$9.99 MAKERBOT: BUILD YOUR OWN 3D PRINTER PAGE 58 2011 GADGETS TOOLS WORKSPACES AND MORE! THE CONVINCER ADAM SAVAGE’S NEW WORKSHOP 6ULTIMATE MAKER TOOLS TOP MAKERS SHOW THEIR SHOPS 99COOL TOOLS & GADGETS WORKBENCHES YOU CAN BUILD 10 BEST DIY FABBING TOOLS CREATE YOUR OWN HACKERSPACE makezine.com IT’S TIME TO GET YOUR MOD ON NEW EPISODES EVERY OTHER MONDAY We are proud to present The Ben Heck Show. The all-new online-TV-series created for (and by) electronics enthusiasts, and sponsored exclusively by element14. Join Ben and friends for bi-weekly episodes as they modify and build all kinds of community-suggested gadgets. Got an idea for a mod? Then share it with Ben. Or, if you’re ready to build, we’re ready with the parts list to make it happen. Either way, be sure to tune-in at element14.com/TBHS BROUGHT TO YOU BY TpBIHFCS__SSIIPP_-8A.d3_7E5xle1m0.e8n7t154_.3ingd.idn d d2 1 10/13/91/01 4 /21:05 6 :74:12 7P MPM Welcome A Workshop That Works for You M AKE is a quarterly magazine for do-it-yourself enthusiasts of all kinds. Every issue is packed with how-to articles ranging from kid-friendly crafts to cutting-edge robotics. We’ve cov- ered microcontrollers, cigar box guitars, Roomba hacks, rocket-launched video cameras, potato cannons, stop-motion movies, wind-powered generators, laser light shows, wooden puzzle boxes, remote control vehicles, home automation, and much more. If you’re new to MAKE, our website, makezine.com, will give you an idea of the other kinds of projects we offer. You can even share your own DIY projects at our online library, makeprojects.com. Recently, we surveyed our readers to Our goal is to give you find out what else they wanted to see in everything you need to MAKE. In addition to more projects that teach basic skills such as electronics, know to design, build, woodworking, and alternative energy, over and stock a workshop 90% told us tools and workshop skills were high on their wish list. That makes that works for you. sense: no matter what you make, you need a dedicated space and the tools to make it. The survey confirmed many of our beliefs about our readers, but there were kinds of tools you need to accomplish surprises sprinkled in. Almost everyone almost any task you can think of, and in- we surveyed told us they already own a troduce you to the exciting world of home soldering iron, a cordless drill, and a high- 3D fabrication. We’ll also take you on a speed rotary tool. And while fewer than tour through some of our favorite makers’ 5% have a computer-controlled milling workshops, including an exclusive visit to machine or a 3D printer, most readers MythBuster Adam Savage’s brand new wish they had these high-tech fabrication workshop/museum, which he completed tools in their shops (count me among just days before this issue went to press. them). We hope you find this issue useful and We asked readers what they made in inspiring. We also hope you’ll tell us about their workshops. We were surprised to your own workshop (even if it exists only s n see that 68% said they made a rocket and in your mind at this time) and what you’ve e k Pic 47% made a robot, but only 11% made a made (or want to make) by taking our dy go-kart and 7% made a kegerator (hope- latest reader survey at makezine.com/ o C fully not at the same time). go/survey. (And if you’re one of the first y h b The survey was of great value to us 10 to respond, we’ll send you a Maker’s p a in planning this special issue of MAKE, Notebook so you can make plans for your gr o devoted entirely to workshops and tools. upcoming projects.) ot ph Our goal is to give you everything you ge need to know to design, build, and stock Happy making! Sava a workshop that works for you. OusN a TnH eEx cCluOsVivEeR :f iArsdta lmoo Ska avta gheis g ives m We’ll show you how to construct work- Mark Frauenfelder new personal workshop/museum. a Ad benches and workhorses, describe what Editor-in-Chief Photograph by Cody Pickens. Make: 1 p001_SIP_Welcome_F1.indd 1 10/11/10 2:14:28 PM “ Man is a tool-using animal. 