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How To: Make an overhead storage rack

Tired of all that lumber on the floor of your garage? Need some innovative storage ideas that keep your stuff out of your way? In this tutorial, Danny Lipford teaches you how to create an overhead storage rack for storing lumber or any other long tool. With this step by step how to video you can store things in your new overhead rack.

How To: Crochet patterns

Changing patterns is easy once you get the simple basic stitch idea in your mind. With consistency, you can complete a large blanket without trouble. Watch this instructional crochet video for some advice on how to count out stitches with a complex crochet pattern.

How To: Play banjo licks on a two note melodic scale in G

This banjo tutorial goes over working with a two note melodic scale in G major to form ideas for licks. This lesson teaches you improvisational techniques on the banjo. You will also learn the 3 different types of the melodic scales. Watch this how to video and you will be able to play banjo licks on a two note melodic scale in G major.

How To: Use a tablesaw

Whenever I have a new student in the shop, I try to convey what if feels like when something is going wrong on the tablesaw. This may seem like an abstract idea, but knowing how to identify a problem before it goes too far could give you that extra second or two you need to prevent disaster. This woodworking video tutorial reviews common safety items for a table saw and how to use a tablesaw properly.

How To: Make a graffiti type airbrush

This tutorial video should help you make a "graffiti pen" with: a felt tip marker (not dried out), pliers, a hollowed out pen, and some paper. This is a great makeshift idea if you're trapped in school and don't have any sort of graffiti implement but you still want to fight the man.

How To: Master jazz drum fills

This lesson teaches four basic jazz drum fills that you can use with the jazz drum beats we teach here at FreeDrumLessons.com. These patterns are fairly basic, but will enable you to eventually start creating your own unique patterns. Start by mastering these fills, and then modify them with your own ideas.

How To: Play a drum fill on your snare drum

What is a drum fill? Simply put, it is a short rhythmic idea played by the drummer to fill a space at the end of a vocal or instrumental phrase. All you need is a drum kit with a snare drum, and you're set. Just don't steal it, please.

How To: Create interactive presentations with VoiceThread

John explores some ideas on how you might use VoiceThread, a newcomer in the diverse Web2.0 space, that allows you to post pictures and video online and get input from others through voice-enabled comments. VT has some really cool possibilities for the educator. For now, at least, you can get a Pro-account as an educator and set up identities to use for students in your classroom. Teachers can also use VT to post presentations with narration.

How To: Origami a tetrahedra

OKay, so this video is not the easiest to follow. But you get the basic idea - this stop motion video shows you in slow motion (without any hands blocking your view) how to assemble an origami tetrahedra.

How To: Prepare buttered prawns with egg floss

If you're looking for a sumptuous dinner idea tonight, why not try this buttered prawn dish with egg floss? We know that "egg floss" sounds weird (no, it's not like tooth floss), but it's actually those really thin, tender pieces of egg that float in egg drop soups. They're an attractive way to add flavor to any dish.