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Dedication
by David Lang
Zero to Maker
Dedication
Preface
Safari® Books Online
How to Contact Us
Acknowledgments
1. Down the Rabbit Hole
2. DIT (Do-It-Together)
Speaking a New Language
How to Speak Maker
Lesson 1: Get Familiar
Lesson 2: Ask Questions!
Lesson 3: Repeat Lesson 2
Surrounding Yourself with the Right People
Joining a Local Group
Meeting More Makers
1. Go to a Maker Faire
2. Explore Meetup
3. Visit a Makerspace or Hackerspace
4. Explore Instructables.com
5. Volunteer!
Starting Your Own Group
Starting Your Own Online Group
Protei—Open-Source Sailing Drone
DIY Book Scanner
DIY Drones
Windowfarms
Getting Expert Advice
HOW TO: Email an Expert
Who
What
Halfway There…
3. The Maker Mentality
Enough to be Dangerous
Make (and Safety) First, Ask Questions Later
Teach ‘em If You Know ‘em
Where (and How) to Share
The Persistent-Tinkering Mentality
Cultivating a PTM: Write!
Project-Based Learning
Kits—Not just for Kids
Finding the Right Kit
Embracing Constraints
Valuing the Process
Thinking Visually
Be a Fixer
Fix It First
Enough Talk, Time to Make Something
4. Access to Tools
“I Think I’m Going to Need a Bigger Boat!”
The Ultimate Maker Tool
Hackerspaces, Makerspaces, Fab Labs: What’s the Difference?
Here a Space, There a Space, Everywhere a Makerspace
Creating a Makerspace
Tool Lending Libraries
Start Your Own Tool Lending Library
Sharing as a Resource vs. Sharing as a Strategy
But What Tools? Finding a Maker Personal Trainer
Let Your Workshop Build Itself
Different Tools for Different Types of Makers
5. Craftsmanship
The Process of Becoming
A Maker Sampling Quest
Sometimes It’s Simple: Make What You Know
Down the Rabbit Hole: Welding
MIG Welding
TIG Welding
Gas Welding
Twenty-First Century Apprenticeship
The Future Is Hidden in the Past
Craftsmanship Re-Imagined
6. Digital Fabrication
It Starts with Digital Design
3D Scanning
3D Printing
Laser Cutter
Getting Creative with 2D Design
Digital Fabrication Is Not Just 3D Printing
Desktop CNC Mill
CAM (CNC Software)
Electronics 101
Arduino and Beyond
7. One to One Thousand
Sous Vide Dreams
Define Your Own Success
The Right Way to Use Kickstarter
It Always Starts With One
To the Prototypers Go the Spoils
1,000 True Fans and 100 True Believers
Developing your True Believers
Catalyzing your True Believers
Prototypes as Products
8. Makers Going Pro
Allowing for a Shared Vision
First Who, Then What
Paying the Bills with Side Jobs
Maker Business School
Applying to a Hardware Accelerator
Resume Builder
No Experience, No Problem
Maker Businesses Need More Than Just Maker Skills
Licensing
Protecting Your Idea
9. Making More Makers
Setting a Good Example
It Takes a Village (Making a Kid-Friendly Makerspace)
Digital Natives
CAD for Kids
Design Education
The Makerspace Playbook
10. Epilogue
Accessible and Modular Technology
The Power of DIT
Dreaming Big
Index
About the Author
Colophon
Copyright
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For my mom and dad. Where they found the patience, I’ll never know.
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