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Drinking Glasses from Wine Bottles

Making drinking glasses from wine bottles has been around for years, and while it is relatively easy to cut a bottle, making a nice useful drinking glass is a little more difficult. Yeah, I can go to...

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Water Lint Trap From a 5 Gallon Bucket for All Seasons

Vent warm humid air into your house from the dryer. Don't send your nice heated air outside. When it warms up outside, quickly configure the lint trap to vent to the outdoors and save your air...

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Self filling water bowl

This instructable  stems from my being lazy and my very large dog that drinks lots of water.  I doubt this idea would scale down for a small dog but it works great for for 5 gal buckets.  The photos i...

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How to Make a Spot Welder - for Cheap!!

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Hydroponic Food Factory

Build your own outdoor hydroponic system to grow Potatoes, Strawberries, Lettuce and Celery!I have been interested in hydroponics from a very young age when a relative gave me a "grow light".Being...

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DIY Bicycle Turn Signals

Living in a city, I use my bike as means of transit, riding from home to work, work to studio, errands, etc. When I ride at night, I am often concerned if other vehicles/people on the road can see my...

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Pallet Planter

Use pallets to make planters or plant pots.By: sladekContinue Reading »

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How to make a bowl from a flat plank

This instructable will show how to make a bowl from a single plank of wood, using only a jig saw and wood glue, the bowl could be mounted on a lathe to clean it up but is not necessary. This is a great...

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Swedish Torch

If you have access to a chainsaw some dry softwood and a Swede here's a great way to make a self-contained camp fire with integrated pot supports!By: joshContinue Reading »

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How to fix your swamp cooler ("Overclock" it 50%)

Swamp coolers work ok until it reaches 94 degrees. At that point, they stop cooling as well, because the pump can not get enough water on the pads to keep them wet. So by increasing the amount of water...

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Make a real Viking Stool

This is a real viking stool. We have many archaeological findings of this kind of stool. Lots of sizes and shapes, even some with a hole in the seat probably used as a toilet seat.The common...

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How to Make a Soup Can Forge

The above video details the process I used to create a simple and inexpensive propane forge from commonly available materials. In the video below this forge is put to use for the first time making a...

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Making a brass pocket flask

I'am educating myself to be a proper wood chop teacher, have been working as it for four years and mostly need the degree to get a steady job and decent pay. One of the many tasks we got was to make "a...

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Arduino Chicken Coop Controller

Over the last few years my family has been keeping ex-battery hens - they are about 18 months old and have had a horrendous life kept cooped up in small cages in large warehouses.  As much as we love...

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Cheap and Easy Vintage Style Weatherproofed Gear

The look and functionality of a waxed cotton jacket - like those made by Filson, Belfast, and Barbour - is hard to beat. Water resistant, easily repairable and timeless these coats look good new but...

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How to Measure and Mark with Precision

Measuring is the first step in wood-working. The second step is to make a mark on the measured point. The combination of the two processes—measuring and marking—forms the foundation of accurate work....

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Make your own smart watch

Most IT companies participate in the race to grab people’s wrist. A smart watch becomes the most significant item in a wearable device category. You can easily find this mood in this link, there are...

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How to turn an old-school rotary phone into an input device.

Rotary phones are great for beginner hackers. They're not very complicated: for the most part, you can just look at the wires and guess what most of them control. Slip a microcontroller in, and you...

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Cheap and effective Sous Vide cooker (Arduino powered)

Sous-vide cooking is a great new way of cooking food. I will not explain why and how it works here... for great recipes and explanations, you can check out those guys :...

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Functional Leather Respirator

Being a creative, hands-on person, you've probably worn a disposable dust mask many times during your projects. You've also undoubtedly noticed their limitations: They're uncomfortable, they get...

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