Mechanical Engineering for Makers

Preface

When we sat down to write this book, we wanted to be sure that we didn’t create a manual on the use of certain tools or materials, or provide a reference manual for engineering. Rather, we wanted to convey our passion for making that uses techniques many might see as “garage science,” but are actually based on real engineering principles. Do you have to be a mechanical engineer to read this book or understand the topics? Is it full of math and formulae? Is it going to be a textbook cure for insomnia? Not at all! Do you like to tinker, to fiddle, to build, to make? Or, maybe you wish to learn how to tinker, fiddle, build, or make? Then this book is for you. This book is intended for everyone who has a passion to make mechanical things ...