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Make : mechanical engineering for makers / Brian Bunnell and Samer Najia

Author
Bunnell, Brian
Additional Titles
Mechanical engineering for makers
Published
Santa Rosa, CA : Maker : Community LLC, 2020.
Copyright Date
©2020
Edition
First edition.
Physical Description
ix, 217 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
Additional Creators
Najia, Samer

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Contents
Mechanical engineering-- a maker's perspective -- So you have an idea for a project-- let's make it real! -- Materials selection-- plastics, woods, and metals -- Fasten-ating world of fasteners & adhesives -- Shaping the ship-- giving your project structure -- Levers-- handling the suspense -- Pulleys-- get into the groove -- Gears and gear trains-- grinding, isn't it -- Why stop now?
Summary
This practical, user-friendly reference book of common mechanical engineering concepts is geared toward makers who don't have (or want) an engineering degree but need to know the essentials of basic mechanical elements to successfully accomplish their personal projects. The book provides practical mechanical engineering information (supplemented with the applicable math, science, physics, and engineering theory) without being boring like a typical textbook. Most chapters contain at least one hands-on, fully illustrated, step-by-step project to demonstrate the topic being discussed and requires only common, inexpensive, easily sourced materials and tools. Some projects also provide alternative materials and tools and processes to align with the reader's individual preferences, skills, tools, and materials-at-hand. Linked together via the authors' overarching project -- building a kid-sized tank -- the chapters describe the thinking behind each mechanism and then expands the discussions to similar mechanical concepts in other applications. Written with humor, a bit of irreverence, and entertaining personal insights and first-hand experiences, the book presents complex concepts in an uncomplicated way.
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ISBN
9781680455878 (paperback)
1680455877 (paperback)
Note
"A hands-on guide to designing and making physical things"--Cover
Includes index.
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