Using NOTHING but a piece of wood and a knife, you can make endless amounts of strong plastic string that’s …
How to use Aloe Vera leaves (and not get poisoned)
Native to the Caribbean, Latin America and South Africa, the aloe vera plant produces a clear, gelatin-like substance that soothes …
Amazing: Hand cut Japanese dovetail joint.
Theo Cook is the head tutor at Robinson house studio furniture school in the UK. He made this joint for …
How to make moonshine mash. BTW it’s NOT illegal to own a still.
Moonshine mash is a popular way to make an alcoholic beverage using a few basic ingredients. Start by mixing the …
Free light from free energy (just needs magnets and a bulb)
Just a little copper wire, two small sheets of copper, two small neodymium magnets, a 220V light bulb and two strong ferro …
Coffee: Keeps bugs at bay and it’s great for the garden
This guy came up with a great mix of sawdust and coffee to keep mosquitos at bay while he was …
Woah! This paper is made from POOP!
Someone in Sri Lanka figured out a way to make a 100% eco-friendly paper out of….elephant poop! The elephant excretes …
Because it’s bonkers.
I hate waiting for dessert, so here’s a Rube Goldberg machine to streamline dinnertime. It lets me keep eating, with …
War on Waste: Beeswax Food Wraps
Plastic wrap is handy (although a b*tch to get off the roll). Those plastic zippy bags play havoc with the …
Looking for a dream home? Just press PRINT
When it comes to 3D printers, size isn’t an issue. A Chinese company called Winsun has used giant 3D printers …
Like a Lego house, from wood.
This is a home you can put together in a couple of days. (http://www.brikawood-ecologie.fr/home/) It’s insulated with wood chips and …
Who knew? Tips for using your measuring tape efficiently
Watch YouTuber Tom Hintz from the website NewWoodworker.com as he explains the markings on your tape measure. Things like Black Diamonds, …
The Remakery – Let’s cut waste, recycle and learn a skill!
This amazing shop in Edinburgh, Scotland does more than just sell things. It addresses so many more issues than mere …
You thought your jeans were indigo – THIS is indigo!
Your blue jeans don’t hold a flame to Japanese indigo. The true-blue plant dye, Persicaria tinctoria, harvested in Japan, makes clothes fire …
Making a flint and steel from a Nicholson file
David West loves his Nicholson cross-hatched file. As he says, you can pick one of these up for about a …
Step-by-Step Guide: How to grow flax and make linen
Linen is such a hardwearing fabric. But it tends to be expensive. After watching this, you’ll understand why! Thank goodness …
Dry Wall – Ancient and Modern!
Dry walling is an ancient art. In Britain, where land tends to by fenced or hedged, dry wall is an …
5 Reasons House-Building Should Be a Part of High School Curriculum
By now, we’ve grown accustomed to calls for more career and technical education in high school. The reason for these …
DIY ‘firework”
These don’t look like they would meet with any of today’s safety standards but in simpler times I reckon we …
Keeping Halloween Old School – With Apples.
Apple bobbing, also known as bobbing for apples, is a game often played on Halloween. It’s an easy game and …
Look what you can do when you have too much time on your hands!
Behold! The Future. Man hacks Alexa into a Big Mouth Billy Bass. And it’s fantastic. Watch its head at the end. …
Building and installing your own rain barrels is this easy
SAVE MONEY… Rain barrels are not a new idea — people have been using rain barrels, or cisterns, for thousands …
More uses for Aluminum foil than you can shake a stick at
And from Reynolds: SCRUB YOUR DISHES: After baking a lasagna or casserole, easily scrape off stuck on food by using …
How to make your own lump charcoal
If you’re allowed to have a bonfire in your yard, try this great way to use old wood. You get …
VIDEO: Man lays foundations for cabin from wilderness materials.
This amazing Canadian lays the foundations for his own log cabin using salvaged materials. Watch as he starts building his log …
This dude made his own cedar strip canoe. And now so can you.
Want to know how to make and paddle your own cedar strip canoe? Watch this. And go to the YouTube …
Think you’re self-reliant? This dude built a nuclear fusion reactor in his workshop
Doug Coulter used to build signal processing and radio gadgets for our favorite three-lettered intelligence agencies, but for the past …
Turn that old fold-up table into a fancy dining table
Aside from some wood, all you’ll need are an old banquet table, a drop cloth, a miter saw, a drill …
California did something right (for once?)
Many of us dream of a retirement career that satisfies our inner needs rather than our physical ones. Like Mark Stambler …
8 DIY Laundry room solutions for under $400
Short on time, space and patience when it comes to the laundry room. Do what this woman did (or a …