Manual de Supervivencia Maker

The Maker Survival Guide will be composed of multiple practical notes that will help introduce the reader to the maker world using open technologies. The book will explain how to 3D print an object, how to make silicone rubber moulds with low cost technologies or how to take your first steps with Arduino, as well as many other topics. We will also publsh instructions for more advanced projects such as how to create your own holograms or how to synthesize sound with the help of fresh fruit.

The proposed index for the "Manual of Maker Survival" is as follows:

• Introduction to the maker movement.

• FAQ .

• Working in a workshop (O).
  Tools.
  Precautions.
  ** Experience at Makespace Madrid: hints, errors, lessons learned.

• Electronics with Arduino.
  Introduction to Arduino.
  Getting started with Arduino.
  Practical examples using Arduino.
  Other Arduino variants and derivatives (O).
  ** Arduino Yún (O) .

• Internet of Things or how to connect objects to internet.
  What is an Internet of Things.
  Bluetooth and mobile connectivity.
  How to connect a thermometer to the web.
  Processing and Android, how to use it to connect your objects through your mobile.(O)

• 3D Printing.
  Introduction to 3D printing using free hardware and software.
  Clone Wars project - genealogy and miracles (O)
  Design for 3D printing.
  3D printing workflow.
  Hints to callibrate your 3D printer. (O)
  Recycling plastic: extruder machine to make 3D printing plastic filament

• Milling for PCB production.
  Introduction to milling.
  Preparing the workspace and precautions.
  Workflow to produce PCBs.
  Other uses of desktop milling machines. Practical examples with step by step instructions. (O)

• Laser cutting.
  Introduction to laser cutting.
  Preparing the workspace and precautions.
  ** Workflow.

• Silicone rubber molds.
  Introduction to creating low-cost silicone rubber molds.
  Preparing the workspace and precautions.
  ** Workflow to make one-sided molds and casting with rigid polyurethane.

• Vinyl cutting.
  Introduction to vinyl cutting.
  Workflow.

• Step-by-step instructions to replicate our best projects. (O)
  Holograms.
  Sound synthesis with fresh fruit.
  ** Using "sugru" for daily tasks.

• Interesting maker initiatives, spaces and projects running in Spain.

• Glossary.

The final content of the book may change slightly as we move forward with the project. Topics marked with an (O) will only be written if we reach the optimal level of funding.

This project is aimed at everyone who wants to know more about the maker culture and its creative tools: digital manufacturing, open source software and design, collaborative creation, etc..

These tools will enable you to create all types of different projects in a simple and economic way. Many projects begin as scribbles sketched on a napkin and then take shape as prototypes before reaching its final form as a product. We at Makespace Madrid want to share our knowledge so that more people can start making and launching their own projects.

The aim of the campaign is to create this digital book about maker culture. The book should help you to take your first steps in the world of rapid prototyping.

We also want this campaign to highlight the work made at similar spaces in different parts of Spain, letting them share their progress, learnings and current projects.

Our Goteo campaign is organised in two levels. If we reach the basic level of funding, we will create the core guide that will cover all the technologies listed in the index. If we reach the optimal level of funding, we will write a more comprehensive book that will include addtional chapters, tutorials and step by step instructions. These extra topics are marked in the index with an (O).

Additionally we will hold online meetings to explore in a more relaxed way the different topics covered in the book. In each of these hangouts, we will gather members of Makespace Madrid and other experts and let them share their experiences. All these meetings will be recorded and released later.

Makespace Madrid is a community of more than fifty people, with hands-on and teaching experience on all the topics covered in the book. Each topic will be explained in the format of a practical note that will make it easier for the reader to understand and apply the technologies. The contents are being developed by members of Makespace Madrid who have mastered the techniques by applying them in their own projects at the space..

In 2013, Makespace organized the Hardware Freedom Day and the Software Freedom Day in Madrid, We also organised over 20 open workshops on Arduino and 3D printing.

Two members of the space have working experience in print layout and in paper printing to format the digital book,and publish the paper book.

We have participated likewise in multiple online conferences and meetings similar to the ones that we plan to organise in parallel to the publication of the book.