Make: Like The Pioneers

Preface

The book you are holding in your hand is a departure from the usual Make: book.

In this book you won’t find any robots, drones, Arduinos, Raspberry Pi’s, or smart entities in the Internet of Things.

What you will find are fire bows and homemade cider, pressed paper and hand-sewn books, crafted chairs to sit in while you read them, and a sculpted lamp to light the night.

You’re holding a book about living like a pioneer—perhaps like the pioneers of the American West prior to 1890, perhaps like anyone trying to pioneer a new life for themselves with minimal assistance (or interference) from the greater civilization around us.

This book is a collection of old projects that have appeared in the pages of Make: over the past 10 years. But ...