MakeShift

The MakeShift challenge invites MAKE readers to submit their solutions to a problem posed by the author, Lee D. Zlotoff (customimageconcepts.com). If duplicate solutions are submitted, the winner will be determined by the quality of the explanation and presentation. Winners will receive a MAKE sweatshirt.

Articles in this series:

MakeShift: Bomb in the Parking Garage from MAKE: 16: Spy Tech
The creator of MacGyver challenges you to avoid being blown up by a subterranean bomb. by Lee D. Zlotoff

MakeShift: Outbreak from MAKE: 15: Music
The creator of MacGyver challenges you to use your skills to manage an outbreak on a passenger plane. by Lee D. Zlotoff

MakeShift: Under Siege from MAKE: 14: Optics
The creator of MacGyver challenges you to signal for help from an isolated laundry room while three burly men wait to attack. by Lee D. Zlotoff

MakeShift: Broken Arm in the Wilderness from MAKE: 13: Magic
The creator of MacGyver challenges you to get your friend to medical help from an isolated fishing stream in a car with only three tires. by Lee D. Zlotoff

MakeShift: Impaled! from MAKE: 12: Upload
Decided to save some money on an tree guy and go DIY with it, did you? Impaled on a branch, with limited resources ... what now? by Lee D. Zlotoff

MakeShift: Hot Electrical Problem from MAKE: 11: Alt Vehicles
The creator of MacGyver challenges you to stop an electrical fire from raging. by Lee D. Zlotoff

MakeShift from MAKE: 10: Home Electronics
The creator of MacGyver challenges you to retrieve your keys from the bottom of a 15-foot crevice in the desert. by Lee D. Zlotoff

MakeShift: High School Lockdown from MAKE: 09: Fringe
The creator of MacGyver challenges you to contact the outside world in a lockdown. by Lee D. Zlotoff

MakeShift: Castaway from MAKE: 08: Toys and Games
The creator of MacGyver challenges you to survive on a deserted island. (See previous MakeShift challenges and winning entries here.) by Lee D. Zlotoff

MakeShift from MAKE: 07: Backyard Biology
The creator of MacGyver challenges you to save a man stuck in a fissure filled with toxic gas. by Lee D. Zlotoff

MakeShift from MAKE: 06: Robots
The creator of MacGyver challenges you to survive an earthquake, a flood, and a hungover neighbor. by Lee D. Zlotoff

MakeShift from MAKE: 05: Science, Weather, and Outdoors
Can you stay alive until the bank vault unlocks? by William Lidwell

MakeShift from MAKE: 04: Music and Kits for the Holidays
A small family farm in Mexico will go under due to drought conditions and you decide to help. by William Lidwell

MakeShift from MAKE: 03: Cars and Halloween
A commercial real estate mogul wants to put a life-size sculpture atop a tower crane at his latest development. Engineers are scared to touch the problem for under $50,000. You boast that you could do it for $20. by William Lidwell

MakeShift from MAKE: 02: Home Entertainment
It's easy to forget that access to potable water is considered a luxury for much of the world. by William Lidwell

MakeShift from MAKE: 01: Make Premiere
Imagine this: Your car battery is dead, and you’re stuck in the woods. Your mission: Get home before you freeze to death. For the winning entries, see MakeShift 01: Analysis, Commentary, and Winners. by William Lidwell

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