Mischief Maker's Manual
Sir John Hargrave's Mischief Maker's Manual

Author: John Hargrave

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2011-01-06

Total Pages: 282

ISBN-13: 1101486023

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This is the definitive guide to pranking and mayhem. Written in the style of a training manual, but with hilarious illustrations, this book is broken up into five sections. The “Basics” shows kids how to find a pranking partner and how to pull simple pranks like making crank calls. “Prank Moves” explains how to pull pranks at places like home, school, or camp. “Do-It-Yourself” demonstrates things like putting a real worm inside an ice cube. “Experts Only” covers such advanced pranks as how to fake an alien landing. And “Recipes” gives step-by-step instructions on how to bake tuna cookies.

The Big Book of Maker Skills
The Big Book of Maker Skills

Author: Chris Hackett

Publisher: Weldon Owen International

Published: 2014-11-04

Total Pages: 562

ISBN-13: 1681881616

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This ultimate guide for tech makers covers everything from hand tools to robots plus essential techniques for completing almost any DIY project. Makers, get ready: This is your must-have guide to taking your DIY projects to the next level. Legendary fabricator and alternative engineer Chris Hackett teams up with the editors of Popular Science to offer detailed instruction on everything from basic wood- and metalworking skills to 3D printing and laser-cutting wizardry. Hackett also explains the entrepreneurial and crowd-sourcing tactics needed to transform your back-of-the-envelope idea into a gleaming finished product. In The Big Book of Maker Skills, readers learn tried-and-true techniques from the shop classes of yore—how to use a metal lathe, or pick the perfect drill bit or saw—and get introduced to a whole new world of modern manufacturing technologies, like using CAD software, printing circuits, and more. Step-by-step illustrations, helpful diagrams, and exceptional photography make this book an easy-to-follow guide to getting your project done.

The Herbal Medicine-Maker's Handbook
The Herbal Medicine-Maker's Handbook

Author: James Green

Publisher: Crossing Press

Published: 2000-09-01

Total Pages: 385

ISBN-13: 0895949903

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THE HERBAL MEDICINE-MAKER'¬?S HANDBOOK is an entertaining compilation of natural home remedies written by one of the great herbalists, James Green, author of the best-selling THE MALE HERBAL. Writing in a delightfully personal and down-home style, Green emphasizes the point that herbal medicine-making is fundamental to every culture on the planet and is accessible to everyone. So, first head into the garden and learn to harvest your own herbs, and then head into your kitchen and whip up a batch of raspberry cough syrup, or perhaps a soothing elixir to erase the daily stresses of modern life.

The New Cider Maker's Handbook
The New Cider Maker's Handbook

Author: Claude Jolicoeur

Publisher: Chelsea Green Publishing

Published: 2013

Total Pages: 355

ISBN-13: 1603584730

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"Combines the best of traditional knowledge and techniques with up-to-date, scientifically based practices to provide today's cider makers with all the tools they need to produce high-quality ciders"--Page 4 of cover.

The Prop Maker's Workshop Manual
The Prop Maker's Workshop Manual

Author: David H Rigden

Publisher: The Crowood Press

Published: 2019-01-10

Total Pages: 642

ISBN-13: 1785005049

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For many people, even within the theatre industry, prop making is something of a 'dark art', practised by gifted individuals who manage to produce intricate works battling against short deadlines. However, the skills of prop making are relevant to many industries and contexts, whether for art projects, carnival floats, live action role-play (LARP), model railways or film and television. The options and applications are endless, but the traditional skills remain the same. The Prop Maker's Workshop Manual is a definitive guide to the materials and practices used within the professional performing arts industries, covering both traditional techniques and modern practices. Supported by original hand-drawn illustrations and over 300 colour photographs, topics covered include: paper mache and card construction; flexible canes and withies; timber and steel frameworks; sculpting, moulding and casting processes; texture and paint techniques; GRP and epoxy resins; thermoformable plastics, including Plastazote and Wonderflex and finally, an introduction to life casting.

The Monster Makers Mask Makers Handbook
The Monster Makers Mask Makers Handbook

Author: Arnold Goldman

Publisher: The Monster Makers

Published: 1994

Total Pages: 42

ISBN-13: 0977687007

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The Monster Makers Mask Makers Handbook teaches you, step by step, how to make your very own custom, Latex Rubber Halloween Monster Masks. If you've ever wanted to learn exactly how these amazing, hollywood style masks are made, this in-depth manual is for you. The Monster Makers Mask Makers Handbook takes you from start to finish, through design, sculpture, molding, casting, and painting of a Super-Deluxe Latex Rubber Halloween Mask. Includes tons of tips and valuable information about materials and techniques gathered from years of experience. A unique and fantastic resource! The Monster Makers Mask Makers Handbook is the only how-to book devoted to the subject of making latex rubber, Halloween masks. Available exclusively from Amazon and The Monster Makers. Fully illustrated with over 150 Black and white and 25 color photos.

Makers
Makers

Author: Chris Anderson

Publisher: Crown Currency

Published: 2012-10-02

Total Pages: 252

ISBN-13: 0307720977

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3D Robotics co-founder and bestselling author Chris Anderson takes you to the front lines of a new industrial revolution as today’s entrepreneurs, using open source design and 3-D printing, bring manufacturing to the desktop. In an age of custom-fabricated, do-it-yourself product design and creation, the collective potential of a million garage tinkerers and enthusiasts is about to be unleashed, driving a resurgence of American manufacturing. A generation of “Makers” using the Web’s innovation model will help drive the next big wave in the global economy, as the new technologies of digital design and rapid prototyping gives everyone the power to invent--creating “the long tail of things”.