Headed Out? Don't Forget Your Maker Bag!

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By David Lang
Posted 2012/11/11 @ 11:11 am
Category Tools, Workshop

Rio Akasaka sent me a photo of his Maker/Hacker Bag, the travel-size companion he takes to all the different hackathons he attends. Genius!

Do you have a Maker bag like this? What’s in it?

In the Maker Shed

BeagleBoard BeagleBone Black

Telegraph Decoder Kit by Spikenzie Labs

Arduino Uno Rev 3 (Make SMD Version)

Tux Case for Raspberry Pi

11 Responses to Headed Out? Don’t Forget Your Maker Bag!

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Jeremy Bloyd-Peshkin on November 11th, 2012 at 11:32 am said:

I put together a single box before I went to the NYC maker faire that had all the tools I would need to fix my power wheels racer. If you re like me and need to carry a fairly large “essential” kit, then these boxes (http://www.harborfreight.com/18-x-13-x-6-aluminum-case-69315.html) are great. They come full of diced foam so all the tools are padded in their own dedicated space.

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sshusss on November 11th, 2012 at 11:34 am said:

David – great post. We need to get you a Maker’s Notebook for your bag… think the reference materials could also come in handy!

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nisker on November 11th, 2012 at 12:47 pm said:

I don’t have bag as such but a small kit that I bring when I’m heading for my local hacker space http://nisker.net/projects/mini-electronics-toolstorage-box/

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Ryan on November 11th, 2012 at 6:17 pm said:

As a university student, I spend a lot of time travelling and going to robotics competitions and this kind of thing always comes up.

Normally a week before we travel I make a list of every tool I touch so I can throw them all in a box. I’ve been meaning to make a more permanent set of portable tools.

I did this a while back for my RC gear, was very quick with a laser cutter:
http://img852.imageshack.us/img852/2687/dsc0052si.jpg
http://img839.imageshack.us/img839/6457/dsc0053v.jpg

I hope to buy a few mezzi XXT cases off ebay and do the same for my entire set of tools.

I’ve found the biggest PITA when hacking on the go is finding wall power. It isn’t practical to have a full set of cordless tools so I’ve been thinking about gluing a large LiFe to an Inverter.

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Keith Brown on November 11th, 2012 at 10:53 pm said:

Mine has soldering iron, solder, solder wick, etc, and ~300 LEDs, few hundred various resistors, couple arduinos, ac adaptor, power jacks, usb to serial adaptor, avrasp, and an assortment of buttons. Basically a good assortment of the basics.

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Jeannine Huffman on November 12th, 2012 at 7:14 am said:

…this Maker Bag, and the projects associated with the gadgets it contains, could be an invaluable educational opportunity.

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smthin on November 14th, 2012 at 9:18 am said:

What is a bohemian engineering notebook?

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MakerBlock on January 30th, 2013 at 4:47 pm said:

Reminds me of this similar techie-backpack-autopsy –
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/tech/mclurkin-backpack.html

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