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Electronics instructor Ollie Circuits planned to show his class of freshman electrical engineering students how to use a super capacitor as a memory back-up capacitor,but first he wanted to show how the students could make their own super capacitor and demonstrate its charge/discharge cycles with the simple circuit above.Most of the components were already on his workbench,the homemade super capacitor would be made from several layers of lemon juice-soaked paper towels interleaved between several layers of a mystery material to form a multi-layer stack.The stacked layers would then be sandwiched between the two copper-clad PC boards and held together with a rubber band.Ollie rushed to a nearby pet shop. What did he buy? Go to www.Jameco.com/unknown7to see if you are correct and while you are there,sign-up for our free full-color catalog. 1-800-831-4242 | www.Jameco.com p005_SIP_MkrSpace_F1.indd 3 10/13/10 2:51:05 PM ™ 2011 14: Adam Savage’s New Man Cave 64: The Maker’s Ultimate Tools ExclusivE: The MythBusters host shows off his new personal workshop/ in a perfect world, these six high-tech tools would be yours. By saul Griffith museum, and talks about the things he makes and the tales they tell. By Adam savage 66: The Ultimate Tool Buying Guide A complete list of tools you need to make almost anything. By saul Griffith 18: Mister Jalopy’s Garage like a portal into the past and the future, it’s stuffed with vintage tools, 68: Your Electronics Workbench car parts, a record album digitizing station, and the Bandit. What you need to get started in hobby electronics. By charles Platt By Mark Frauenfelder 71: 8 Non-Tools Every Workshop Needs 20: The Rocketman’s Garage You’ll never want to leave your maker cave. By William Gurstelle Ky Michaelson never met a vehicle he didn’t think would go better with a rocket engine bolted to its backside. 2011 Tool GuiDE By Gareth Branwyn 72: Gadgets & Multitools Blades, specialty drivers, and do-it-all pocket tools for the maker. 22: The Barrage Garage Building the ultimate multi-purpose maker’s workshop from scratch, and 76: CNC & 3D Fabrication outfitting it with tools and materials to tackle all kinds of projects. Entry-level and DiY tools for computerized cutting, milling, and 3D printing. By William Gurstelle 82: Electronics & Robotics 34: Outrageous Fortune Hot irons, meters, gadgets, robot kits. The awesome machine shop at intellectual ventures lab. 88: Workspaces By Keith Hammond clever caddies, chargers, and more. 35: The Safe Workshop 90: Metalwork & Machining Rules to make by. Dremels, mini lathe, vise, and pliers By William Gurstelle with more cowbell. ULTIMATE TOOL 36: Show Us Your Shops 94: Woodworking MAKE readers share their cool BoX & Construction workshops on Make: Online. WoRKSHoPS Rout, saw, sand, drill, and demolish. By Gareth Branwyn DiY 38: Workhorses 1: Welcome use a simple mortise-and-tenon Our goal is to give you everything you joint to make these fine-looking need to know to design, build, and shop horses that’ll last a lifetime. stock a workshop that works for you. By len cullum By Mark Frauenfelder 44: Mister Jalopy’s 5: Raise a Makerspace, Hide-Away Workbench Raise a Maker Build a stowable mini workshop Kids need a place to make things at inspired by vintage DiY magazines. school. Here’s a DiY building you can By Mister Jalopy raise to make it happen. By Dale Dougherty 46: Wilderness Workshop Build your own inexpensive, sturdy work tables, shelving, and wood rack. By charles Platt 6: How to Create a Hackerspace Makers are joining together in shared workshops to access cool high-tech 50: Primer: Soldering and Desoldering tools, collaborate, and learn new skills. They’re called hackerspaces. in just a few minutes you’ll be ready to make and repair electronics. step- Here’s how to set one up. by-step instructions for making (and unmaking) the perfect solder joint. By Mitch Altman By Joe Grand 12: The Maker’s Bill of Rights 54: Your Own CNC for Less Than $800 if you can’t open it, you don’t own it. An Owner’s Manifesto for those who like Make your own computer-controlled router and save big. An overview from to hack, repair, or just know what makes their technology tick. the co-author of Build Your Own CNC Machine. By Mister Jalopy By James Floyd