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Golf DIY – How to Make Kid’s Golf Clubs!

Posted on November 9, 2009 by max

Over the weekend, I had the pleasure of making couple kid’s clubs, all custom-fitted to fit one of my friend’s daughters.  You see, the golfing world still doesn’t make enough different sizes for golfers under 5 years of age.  Meaning the only way to get your kids to play golf early in life is to cut existing clubs or make them yourself.

Well, I’ve documented the process while I was making these super-short golf clubs detailing how to cut the golf shaft, put the ferrule on, install the clubhead, and also install the golf grip.

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Beer DIY – How to Make Massive DIY Wort Cooler!

Posted on November 9, 2009 by max
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Making your own brew of beers will take some cooling with the use of a wort cooler.(I think)

This home brewer has built his own MASSIVE DIY Wort Cooler, this might be indeed useful for those of you who like to tinker.

A 5 meter length of pipe is filled with dry sand, This is tamped down firmly and then the pipe is capped. I did this by standing on top of my garage so I could reach 5 meters high (over 16 ft) and I then filled the pipe with d

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Fashion DIY – How to Make Nuts and Bolts Necklace!

Posted on November 9, 2009 by max
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It seems like designers all over the world are implementing more brick and mortar hardware parts to their jewelry designs.  Well, here’s how to make one of those, using a vast array of nuts and bolts.  This might look actually look pretty good on you ladies.

Basically, in order to make this necklace, I purchased from the Home Depot plumbing section:

*1 pack of 3/4 x 3/4 straight couplings (5 to a pk) *2 packs of 1/2″ compression nuts (3 to a pk) *1 pack of 5/8″ compression nuts (3 to a pk)

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Food Hack – How to Make Turkey Gravy!

Posted on November 5, 2009 by max
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Thanksgiving holiday is around the corner and you might want to learn how to make turkey gravy so your turkey will have some nice zesty sauce to go along with.  Of course, don’t forget to make some turkey stuffing too!

via chow

Also see these YouTube videos that show you how to make Turkey Gravy!

video://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CK3Vm37OIz8

video://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3ujw19iS24

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Photography Hack – How to Make a Flash Diffuser with Old Film Canister!

Posted on November 4, 2009 by max
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For those of you who want to need a flash diffuser without spending a lot of money plus ability to add unlimited number of color filters to your DSLR camera, there is a simple photography hack, simply cut out an old film canister and fill it with your favorite colors for filtering!

Want to diffuse the flash and add some color to your photos at the same time? This quick and dirt-cheap trick will get you there. Take pictures in hundreds of different colors using free filters Flash diffuser that holds colored filters, and showing you how to get HUNDREDS of free gel ins

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X-Men Hack – How to Make a Handheld Flame Thrower!

Posted on November 4, 2009 by max
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video://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z2oEP3RWppA

Check out this awesome hack that involves a handheld flame thrower.  There’s some schematics and build details here. The X-men-like handheld flame thrower uses hand gestures to control the amount of flame you want.   I think this is way cool that you can build such a dangerous device but just make sure if you are going to build one, you know exactly what you are doing as even small mistakes could possibly burn your hand off. (so have a f

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Bike Hack – How to Make Bike Handlebar Brake Lights!

Posted on November 4, 2009 by max

Why do bike manufacturers still have no factory-default brake lights?  Well, that’s probably too much added cost but for those of you who with some hacking skills, you might want to consider “hacking” one of these awesome bike handlebar brake lights into your bike bars.

Group riding would be much safer if bikes had brake lights.  The lack of brake lighting on bicycles has lead to the audio cues of “SLOWING” or “STOPPING” being shouted a

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Lock Hack – How to Make a “Secret Knock” Detecting Door Lock!

Posted on November 3, 2009 by max
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Here’s an awesome lock hack that uses Arduino to create a door lock that can detect your “secret knocks” to open the door.  I like everything except that people might be able to hide nearby and hear your “secret knock”.  Regardless of practicality, this is a really awesome hack, perhaps the best door lock hack I’ve seen in awhile.

Seeeeecret knocks? And if we could detect a secret knock, shouldn’t it unlock a door? If you can’t t

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Photography DIY – How to Make a Medium Format Camera!

Posted on November 3, 2009 by max
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Here’s a great DIY showing you how to make a medium format camera from scratch.   I guess these cameras are usually super expensive but this DIY shows you how to make it yourself so you save some money on it too.  Well, I am not a photography experts (yet) but seems like also a great way to learn more about photography in general.

The first thing to do was research of course. To start wi

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Cigarette Hack – How to Make a Battery Lighter!

Posted on November 2, 2009 by max

video://www.metacafe.com/watch/866007/how_to_light_a_cigarette_with_batteries/

Here’s a simple method of using 2 AA batteries and string of wool to light your cigarette for those emergency situations.

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