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Lego Kid’s Farm Equipment is Amazing (video)

December 11, 2011
Lego Kid’s Farm Equipment is Amazing (video)

Warren Seely tore apart his first tractor engine when he was six. When he was about 12, he started making farm equipment out of LEGOs. Warren’s LEGO equipment works just like the real thing — only smaller.

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Make an Alcohol Stove (from Soda Cans)

November 2, 2011
Make an Alcohol Stove (from Soda Cans)

If you check these out on YouTube you will see that there are about a million videos on “soda can” or “penny can” stoves.  After watching about an hour of these, I decided this is the one I will try to make.   This would make a great scout project, too.  Don’t burn down the...

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A Great Robot Costume

October 1, 2011
A Great Robot Costume

Ciminyjicket created a great robot costume that can be made from scrap wood, cardboard, and PVC pipe.  The effect is really great. Here are the build notes… Uploaded to YouTube by criminyjicket http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bHGtiRo7_gc Retrieved Tuesday 4th October 2011 9:28 am EDT Here is a little more complicated version of the same idea. I personally...

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How Footballs are Made (video)

August 18, 2011
How Footballs are Made (video)

This video is fascinating.  Did you ever think about how footballs were made?   I had no idea.

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Father and Son at First and Last Space Shuttle Launch

July 13, 2011
Father and Son at First and Last Space Shuttle Launch

I really found this photo amazing.

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RC C-17 Globemaster (Video)

June 16, 2011
RC C-17 Globemaster (Video)

This has to be one of the biggest RC airplanes out there.  Watch it fly…

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World’s Largest Machine

June 1, 2011
World’s Largest Machine

The Bagger 288, built by the German company Krupp for the energy and mining firm Rheinbraun, is a bucket-wheel excavator or mobile strip mining machine. When its construction was completed in 1978, Bagger 288 superseded NASA’s Crawler-Transporter, used to carry the Space Shuttle and Apollo Saturn V launch vehicle, as the largest land vehicle...

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