While at the National Prepper and Survialist Expo I saw a really cool product, and the vendor (Deployed Logix) was nice enough to give me this Hydropack Water Purifier to review and test out. I have read about this technology before, but I have not had the opportunity to review it before. According to the manufacturer: […]
Category: Equipment and Book Reviews
Things we use or read to make DGW homestead work better.
The Complete Guide to Sharpening
In The Complete Guide to Sharpening, a well known tool maker shows how to sharpen different types of tools. Being able to create and maintain an edge on cutting tools is a base skill for any homesteader, prepper, or DIY’erPresident Lincoln is credited with saying that if you have 2 hours to cut a tree, […]
Gear Review: Valley Food Storage White Bean Chili
Valley food storage is a great company. They have a very high quality product as well the ability to buy storage foods À la carte or as part of a program. You can buy their good tasting food storage foods (suitable for everyday eating also) in set ups like one week or one month […]
Quick and Dirty Transformer Design and Construction
Quick and Dirty Transformer Design and Construction is a small book of48 pages. Basically it reprints two articles for transformer builders: 1. Design and Building Transformers, Technical Service Bureau Bulletin D-111, 1938, second edition. 2. Induction Coils by Charles Underhill, extracted from Standard Handbook For Electrical Engineers, 1922. Basic understanding of transformer design is a […]
Jackknife Lockpick Review
While I don’t often need lock-picks, I do find the ability to pick locks fascinating. There are groups and conventions dedicated to the mechanical skill needed to bypass locking mechanisms. It take a keen mechanical mind to develop lock picking techniques. This Jackknife Lockpick is a really neat way to keep lock-picks readily available for […]