Four Easy Ways to Heat Your House Without Electricity
There’s nothing that will halt your normal day-to-day life more than a power outage in the dead of winter. An extended winter power outage is,...
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Blacksmithing 101: How to Make a Forge and Start Hammering Metal
What We Used Ridgid Peddinghaus Model 12 anvil: Strike hot metal on this 275-pound anvil and it rings like a bell. Popular Mechanics editors Roy Berendsohn...
D.I.Y: Powerful Takedown Bow From Downhill Skis Under $20
Skis are an excellent material to use for the limbs of a bow. First off, they are uniform. You won’t have to worry about inconsistencies...
Emergency Lights When The Grid Will Be Fried: How To Make A Shake Flashlight
This shake flashlight uses no batteries or bulbs. Instead it uses Faraday’s Principle of Magnetic Induction and a bright LED to produce light without batteries....
DIY: Building a Simple Fresnel Solar Cooker
Fresnel Solar Cooker Cooking is a rather natural use for solar power. We all know how the sun warms things that it strikes, leaving the...
33 Ways Duct Tape Can Save Your Life When SHTF
Modern duct tape, the kind easy to tear by hand yet strong and moisture resistant, was developed for use by the US Army in World...
Top 50 Emergency Uses for Your Camera Phone
In an emergency you’ll need to provide and receive help, and after it’s over, you’ll have to return, repair and rebuild. Central to this is...
How to Make a Simple Fire Piston Out of Hardward Store Material
This is how I make my own fire pistons out of normal commercially available hardware store material. There are, off course, numerous other ways to...
Vegetable Can Rocket Stove Build
I’m sure you’ve seen those #10 rocket stoves by now and maybe you’ve even tried to make one. I’ve done so in the past and...
How To Cast Your Own Bullets
Why do you want to cast your own bullets? Someone once said that if you aren’t casting your own bullets you really aren’t reloading. There’s...
How To Build a 400sqft Solar Powered Off Grid Cabin for $2000 [Video]
How to build a nice small off grid cabin powered by solar panels. Lamar Alexander built this cute little 400 square foot cabin for approximately $2000,...
Build This Cozy Cabin For Under $4,000
Rays of early-morning sunlight gently peek through the windows, easing you awake. Looking down from the sleeping loft, you see everything you need: a...