Make Magazine, Issue 71

• Publisher: Make: Community
• Year: 2019
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

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FIX OUR PLANET!

CONTENTS
COLUMNS

Reader Input 06
Notes from readers like you.

Welcome 07
Introducing some new Make: installments.

Made on Earth 08
Backyard builds from around the globe.

FEATURES
Project Community Profile: Hackaday.io 14
The DIY electronics diehards take us on a tour of their platform, contests, and annual gathering.

World’s First Cheeseburger Robot 30
How two young engineers overcame doubters (and Interstate 5) to automate the freshest burger ever served.

YouTube Maker Profile: Jimmy DiResta 20
With pencils, stencils, and his trusty bandsaw, Jimmy inspires makers averywhere.

Calling All Climate Makers:
Electrify Everything 24
The children are right: To solve climate change, we need an epic effort to electrify vehicles and homes. Makers can make it happen.

Bug Grub 38
Insect meal is a healthy, environmentally-friendly food option. Here’s how to get started preparing it to eat.

Best-Yet DIY Coffee Roaster 42
Hack a flour sifter and heat gun to roast the ultimate bean.

ON THE COVER:
FIX OUR PLANET — our appeal to makers everywhere to help lead the charge of arresting global warming before it’s too late. Read how on page 24.
Artwork: Main image – Lifeking, TAW4, and Yevhenii via Adobe Stock. Jimmy DiResta – Mark Adams

Hello Drinkbot 54
Use a Raspberry Pi to build a smart dispenser that’s the “Hello World” of cocktail robotics.

PROJECTS
SKILL BUILDER
Sonos for All 62
Hack the Sonos-Ikea Symfonisk to make a high quality networked bookshelf speaker on a “budget.”

Fasten-ating World of Fasteners 110
Get a grip on the nuts and bolts of holding your project together with this guide.

Flat-Out Flinger 68
Build the world’s newest, simplest trebuchet and break some chuckin’ records.

LED “Inner Glow” Heart 82
Create brilliant displays and décor with this new interior edge-lighting trick.

World’s Best Paper Airplane 86
Fold and fly the Guinness record glider “Suzanne.”

Remaking History: Ismail al-Jazari and the Elephant Clock 94
Build the constant-flow water clock invented during Baghdad’s great Golden Age.

Tiny Dancer 100
With a Raspberry Pi Zero as its brain, this homebrew robot doll is a stunningly smooth mover.

Quick and Easy Box Joints 118
Master this stylish joinery technique with a simple-to-make table saw jig.

TOOLBOX
Toolbox 124
Gear up with the latest tools and kits for makers.

OVER THE TOP

Storm Warning 104
Build your own wearable lightning detection system.

Toy Inventor’s Notebook:
Custom Toast Stamper 108
Emboss your breakfast like a boss.

Running the Numbers 128
This intricately geared 7-segment display gives a gorgeous view of your YouTube subscriber count.