Kelly 58: Build Your First 3D Printer Assemble a MakerBot using this popular kit and start printing your own parts and prototypes. By Marc de vinck 4 Make: Workshop+Tool Guide p004_MAKE_SIP_TOC_F1.indd 4 10/11/10 2:29:35 PM Raise a Makerspace, Raise a Maker By Dale Dougherty H ow do we give young people more opportunities to become makers and learn practical skills they can apply to their own creative projects? The question comes up for me after each Maker Faire, when I see how young people are inspired by other makers. Create a makerspace I know they leave and want to start making Now, you don’t have to build this things. Could schools offer more opportu- particular building. The important thing is in your community. To nities for making things? Could we provide to find a DIY way to create a makerspace get more information potential makers a physical space to meet that young makers can enjoy working and — a “makerspace” that can be organized playing in. A space can inspire us to see and to get involved, go with tools and supplies, so they can work making as something that takes place on projects? at school, but isn’t school. It should be to makerspace.com. At World Maker Faire in New York City, placed near the playground because we I saw a solution — a simple building called want our young makers to have fun and Shelter 2.0 (shelter20.com), designed by play, while making things. Robert Bridges to provide housing in areas We can begin a process of open collab- hit by disaster. It’s a digitally fabricated oration to define the materials, tools, and shelter, between a house and a tent, that other supplies that are needed, and to can be put up (and taken down) with identify programs and projects that work simple tools in a matter of hours, even by well for young makers. We can help iden- young makers themselves. tify mentors locally and online who can Can we find motivated parents and local offer safety training, teach about tool use, makers to create a space and develop and provide specialized expertise. programs for local kids, in complete In addition, we can develop awards DIY fashion? Imagine a barn-raising of a for participation and achievement to makerspace in a local community. Nothing recognize the accomplishments of young could be more in the spirit of making than makers. Plus, Mini Maker Faires can be young makers building their own space. used as local fundraisers to provide sup- Developed by Bridges with Bill Young port for makerspaces and also provide of ShopBot, the standard modular maker- an opportunity for young makers to space is 10'×16' with a barrel-shaped demonstrate their projects. roof covered by canvas or corrugated tin. Our goal is to build a network of maker- The plans are available under a Creative spaces around the country (if not the Commons license, and as a Google world) and connect them online through SketchUp model, so you can modify the makerspace.com. design and find a local ShopBot user to create the shelter yourself. Or, we can provide the standard components as a package that ships in a 4'×8' crate. (We’re still exploring different options for manufacturing and shipping.) All the instructions for building a maker- space will be online, along with videos Dale Dougherty is the founder and general that show you how. manager of Maker Media. Make: 5 p005_SIP_MkrSpace_F1.indd 5 10/11/10 12:02:35 PM A How to Create As I write this, I’m on a workshop tour of a Hackerspace Midwestern U.S. hacker- spaces, teaching people Join with other makers in a shared of all ages how to solder workshop to access high-tech tools and make cool things and learn new skills. By Mitch Altman with electronics. The tour is an outgrowth of Noisebridge, a hackerspace I that co-founded in San Francisco three years ago. On the tour with me is Jimmie Rodgers, co-founder of the Artisan’s Asylum hackerspace in Boston, and Matt Mets, a blogger for Make: Online and member of Hack Pittsburgh. On our travels, we’ve asked lots of hackerspace members how they got their spaces going, so that we could share their experiences with you. Three years ago there were only about 50 hackerspaces; now there are hundreds 6 Make: Workshop+Tool