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Makers Unplugged – Episode #4 – Getting Started

Episode Posted: 12 November 2016

Show Notes: 9 December 2016

CHRONOLOGICAL NOTES

Getting started making things [1:23]

Making mistakes [10:20]

Resources for woodworking [13:00]

Steve Ramsey Woodworking for Mere Mortals [13:20]

http://woodworking.formeremortals.net/

https://www.youtube.com/user/stevinmarin

I Like to Make Stuff [13:28]

http://www.iliketomakestuff.com/

https://www.youtube.com/user/iliketomakestuffcom

Norm Abram [14:25]

http://www.newyankee.com/

Dice Tower design [16:10] This sounds like his own design, do you have a link or photo?

Reasons for joining Makerspace [16:35]

Drunken Woodworker [17:48]

https://www.youtube.com/user/DrunkenWoodworker

Favorite tools [27:00]

Avoiding perfectionism for your first projects [33:15]

Makerspace Slack Channel [33:22] I’m not sure if this is the right slack channel, can you double check?

https://nation-of-makers.slack.com/

Hack a Day blog and Instructables [34:15]

https://hackaday.com/blog/

http://www.instructables.com/

The value of ignoring advice and making your own mistakes [38:55]

Make Magazine [44:57]

http://makezine.com/

Tips for a crazy idea [45:23]

Sunk-cost fallacy [47:35]

The sunk cost fallacy is the behavior of accounting for spent resources that can’t be recovered in making decisions for the future.

http://www.lifehack.org/articles/communication/how-the-sunk-cost-fallacy-makes-you-act-stupid.html

Upcoming projects [49:48]

Wet-molding leather techniques [53:48]

Aaron’s phases as a Maker [56:38]

McMaster-Carr and Harbor Freight [59:25]

https://www.mcmaster.com/

http://www.harborfreight.com/

Dustin’s phases as a Maker [1:03:20]

Open Source Software: Blender, Lightworks, Unity [1:05:52]

Blender: 3D rendering https://www.blender.org/

Lightworks: Video editing https://www.lwks.com/

Unity: Game development https://unity3d.com/