Make: Like the Pioneers - Print

You may have mastered Arduino and 3D printing, but what will you make when the power goes out? This book, featuring projects drawn from previous issues of Make: and Craft:, features projects you can build with little or no technology. Whether it's making your own cider or starting a fire with a bow drill, the projects in this book will let you keep Making even when you're away from civilization. Whether you're on a camping trip or fortifying the last human settlement against hordes of zombies, you'll find something in this book that will keep you happy, engaged, and most important of all . . . alive!

Projects Included

• Make your own bacon soap
• Light a matchless fire
• Cider-making 101
• Make your own paper and bind your own book
• Create a 'fool's stool,' a Rok-Bak chair, and learn to lash
• Pickle grapes and beets
• Brine and roast a turkey
• Make a Da Vinci Reciprocating Machine
• Craft your own oil lamp like cave dwellers of yore!