THE MAKER’S ULTIMATE TOOLS

The tools we use — or wish we could get our hands on.

By Saul Griffith

Here’s what would go into an extremely expensive ideal toolbox for someone who wants to be able to make pretty much anything, from ultimate fighting robots to hybrid go-karts, and even play around with microelectromechanical systems. You can and will make do without these, but in a perfect world, where the streets are paved with socket wrenches, these five tools would be in your basement. For the complete list, turn to page 46. For an ultimate tools narrative, go to makezine.com/03/ultimate.

image

3D Printer, $25,000

zcorp.com/products/printers.asp

This ...

Get Make: Technology on Your Time Volume 03 now with the O’Reilly learning platform.

O’Reilly members experience books, live events, courses curated by job role, and more from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers.