A few weeks ago we showed how to make a small rocket stove using a recycled #10 can and a few old soup cans. It was a cool project, but I quickly got a couple emails from people wanting to see how to actually use the darn thing. It is pretty simple and I am […]
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 Repair Stripped Screw Holes
There really isn’t a need for a big article today as this was just a quick on the fly video I made as I repaired stripped screw holes at my home. I came home from the store to my back door wide open and the bottom hinge ripped free from the frame. First, before […]
How to Flush the Toilet When the Water is Off
While remodeling my bathroom and having my water turned off I realized that some people (my wife being one of them) may not know how to flush the toilet when the water is off. Because of this I wanted to share a simple disaster pooping tip. This simple video shows a basic concept that […]
How to Make a Penny Battery
Making a penny battery is not a practical project. However, it is a practical bit of knowledge to keep in the back of your head. I used this knowledge to build a larger battery in a mason jar. The same type of science is what makes Edison Batteries work. What we are making today is […]
How to Make a Hot Wire Cutter
I have wanted to build a hot wire cutter for some time. Once I found out that Styrofoam could be used to make patterns for aluminum casting. This is because it would burn out in a manner similar to lost wax casting. I knew it was just a matter of time before I had […]