makezine.com: Kitchen Floor Vacuum Former Weekend Project & Meet the New MAKE Tool

MAKE Newsletter for April 18, 2008

Weekend Project: Now you can build your vacuum former for thousands less than professional models and still make cool 3D objects! Plus, check out our new MAKE tool!

Greetings Makers!

In just 15 days Maker Faire will be here! If you didn't get your tickets yet get them before April 25th and get $10 off each ticket.

We hope to see all of you there! Kip and I will be running around chatting with all the Makers, attendees, and friends from around the world. Email me if you're going to be at Maker Faire and have something interesting or special to share; we'll meet up!

For now, check out the latest Weekend Projects video: making a vacuum former on the cheap. And we're pleased to announce our new super-mega-uber MAKE tool, the "Make: Open Sourcerer"!

Cheers,
pt

Phillip Torrone
Senior Editor, MAKE Magazine

From the MAKE Blog

Weekend Project: Kitchen Floor Vacuum Former

From take-out coffee lids to Stormtrooper costumes, vacuum formed plastic is everywhere. Now you can build your own for thousands less than professional models and still make cool 3D objects!
To download Kitchen Floor Vacuum Former MP4 click here or subscribe in iTunes.

Check out the Kitchen Floor Vacuum Former MAKE 11 "Kitchen Floor Vacuum Former" & You can see that in our digital edition.

Winner(s) of the MAKE tool naming "Make: Open Sourcerer" and more...

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Ok folks, sorry for the delay with posting the winner(s) of the "Name our next tool contest" - we wanted to make sure we had them in stock before we announced the winners. It's not just winner, it's winners.

Here's why - we had hundreds of entries (319 x multiple entries) it took over a week to go through all of them, anyone could enter and after our staff sent me their favorites the top one was "Make: Open Sourcerer" followed by "Make: Reverse Engineer" - open sourcerer was from our own staff so we're keeping the name (and yes, Collin, you get a tool) - but we're also awarding the runner up, "Reverse Engineer" with a special limited edition of one tool, etched just for them, congrats Robin Debreuil! We'll also email you if we don't hear from you soon.

So here it is, the new Make: Open Sourcerer! - Durability and handiness to the max make the Leatherman CS4 the essential compact folding tool for tinkerers, makers and outdoor enthusiasts alike. This is the "MEGA" version of our popular Make: Warranty voider, the "Make: Open Sourcerer" Leatherman Juice CS4 Tool is bigger, beefier and meant to go on long trips & tougher jobs. Become a sorcerer of opening things with the only tool you'll ever need - the Make: Open Sourcerer!