Music Machines -
make:

We enter the plugged-in world of Tim Kaiser, a maker who fashions experimental musical instruments from scavenged objects. In the Workshop John Park builds a portable trebuchet from plastic plumbing pipe. Circuit bender, Bianca Pettis demystifies the art of soldering and Maker Channel contributors present a Smash Bat that takes moment-of-impact photos, a drum synthesizer played with Skittles, a pedal-powered tennis ball launcher, and an evil mouse that causes the cursor to misbehave whenever touched.

Episode Duration: 26 minutes and 46 seconds

Episode Number: 106

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MAKE: is the DIY series for a new generation.

The 10-part series celebrates "Makers" - the inventors, artists, geeks and everyday folks who mix new and old technology to create new-fangled marvels.

Based on the popular Make magazine, each half-hour episode inspires viewers to invent, revent, recycle, upcycle and act up.

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