Chapter 2. DIT (Do-It-Together)
I thought I was pretty original: starting from the very beginning, getting back to the basics, and really trying to understand how things are made. But about three months into my Zero to Maker journey, I came across a story that made my approach and experience seem pretty tame. I learned about Thomas Thwaites and his heroic attempt to build a toaster from scratch. He started with the rawest of materials—copper, iron ore, melted plastic—and set out to end up with the cute little appliance that graces many a kitchen counter.
His story began in 2008 when Thwaites, then a student at the Royal College of Art and Design in the United Kingdom, first hatched his now infamous Toaster Project.[3] His inspiration was a line ...
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