From Davehax.com. Here is a great little soda can project that you can do in a couple of hours. As with a lot of the projects we post, be sure to have plenty of adult supervision. It is super…
Make a Coca Cola Truck from Aluminum Cans
Category: How To
How to Make a Simple Airsoft Machine Gun
(via YouTube) This is a follow up video to my airsoft minigun project that was posted in 2011. This version of a cloud BBMG is less expensive and much easier to build. This model is also well suited for a…
Make Your Own Video Games and Animations with Scratch
We have been using some “program your own video game” software lately, such as Kodu, Alice and Greenfoot. These are cool programs, but we just found Scratch (from the MIT Media Lab). For a brand new beginner, Scratch is hands…
How to Tie a Celtic Knot Heart
From TyingItAllTogether: The Celtic Heart Knot is the woven realization of a design I saw etched into a friend’s ring. Stunningly simple, yet at the same time perfectly evocative of a heart, the knot looks amazing as a center piece…
How to Build a Spring Snare Trap
Reggie’s Outdoor has a great video about how to build a snare trap. This is a simple trap that can be easily built in survival situations.
Make a Figure 4 Deadfall Trap
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I24CHStwFt0 Hunteddown848 posted a great design for making an improved deadfall trap. These traps are simple and effective when properly constructed. Only use these in a survival situation, though (don’t just kill squirrels).
Build a Simple Electric Motor
Here is another great weekend or cub-scout meeting project. It uses two safety pins (I used wire soldered to the battery with a loop on the end), a D-cell battery, about 24 inches of light gauge wire, and some shellac…