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Kids DIY – How to Build a Children’s Playhouse using Pallets and Old Wood!

Posted on December 4, 2009 by max

For those of you have some carpenter skills and tools with growing kids, you might want to consider building one of these neat playhouses using pallets and old wood.  FYI, pallets can usually be purchased rather cheap at around $5 each.  Plus, a lot of furniture stores throw away bunch of pallets on a daily basis, if you know someone in the furniture district, you might be able to get the pallets for free.

Try using shipping pallets and reclaimed wood to build your kids a funky playhouse.  Or use it as a shed.

Not only was this project fun, I also travelled a lot a

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Home DIY – How to Build a Backyard Deck!

Posted on November 21, 2009 by max

One of these days when I own my own house, I will surely build my own backyard deck. (and document every step on this blog)  But for those of you lucky enough to own your house and don’t have a deck (rather just cement), see this great article on how to build a backyard deck.

Pretty nice, eh? Two hard winters and one backyard wedding later, it still looks great. Even though the dogs have worn a path down the middle of it while charging daily from

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PC Hack – How to Build a Whiskey Bottle PC!

Posted on November 2, 2009 by max

Need some great ideas for making a custom PC?  How about this Whiskey Bottle PC?

I am sure it’s going to take some thought and time before you can finish this project but these pics should help you and be confident that it can indeed be done.

I love to tinker with hardware etc. so I wanted to make something quite unique for a case. I have seen many nice and creative cases before but none of them were made out of a bottle. In November I bought an industrial 3.5″

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Survival DIY – How to build a Burmese Tiger Pit(Trap)?

Posted on October 17, 2009 by max

I just had a random thought, what if you were for some reason stuck in the wild forests or mountain and you had to deal with Tigers or other animals who were hungry to get you?

Well, just for that reason, for protecting yourself, you might want to learn how to build a tiger pit (trap).

Pretty simple but a good knowledge to know for survival.

first you need to dig a hole about 4 feet deep then sharpen about 20 three feet tall poles about an inch around then stick them pointing straight up then cover the pit with small sticks and leaves

But really, I am against kil

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WiFi DIY – How to Build a WiFi Cantenna!

Posted on October 9, 2009 by max
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Here’s a really cool instructional video on how to build a WiFi cantenna. This can be a great way to extend the range of your USB WiFi dongle to receive your neighbor’s WiFi signals.  Of course, you can probably use the same method for increasing range on your broadband card too.

video://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NVjN9EK7B0E

Another video on how to build a WiFi cantenna:

video://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IoPhkW5t7sI

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Time Lapse Video of How to Build a Race Car in 22 Hours!

Posted on October 5, 2009 by max

Here’s an incredible (worth-watching) time-lapse video that shows you how to build an Acura racecar in under 22 hours, WOW. – link

If these guys worked in real car factories, we’d probably have a very efficient factory for sure.

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PC DIY – How to Build a Killer Gaming PC!

Posted on March 31, 2009 by max

If you’ve already learned how to build a PC in a rather fast-fashion of 10 minutes or under, you might be interested to know about how to build a killer gaming PC.

ExtremeTech.com has a great detailed tutorial on how to build your next killer gaming PC using the latest hardware.

Of course, the one secret about building a killer gaming PC is to use the latest and the best hardware, this tutorial will never stop.

Our goal isn&#

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Why Build a Teardrop Trailer

Posted on March 8, 2009 by max

Why build a teardrop caravan?

Way back when in the 90s yours truly was the proud owner of a Ford Transit Camper. High top, gas cooker, 2 berth (although regularly slept 5-6, the 6th usually being Steve accross the front seats with feet out of the window) 2.5 diesel engine and ample storage.

After several years of foraying on inter city jaunts at home and abroad with mountain bike in back, it’s health rapidly deteriated. Noises began appearing where they shouldn’t, ie. not the usual camper van rattles and bangs from the back, cupboard doo

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DIY – How to Make/Build a Paintball Silencer!

Posted on July 11, 2008 by max

Now, you can become a serial paintball killer by making this paintball silencer.

via instructables

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DIY HACK – Build your own Altoids Digital Thermometer!

Posted on May 7, 2007 by max

Here’s a fun little project Digital Thermometer DIY that you can read and make your own with an Altoids can!

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This instructable will show you how to create a multifunction platform with a thermometer, chronograph (count up timer), count down timer, and light display. It is also intended to be a platform for other analog s

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