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Tutorial: Painting The Mandalorian Armorer Helmet

How to get that perfect faux hammered look like the Armorer from the show Mandalorian

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My 15-Year Quest to Make the Ultimate DIY Coffee Roaster

One man's 15-year quest to build — and rebuild, and rebuild — the ultimate DIY coffee roaster

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The Star Wars Cantina Bar Creature Project: ‘Hammerhead’

Follow along as Robert creates an iconic sculpture from Star Wars

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This Gameboy Runs on Nuclear Power

My "Nuclear Powered Gameboy" uses Tritium tubes as the energy source, which produces a mere 1.5 microwatts of power (that's 1.5 millionths of a watt).

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Fixing Broken Machines from the Amazon Return Bin

Debra Daun's superpower is fixing broken machines, such as 3D printers. She runs the MakerLab at Joliet Junior College in Joliet, Illinois. She has figured out that she can get used and abused machines that have been returned to Amazon. She bids for them at auction and then repairs them or adds the odd parts to her boneyard. She's been able to add more machines that she uses to teach students 3D printing in the makerspace. The more broken the machine, she says, the happier she is.

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Cairo Celebrates 7 Years of Maker Faire Magic

This week Maker Faire Cairo—the biggest gathering in Egypt for makers, inventors, creatives, and technologists—is back for its 7th year. Typically, DIY enthusiasts of all ages and from all backgrounds gather on the grounds of the American University and put on an amazing show & tell complete with musical performance, battle bots, wild cosplay, and […]

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3D Modeling for Makers

Lydia Sloan Cline is the author of Fusion 360 for Makers, which is out in a new second edition. She teaches 3D design and fabrication at Johnson County Community College in Overland Park, Kansas, where she began as a drafting professor with a degree in Architecture. In this episode of Make:cast, Patrick DiJusto, Make: Books […]

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Maker Spotlight: Stefan Hermann of CNC Kitchen

First and last name Stefan Hermann Where are you located?  Germany What is your day job?  Metal Additive Manufacturing Research Engineer Youtube Channel | Patreon What kinds of stuff do you make?  3D Printing Stuff, Material Tests and 3D Printing Research How did you get started making stuff?  Bought a book about Arduino, purchased a […]

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Emotion and Empathy Are Glue for Makers

In 2020, Dr. Andreea Gorbatai and two co-authors published a research paper in the journal Organization Science titled: “Making Space for Emotions: Empathy, Contagion, and Legitmacy’s Double-Edged Sword.” It’s about the maker movement and what holds it together. It turns out, it’s not skills and tools as much as it is emotions and empathy — […]

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If You’re Into 3D Printing, You Need To Be Watching CNC Kitchen

The CNC Kitchen channel, run by Stefan, is a treasure trove of tests and real data surrounding many 3d printing topics

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