Guide p006-11_SIP_Hackerspace_F1.indd 6 10/11/10 6:51:09 AM B C D E forming all over the world, and some are and other resources, where you can learn, COME TOGETHER: Fig. A: “Kids of even calling themselves “makerspaces.” teach, and help each other work on the all ages” at a soldering workshop at Pumping Station One hackerspace in Wired’s GeekDad blog calls it “an interna- projects you love. Chicago. Fig. B: The machine shop at tional movement to bring technologists That’s basically what a hackerspace is. Pumping Station One. Fig. C: Some and their projects to the same physical If you can’t find one around the corner, it’s cool tools at A2 MechShop in Ann Arbor, spaces.” And you can be a part of it. time to make one! Here’s how. Mich. Fig. D: Soldering workshop at All Hands Active in Ann Arbor. Fig. E: Brainstorming new ideas at E) What’s a Hackerspace and 1. Get the bug and spread it. AS220 in Providence, R.I. s (B, Why Do I Need One? Chris Anderson of Hive13 hackerspace et If you’re reading this magazine, you in Cincinnati got the bug at a monthly M att already have at least one amazing DIY technology-geek meeting called 2600. M project in mind. But to make it real, you “Attending my first 2600 meeting in d n might need to use a way-cool tool that you Cincinnati washed away all my frustrations a D) don’t have (or have a clue how to use), say, about being a lonely geeky guy,” Anderson A, C, a computer-controlled mill, a laser cutter, says. Then he realized: “Starting a hacker- n ( or an industrial sewing machine. space in Cinci could get me my 2600 fix a m Or maybe you want to learn to solder, whenever I want it.” He got excited after Alt or build musical instruments. Maybe you reading the Hackerspace Design Patterns h Mitc don’t have enough room in your apart- online (see Resources on page 11), and y ment to put up that space probe balloon. told everyone at the next meeting. b hy Or maybe your project could be more “I became the guy who wouldn’t shut up p a awesome if you could get together with about hackerspaces,” continues Anderson. gr oto other cool-minded makers, hackers, and “I posted about it on all the local blogs, Ph nerds in a friendly space with shared tools talked about it at parties, talked to all the Make: 7 p006-11_SIP_Hackerspace_F1.indd 7 10/11/10 6:54:08 AM 1980s: 2600 early 2000s: Many large, diverse com- Noisebridge in 2008 to present: and Phrack create hackerspaces form munities of people San Francisco Successful U.S. community for in Germany when who make just about (noisebridge.net). and European hackers through Chaos Computer Club anything. Subsequent hackerspaces, net- their publications. (CCC) starts actively Maker Faires and December 2007: working through The New supporting them. A hacker conferences Hackerspace Design hackerspaces.org, 1990s: Early U.S. few appear in other worldwide reinforce Patterns presented show the world that wave of hackerspaces form, countries. community. at the 24th Chaos hackerspaces are hacker- including New Hack Communications awesome and they spaces City in Boston and Mid-2000s: august 2007: Congress (24C3) by work, spurring many San Francisco, the Hackerspaces such as Hackers on a Plane three hackers from to start their own A timeline of Walnut Factory in C-Base and Metalab trip to Chaos Camp the CCC Cologne spaces all over the shared spaces for Philadelphia, Hacker actively help other inspires participants hackerspace. Their world. project makers: Halfway House in spaces get going, to start hackerspaces intent is to help start Brooklyn, N.Y., and and support diverse, in their hometowns: hackerspaces world- present: Hundreds both L0pht and open hackerspaces HacDC in Washington, wide (see Resources). of hackerspaces the Hasty Pastry in worldwide. D.C. (hacdc.org), NYC and makerspaces Boston. Primarily col- Resistor in New York July 2008: all over the world lectives of software 2005–2006: City (nycresistor. Hackerspaces.org is are now listed at hackers, they’re not MAKE magazine com), The Hacktory launched, in time for hackerspaces.org. open to the general starts publishing, in Philadelphia (the- The Last HOPE public. bringing together hacktory.org), and