Dude Crafts - by Mike Warren (Hardcover)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>60 projects showing readers how to do things like craft an iPad cover from an old book, re-purpose an electric jigsaw into a martini shaker, fashion a Swiss army knife for your keys, or outfit an unsuspecting co-worker's office chair with an air horn. Each project is accompanied by a parts list and step-by-step photo instructions--<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><b><i>Dude Crafts</i> is loaded with more than 50 slightly twisted, but somehow useful, projects that will keep crafty men out of trouble (or, sometimes, in it).</b> <p/> Whether making life easier with ingenious hacks or providing self-amusement, the <b>50 projects </b>presented in <i>Dude Crafts</i> are sure to get any guy's creative wheels turning. These DIY projects will get you on the path to developing your own creations, and impressing your friends. <p/> You'll learn how to: <ul><li>Craft an iPad cover from an old book</li><li>Build a metal forge out of a busted microwave</li><li>Cook a meal in the dishwasher</li><li>Re-purpose an electric saw into a cocktail blender</li><li>Fashion a Swiss army knife for your keys</li><li>Outfit an unsuspecting co-worker's office chair with an air horn</li></ul>Each project is accompanied by a<b> parts list</b> and <b>step-by-step photo instructions </b>to get you building; often by hacking subpar stock goods or upcycling discarded objects into functional works of art and conversation pieces. No matter how off-kilter the project may appear on the surface, it's sure to payoff as a<b> useful tool</b>, an<b> art piece</b>, the <b>punch line to a practical joke</b> or, best of all, a <b>combination of all three</b>. <p/> Whatever the motive--to solve a problem, to play a joke, or for self-entertainment--<i>Dude Crafts </i>will<b> get dudes off the sofa</b> and into the workshop!<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>Dude Crafts will get dudes off the sofa and into the workshop!--<i><b>DC Metro</b></i><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><p><b>Mike Warren</b> is a designer and inventor based in San Francisco. His work combines electronics, woodworking, and reuse. His open-source work is carefully documented to inspire and encourage others to remix his projects and share the results. Warren won <i>The New York Times</i> Innovation Whiteboard in 2012 for his umbrella light (an illumination device retrofitted into the shaft of an umbrella to indicate location to others in the dark) and was the favorite selected by James Dyson. Warren is also the author of a maker book for young adults, <i>23 Things to Do Before You are 11 1/2</i>, among other titles, and served as the technical editor for the young adult fiction <i>Dewey Mac, Kid Detective</i>. His work has been featured in <i>Popular Science</i>, <i>The New York Times</i>, <i>Wired</i>, BoingBoing, Vsauce, and elsewhere. He is currently a designer for Instructables and Autodesk, where he shares DIY tutorials.</p>
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