Contents
06 Top Projects
You’re a clever bunch, you lot
16 Objet 3d’art
Additive automotive manufacturing
20 Meet the Maker: Michael Dales
Meet the Leo Fender of the makerspace
24 Columns
Shoot down some pesky UFOs
26 Letters
Repair your stuff, repair the Earth. Simple
28 Kickstarting
Control paper aeroplanes from a smartphone
30 Rockets
Powered flight at the International Rocket Week
32 Space of the month
Radiona: a hub of learning in beautiful Zagreb
36 Forged in foam
Inspiring builds from a master of cosplay
42 Halloween
Darkness falls across the land; the making hour is close at hand
58 How I Made: Rackety Raccoon
Incorporate a dead animal into a synthesizer
64 Volcanology
Affordable science with the team from Sheffield University
72 Improviser’s toolbox Socks
Warm, comforting makes for cold toes
06 SPARK 41 LENS
Cover Feature
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Stick things together with fire
and hot metal
Tutorial
Learn to braze
School of making:
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