Volume 13

Maker

12: Maker’s Calendar Our favorite events from around the world. By William Gurstelle

22: Made on Earth

Snapshots from the world of backyard technology.

32: Proto: Making Magic

Illusion designer John Gaughan is the man behind the curtain. By David Pescovitz

40: Building the Barrage Garage, Part 2

Outfitting the all-purpose maker’s workshop.

By William Gurstelle

46: Post-Industrial Idyll

The 2007 Robodock festival in Amsterdam. By Dale Dougherty

52: Meet the Junk Brothers

They filch people’s curbside castoffs, transform them, and give them back. By Rick Polito

54: The Fire Drug

A maker’s history of black powder. By William Gurstelle

58: 1+ 2+3: Tin Can Copper Tan Copper-coat a tin can, turning it into an aesthetically pleasing, reusable container. By Andrew Lewis

94: Darkside Rocketeer

Jack Parsons, the space pioneer history likes to forget. By Gareth Branwyn

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MAGIC MAKER: Illusion designer John Gaughan plays with his very real 45-year old parrot, Luther, in his workshop.

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READ ME: Always check the URL associated with a project before you get started. There may be important updates or corrections.

143 151: Home

Graywater recycling system, growing giant pumpkins,

143: Toys raising chickens.

Zip drive marionette,

3-in- 1 wooden game. 160: Science

Internal explosion engine.

147: Imaging

Car camera mount. 165: Circuits

Analog meter clock, TV-B-

149: Workshop Gone in a hat, transistor Vacuum screw finder. radio iPod speaker.

112: 1+ 2+3: Candy Alert Devise sneaky uses for high-tech candy packaging. By Cy Tymony

142: Aha! Puzzle This

Radar date, poison pills, and crystal orbs. By Michael H. Pryor

174: Toys, Tricks, and Teasers

Martin Gardner’s Mathemagic. By Donald E. Simanek

178: Howtoons: Möbius Strip Magic

By Saul Griffith, Nick Dragotta, and Joost Bonsen

180: Retrospect

Project Orion: Deep Space Force.

By George Dyson

184: Reader Input

Your letters, our answers.

186: MakeShift: Broken Arm in the Wilderness By Lee D. Zlotoff

188: Blast from the Future If Snap-On won’t to sell to amateurs, somebody else will. By Mister Jalopy

190: Toolbox

The best tools, software, publications, and websites.

208: Homebrew

My relay computer. By Harry Porter, Ph. D.