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Make, like the pioneers, the editors of Make

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Make, like the pioneers, the editors of Make

Language

eng

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Make

Nature of contents

handbooks

Oclc number

913335123

Responsibility statement

the editors of Make

Sub title

like the pioneers

Summary

Technology is not just computers and electronics. The pioneers who settled North America from the 17th to 19th centuries were loaded with technical knowledge -- how to make soap, how to build a fire, how to work wood -- that many of us wish we knew today. This compilation of articles from Make: provides readers with an entry point to a simpler time, when books were made by hand and pickles were high technology. The projects in this book are specifically designed to be created with simple materials like saws and hammers, paper and clay, vinegar and salt, string and glue. The book provides the reader with practical hands-on experience working with wood, paper, fat and oils, even fruits!

Table Of Contents

Think you've mastered fire? Make and use a bow drill -- Hogwash: Bacon soap -- Kitchen table cider making -- Paper making -- Olde-school bookbinding -- Fool's stool -- Rok-bak chair -- The lost art of lashing: A photo essay -- Pickle grapes and beets at home -- Brine and roast a turkey -- Roasting pumpkin seeds -- Da Vinci reciprocating mechanism -- Oil lamp from the cave dwellers of Lascaux

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