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MakersHourQuestions<p>Thank you all for joining in with <a href="https://cupoftea.social/tags/MakersHour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MakersHour</span></a> tonight.<br>I am sorry I was not completely there, but so very exhausted.<br>I will be off to bed in a bit.</p><p>xx</p>
diyelectromusic<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://cupoftea.social/@MakersHour" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>MakersHour</span></a></span> A5 I suspect what most people in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MakersHour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MakersHour</span></a> would want is a bit of time and a bit of peace and quiet so it can be filled with guilt-free making :)</p>
Alfred Chow - Maker of Things<p>Q5: <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://cupoftea.social/@MakersHour" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>MakersHour</span></a></span> <br>Christmas stuff is already in the shops, and some of us are making presents for friends and family. If you could give another maker a gift for Christmas, what would it be?</p><p>A5: Is there a current trend for giving old bathroom extractor fans?<br>No? Oh!</p><p>OK, I would like to put together a small kit of old woodworking tools, moulding planes, chisels, saws, etc. to help someone get started in hand tool woodworking. It is all stuff I have in abundance. I could also throw in some woodworking books too.</p><p>I am also sure some makers would also love to have an old valve radio to play with, or some old film cameras. That could also be arranged. Any takers?</p><p><a href="https://cupoftea.social/tags/MakersHour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MakersHour</span></a></p>
Aurora<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://cupoftea.social/@MakersHour" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>MakersHour</span></a></span> Q5 Christmas stuff is already in the shops, and some of us are making presents for friends and family. If you could give another maker a gift for Christmas, what would it be? </p><p>I don't do Christmas, so I don't care. What I'd gift depends on the maker because I'd give something useful and encouraging.</p><p>A friend who's a prop maker only ever wants stickers to put on her tool case. A fellow knitter collects rests of yarn balls for a pigeon shelter charity... <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/MakersHour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MakersHour</span></a></p>
MakersHourQuestions<p>Q5: Christmas stuff is already in the shops, and some of us are making presents for friends and family. If you could give another maker a gift for Christmas, what would it be?<br><a href="https://cupoftea.social/tags/MakersHour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MakersHour</span></a></p>
Alfred Chow - Maker of Things<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@diyelectromusic" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>diyelectromusic</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://cupoftea.social/@MakersHour" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>MakersHour</span></a></span> <br>Ahhh...<br>The 'Only ask me about things I know about' option. 😁 </p><p><a href="https://cupoftea.social/tags/MakersHour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MakersHour</span></a></p>
diyelectromusic<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://cupoftea.social/@MakersHour" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>MakersHour</span></a></span> A4 I have a range of beginner projects on my blog for getting started with microcontrollers and music, so I'd suggests starting there, mostly because I'd be more likely to be able to answer questions about them :)</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MakersHour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MakersHour</span></a></p>
Alfred Chow - Maker of Things<p>Q4: <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://cupoftea.social/@MakersHour" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>MakersHour</span></a></span> <br>If someone was starting out as a maker in your usual materials, is there a project you would recommend they start with, and why?</p><p>A4: So many people seem to start with a scrap wood bird box, but often the bird box isn’t suitable for birds and simply rots away in a garden.</p><p>I would start with a bread or charcuterie board. Just a small one. It would provide practice in marking out, cutting, planing, sanding, and applying a finish. It is one of those projects that can be all hand tools or all power tools depending on what the person wants to learn. Learning to bang in nails can come later.</p><p><a href="https://cupoftea.social/tags/MakersHour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MakersHour</span></a></p>
Alfred Chow - Maker of Things<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://sunny.garden/@Janet_52square" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>Janet_52square</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://universeodon.com/@wokstation" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>wokstation</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://cupoftea.social/@MakersHour" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>MakersHour</span></a></span> <br>The Airfix Saturn V was one of the very few kits I properly finished as it was supposed to be, when I was little.</p><p>Mostly I built them into a thing I wanted to play with.</p><p><a href="https://cupoftea.social/tags/MakersHour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MakersHour</span></a></p>
MakersHourQuestions<p>Q4: If someone was starting out as a maker in your usual materials, is there a project you would recommend they start with, and why?<br><a href="https://cupoftea.social/tags/MakersHour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MakersHour</span></a></p>