conference. maker types and weird artist types I could 3. Incorporate (recommended). discussed at hackerspaces around the find, and through all this, met others who Though some are informal collectives, world: “Don’t solve problems that haven’t would become founders of Hive13.” most hackerspaces form some type of happened.” Anderson’s story is typical. Hackerspace corporation. This gives the group a legal What about the inevitable misunder- founders get the bug, and then spread it by entity to sign contracts, and also limits standings that arise in any group? “We telling everyone they know to tell everyone individuals’ personal legal liability. Some haven’t had a situation yet where someone they know, utilizing local organizations, the groups form for-profit corporations, others hasn’t stepped up to talk things through,” internet, posters on lamp poles — whatever form nonprofits. says Anderson at Hive13. This is how most does the job. Bre Pettis, who started NYC Resistor, hackerspaces deal with conflict. Though went with an LLC (limited liability corpora- not always easy, it’s important to let 2. Organize! tion). “It was just way easier,” he recalls. people know if you’re having a problem Hackerspaces run the gamut from anarchy “We went online, filled out a form, and we with them. to structured democracies to benevolent had our corporation.” dictatorships. When you create one, At Noisebridge we pooled our money 5. Find your space. you’re creating a culture that you want and paid $2,000 to a lawyer who took You’ve got the hackers, now get the space. to be part of, which will attract others us through the entire process with the Hackerspace organizers have found a few who fit in. Not all groups are for everyone; IRS, becoming a tax-exempt nonprofit strategies to rent spaces and build them this is fine. corporation, called a 501(c)(3). Artisan’s out for not a lot of money. The first thing the founders of Noise- Asylum is taking a similar approach. Typically members donate the labor, and bridge did, even before we had the (Noisebridge and other hackerspaces in a down real estate market, landlords are name, was create a Google group so that have their 501(c)(3) documentation on willing to deal, especially if you’re willing to anyone could communicate about getting their websites.) make improvements to the space. involved. Within weeks we’d registered Arch Reactor plans to become a “social Jeff Sturges of OmniCorpDetroit (OCD) our chosen name online; started our and recreation club” nonprofit corporation, says, “Detroit has a lot of really creative website, email list, and IRC channel; and called a 501(c)(7). Sounds fun! people who are un- or underemployed. begun meeting every Tuesday night at a Because of this, our members have lots local café. As excitement grew, so did our 4. Make the rules you want to live with. of time to donate their skills to help get numbers, and we soon moved our weekly Some hackerspaces have a highly refined our space together. We can’t get as much meetings to people’s apartments. set of rules, others are ad hoc. Noise- money together as spaces in other cities, Deech Mestel, president of Arch Reactor bridge has only one rule — Bill and Ted’s but we got our huge warehouse for really in St. Louis, Mo., told me of a similar pro- “Be excellent to each other” — from which cheap.” cess. “We grew out of our pizza parlor, and everything else follows. In smaller cities, it may be helpful to started meeting in an empty apartment Cowtown Computer Congress Kansas team up with existing groups. Nathan owned by one of our members. It’s where City (CCCKC) has 10 rules, starting with Heald of Indiana’s Bloominglabs says, we threw our first open house party that rule 0 and ending with rule 9: “Turn off the “Bloomington is a small university city, attracted lots of new members. It’s also lights when you leave.” so there are not as many people to draw where we wrote our bylaws.” When choosing your rules, keep in mind from. But after we put out the word, we one of the unofficial Design Patterns, found an organization that has arts and 8 Make: Workshop+Tool Guide p006-11_SIP_Hackerspace_F2.indd 8 10/13/10 10:55:30 AM