Volume 11

Maker

16: Made on Earth

Snapshots from the world of backyard technology.

26: Hammer Time

Making the antiques of the future at Black Dog Forge.

By Kirsten Anderson

30: Big Blowhards

Who will be the first to make a machine that propels

a pumpkin more than a mile? By William Gurstelle

34: The Maker State

Safe working practices give you the freedom to attempt

projects on the edge. By William Gurstelle

36: Drawbot Love

How a bunch of us made our own drawing robot. By Bre Pettis

40: Proto: Power Tripping

High-voltage engineer Greg Leyh builds the largest Tesla coils

in the world. By David Pescovitz

46: 1+ 2+3: Ten-Second Stomp Rocket

Make a juice-bag-powered rocket in less time than it takes

to drink it. By Emma Wagstaff

86: Spirits Guy

How Lance Winters went from basement moonshiner

to celebrity vodka distiller. By Benjamin Tice Smith

126: 1+ 2+3: Simple Motor

Make a spinning motor with a minimum of parts.

By Cy Tymony

172: Blast from the Past

Orange crate racer. By Mister Jalopy

STILL LIFE Inside Lance

Winters’ high-grade

hooch factory at

Hangar One in

Alameda, Calif.

6 Make: Volume 11

READ ME: Always check the URL associated

with a project before you get started. There

may be important updates or corrections.

127 141: Home Low-cost spherical

speaker array, free Vo IP,

plush irradiated sirloin.

151: Workshop

Learn which battery

to use for your project.

154: Outdoors

Put electronic crickets

and fireflies in outdoor

solar lighting.

127: Circuits

Breadboard rack, big kid

night light, net data meter.

138: Science

MAKE Controller

weather fetcher.

157: Citizen Scientist

Track your ticker with a homemade electrocardiogram

machine. By Dr. Shawn

160: Howtoons: Wheel of Life

By Saul Griffith, Joost Bonsen, and Nick Dragotta

162: MakeShift: Hot Electrical Problem

By Lee D. Zlotoff

169: Toys, Tricks, and Teasers

The oscillating beam machine. By Donald E. Simanek

174: Toolbox

The best tools, software, publications, and websites.

181: Aha! Puzzle This

Garden gnomes and wacky races. By Michael H. Pryor

185: Tips and Tricks

Scrambled eggs from an espresso maker and more,

plus a new visual how-to.

190: Maker’s Calendar

Our favorite events from around the world.

By William Gurstelle

192: Homebrew

The train-schedule alarm clock. By Greg McCarroll