Hammerhand Workshop<p>A4: I don't know if I have "usual materials", but someone starting out wanting to make cosplay armor would be well served by starting in paper and cardboard, then the cheapest craft foam available. If you've never turned flat stock into 3D shapes, those materials are great for learning. </p><p><a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/MakersHour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MakersHour</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://cupoftea.social/@MakersHour" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>MakersHour</span></a></span></p>
Alfred Chow - Maker of Things<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://toot.wales/@suearcher" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>suearcher</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://cupoftea.social/@MakersHour" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>MakersHour</span></a></span> <br>That would be fun.</p><p>Useful for the end days too!</p><p><a href="https://cupoftea.social/tags/MakersHour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MakersHour</span></a></p>
diyelectromusic<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://cupoftea.social/@MakersHour" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>MakersHour</span></a></span> A3 I thought they were still trying to figure out bits of it, let alone being able to reproduce it?</p><p>But yes, reinventing wheels from electronic music's history is pretty much my raison d'être in making :)</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MakersHour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MakersHour</span></a></p>
WokStation<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://cupoftea.social/@MakersHour" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>MakersHour</span></a></span> wouldn't mind making an Apollo 11 diorama type thing at some point! <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/makersHour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>makersHour</span></a></p>
Alfred Chow - Maker of Things<p>Q3: <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://cupoftea.social/@MakersHour" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>MakersHour</span></a></span><br>Chris from Clickspring has devoted the last 8 years to creating a replica of the Antikythera mechanism from ancient Greece. Is there an item from history you'd like to recreate?</p><p>A3: From history, I would love to have the time and headspace to recreate a Sam Maloof chair, it is well within in my abilities, but I would need a bit of experiment and practice to work out his design from first principles, rater than from a plan.</p><p>From ancient history, I don’t know, but I think I would love to research how the ancients moved massively heavy loads and perhaps construct a hoist or winch just using the tools, materials, and methods of the time. Also, I would love to learn how to make stone edged woodworking tools, and to use them.</p><p><a href="https://cupoftea.social/tags/MakersHour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MakersHour</span></a></p>
MakersHourQuestions<p>Q3: Chris from Clickspring has devoted the last 8 years to creating a replica of the Antikythera mechanism from ancient Greece. Is there an item from history you'd like to recreate?<br><a href="https://cupoftea.social/tags/MakersHour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MakersHour</span></a></p>
diyelectromusic<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://cupoftea.social/@MakersHour" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>MakersHour</span></a></span> A2 for me it is the precision of a faster computer clock. Although it can get a little silly when I'm using 100s of MHz or more to emulate something that originally would have been 100s kHz to maybe few MHz...</p><p>But in contrast my approach to analog electronics is very hand-wavy and I'm sure often makes a proper engineer shudder...</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MakersHour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MakersHour</span></a></p>
Alfred Chow - Maker of Things<p>Q2: <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://cupoftea.social/@MakersHour" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>MakersHour</span></a></span><br>Today we have access to incredibly precise measuring equipment the accuracy of which our ancestors could only dream of. Do you make much use of precision in your making, or is to the nearest whatever is close enough?</p><p>A2: It depends on the project, but mostly I don’t need anything better than 0.02mm, and most things are to the nearest 0.5mm.</p><p>Some outdoor woodwork projects can be imprecise to about +/-1mm, if measured, otherwise they are made to fit the space and materials to hand and only need to look about right.</p><p><a href="https://cupoftea.social/tags/MakersHour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MakersHour</span></a></p>
MakersHourQuestions<p>Q2: Today, we have access to incredibly precise measuring equipment, the accuracy of which our ancestors could only dream of. Do you make much use of precision in your making, or is to the nearest whatever is close enough?<br><a href="https://cupoftea.social/tags/MakersHour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MakersHour</span></a></p>
Hammerhand Workshop<p>A1: Next week I am hoping to move forward on my return to working on my R2D2. I need to cut a bunch of these shapes to make the layered shoulders, and I ruined the first 8 with one slip on the router table. I thought the hardest part would be cutting the master templates precisely, and it is tough, but the hardest part turns out to be not screwing up.</p><p><a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/MakersHour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MakersHour</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/makershour" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>makershour</span></a></span></p>
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