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    Check out these projects and primers to get your Maker motor running! Learn about, welding, making molds, 3D printing circuit boards, wind powered generators, and more!

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    Make: Primer - Moldmaking - PDF
    Mythbusters' Adam Savage teaches pro moldmaking techniques, walking you through building a two-part underpoured block mold step by step.
    $3.99
    Make: Primer - Welding - PDF
    A beginner's primer on portable 110-volt wire-feed welding, covering why these small welders now show up in every auto body shop.
    $2.99
    Make: Primer - Printed Circuit Boards - PDF
    Learn to design and etch your own printed circuit boards at home, mastering the steps behind nearly every modern electronic device.
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    Make: Primer - Working with Carbon Fiber - PDF
    Learn to form, lay up, and cure your own carbon fiber composites, the high-performance material behind cars, bikes, and aerospace parts.
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    Make: Projects - Wind Powered Generator - PDF
    Build an inexpensive, efficient wind generator from a motor and piping to harness free, clean energy for your own DIY power projects.
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    Make Projects - Compressed Air Rocket - PDF
    Build a cheap, easy compressed air rocket and launcher from common hardware store parts that can send your rocket hundreds of feet up.
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    Make: Projects - Kitchen Floor Vacuum Former - PDF
    Learn to vacuum-form plastic parts right in your kitchen, the same process behind coffee lids and airplane interior panels.
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    Make: Projects - Stirling Engine - PDF
    Complete plans for building a two-cylinder Stirling engine that runs on nearly any high-temperature heat source, a classic maker challenge.
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    Make: Projects - DIY Coffee - PDF
    Five caffeinated Make: projects in one PDF: build a coffee roaster, espresso portafilter, tea popper, and automate your brew with X10.
    $4.99 $3.99
    Make: Projects - Cigar Box Guitar Project - PDF
    Build a three-stringed cigar box guitar inspired by American musical tradition, an affordable instrument project for kids and beginners.
    $2.99
    Make: Projects - Nightlighter 36 Spud Gun - PDF
    Build the Night Lighter 36 spud gun, a clear-PVC potato cannon that offers a great view of interior ballistics day or night.
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    Make: Projects - Building an Ornithopter - PDF
    Take flight-building basics into your own hands with this beginner ornithopter project inspired by birds, bats, and beetles.
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    Make: Projects - Cracker Box Amp - PDF
    Turn a cracker box into a scrappy little audio amplifier with this fun, intermediate soldering and electronics project.
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    Make: Projects - Jam Jar Jet - PDF
    Build a working pulsejet engine out of a jam jar in an afternoon. All it takes is some bent wire, a few holes, and curiosity.
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    Make: Projects - Making Biodiesel - PDF
    Learn to brew a small batch of biodiesel with basic household equipment, perfect for beginners curious about DIY renewable fuel.
    $2.99 $1.50
    Make: Projects - Pinhole Panoramic Camera - PDF
    Skip the lens and go wide: build a low-tech, roll-film panoramic pinhole camera for a uniquely maker-friendly photography project.
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    Make: Projects - Soda Bottle Rocket - PDF
    Build a high-performance water rocket from soda bottles and PVC pipe. A fun beginner rocketry project for kids and curious makers.
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    Make: Projects - VCR Cat Feeder - PDF
    Repurpose a dead VHS deck's motor and timer to build an automatic cat feeder that fills Fluffy's bowl on schedule, old-school style.
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    Macabre Makeup: The Vampire - PDF
    A step-by-step guide to simple vampire makeup using greasepaint, fangs, and stage blood for a classic Halloween character look.
    $3.99
    Macabre Makeup: The Ghoul - PDF
    Learn liquid latex and greasepaint techniques for a skin-peeling zombie or ghoul look, perfect for any Halloween costume upgrade.
    $3.99
    Macabre Makeup: Wounds and Prosthetics - PDF
    A guide to crafting realistic gaping wounds with liquid latex, an easy way to turn any costume into a horrifying Halloween showstopper.
    $3.99
    Creepy Costumes: Headless Marie Antoinette - PDF
    An advanced costume project teaching you to sculpt and rig a decapitated Marie Antoinette bust for a dramatic headless Halloween look.
    $3.99
    Creepy Costumes: Surprise Top Hat - PDF
    Build a monster-popping trick top hat with a hidden spring lever, a fun intermediate Halloween prop project using basic tools.
    $3.99
    Devilish Decorations: Cylon Jack-o-Lantern - PDF
    Build an LED-scanning Larson-style Cylon Jack-o-Lantern with full circuit diagrams and parts list for a glowing Halloween centerpiece.
    $3.99
    Devilish Decorations: Stencil Carving - PDF
    Simple techniques for dramatic pumpkin stencil carving using cheap, easy-to-find materials for standout Halloween results.
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    Frightful Feast: Sweet Bleeding Heart Cake - PDF
    Bake a bloody, oozing rib cage cake with gooey organ filling for a delightfully gruesome Halloween dessert centerpiece.
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    Frightful Feast: Meat Head - PDF
    Craft a creepy party centerpiece with this Meat Head project, complete with alternate ingredient swaps for extra Halloween fright.
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    Haunted House: Mini Electric Chair - PDF
    An advanced Halloween prop project combining a controller, audio player, and pneumatics for a shockingly entertaining electric chair display.
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    Haunted House: Grave Situation - PDF
    Learn to shape and carve realistic styrofoam tombstones, plus tips on painting and mounting, for a convincing haunted house display.
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    Haunted House: Flying Crank Ghost - PDF
    Build a classic Flying Crank Ghost animatronic prop using motors and pulleys for an eerie, floating haunted house showstopper.
    $3.99