num_pages: 466
description: This ultimate guide for tech makers covers everything from hand tools to robots plus essential techniques for completing almost any DIY project. Makers get 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 yorehow to use a metal lathe or pick the perfect drill bit or sawand 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.
language: English
title: The Big Book of Maker Skills: Tools & Techniques for Building Great Tech Projects
publisher: Weldon Owen