num_pages: 232
description: This practical user-friendly reference book of common mechanical engineering concepts is geared toward makers who don't have (or want) an engineering degree but need to know the essentials of basic mechanical elements to successfully accomplish their personal projects. The book provides practical mechanical engineering information (supplemented with the applicable math science physics and engineering theory) without being boring like a typical textbook. Most chapters contain at least one hands-on fully illustrated step-by-step project to demonstrate the topic being discussed and requires only common inexpensive easily sourced materials and tools. Some projects also provide alternative materials and tools and processes to align with the reader's individual preferences skills tools and materials-at-hand. Linked together via the authors' overarching project -- building a kid-sized tank -- the chapters describe the thinking behind each mechanism and then expands the discussions to similar mechanical concepts in other applications. Written with humor a bit of irreverence and entertaining personal insights and first-hand experiences the book presents complex concepts in an uncomplicated way.Highlights 
language: English
title: Mechanical Engineering for Makers: A Hands-on Guide to Designing and Making Physical Things
publisher: Make Community, LLC