Dustin Davis

Dustin Davis grew up in Las Cruces, New Mexico with a habit of taking things apart to see how they worked — and not always putting them back together. Teacher explanations were never quite enough. He needed to know why, which meant a lot of disassembled electronics and patient parents.

That same curiosity carried him through DJing in college and into his twenties, discovering 3D printing, and eventually down the rabbit hole of CNC routers, laser engravers, and every other tool that lets a person turn an idea into something physical. These days he lives in Colorado with his wife Amber and their four kids — twin daughters who are sixteen going on unstoppable, a seven-year-old who's already asking how things work, and a two-year-old who is mainly asking about snacks. When he's not in the shop, he's camping, chasing everything the Colorado outdoors has to offer, or finding some new piece of technology to obsess over.

The Makers Workshop series grew out of a simple frustration: most beginner guides are either too vague to be useful or too technical to be readable. Dustin writes the books he wishes had existed when he was starting out — practical, specific, and written by someone who's made all the mistakes already so you don't have to.