Lighting is very important for Preppers, campers, and honestly everybody else. Today’s article will show how to make a lamp out of an old wine bottle. This works well as a tiki torch, and can be used outside with citronella oil to repel bugs. Besides being a source of light and a way to repel […]
Category: How To (How I Did)
You could call this a How To – but people often tell me I did it wrong – now to be fair you can’t really tell me I can’t do it that way, when the video shows I actually DID do it that way – so to cool down the hateraide – lets just call this HOW I DID
How to Fix Loose Micro-USB Cables
Every experience the frustration of when you phone port breaks and Can’t Charge Your Cell Phone unless you do all manner of acrobatics to hold the cable JUST RIGHT. The video shows how I made a simple hack to fix the problem. Well this does not exactly fix the problem, but it does give […]
How to Build a Tarp Shelter Using Canopy Fittings
I wanted a cheap solution to roofing my goat kennel, and since I had a lot of conduit left over from my geo-dome experiments and I have been thinking of roofing solutions using ferrocement, I decided to try using EMT conduit connectors to make a conduit tarp shelter. This EMT conduit tarp shelter is […]
How to Start Spoon Carving
Spoon carving is one of those things that can be very elegant and skill intensive. Alternatively, it can be simple and functional. There are a lot of specialized tools available and much in the way of instructions online. Today I just want to go into the basics of spoon carving. I don’t have a […]
How to Baton Wood With a Knife
Batoning wood is a common bushcraft/survival technique in which a strong knife. The technique can be used to split wood. I am showing it here because it is a good technique and useful and is necessary to know to get to my next post – which is basic spoon carving. How to Baton Wood Equipment: […]