How To: Install a sprinkler valve box
Installing a sprinkler valve box can be made easier by using bricks to support the valve box and using crushed rock in the bottom to make it look a little neater.
Installing a sprinkler valve box can be made easier by using bricks to support the valve box and using crushed rock in the bottom to make it look a little neater.
We know that your Thanksgiving dinner guests will be inundated with food during your feast, but it's an awful nice gesture to send them home with something sweet as well. Rather than packing up a huge take out box with turkey leftovers or a piece of pie, why not hand out a small bag full of candies?
In this video, we learn how to make a decorative tissue box cover. First, you will need to get a piece of paper in your choice of color and set your tissue box on top of it. Use different colors of paper to trace out the edges of the box and then you will tape them all together. Make edges off the paper when you trace them so they fold over. When finished, you will put this onto the tissue box. You can also decorate this with any accessories that you would like to add a personal touch to the ...
Got precious items you want to keep safe, but are too beautiful to keep wrapped in storage? Then a shadow box is the perfect way to both preserve your item and show it off. Shadow boxes are boxes are enclosed cases used in dioramas that are designed to let light pass in only through one angle so the object will less likely be damaged by light.
This is a video tutorial in the Home & Garden category where you are going to learn how to use an electrical box extension. Bob Schmidt shows how to use an electrical box extension during remodeling; when adding drywall, tile or wood over existing surfaces. For this you will need a PVC box extension which is designed to fit over the box that is already embedded in the wall. It extends out of the wall which will be covered by the layer of tile or drywall. Disconnect the power source to the plu...
In this video tutorial, viewers learn how to make a cigar box ukulele. This video only focuses one the cigar box for the ukulele. For this task, it is recommended to use a wooden cigarette box with a bottom that is about 1/8" thick. The bottom of the bottom of the box will be used for the front of the ukulele. Wider is better. It should be at least 6" wide and 2 1/2" deep. Remove the paper from the inside the box. Use a scrap tool or warm water if necessary. This video will benefit those view...
Make a blossoming paper flower box with origami, the traditional Japanese folk art of paper folding! This free origami video lesson presents complete instructions on how to make your own flower-shaped boxes from folded paper. For more information, and to get started making paper boxes yourself, take a look!
Looking for a fancy variation on the standard origami gift box? Look no further. With this guide, you'll learn how to make an advanced paper box with origami, the traditional Japanese folk art of paper folding. For more information, including a step-by-step overview of the folding process, as well as to get started making your own colorful gift boxes, watch this free origami lesson.
This video is part of the lawn fawn card series and it explains the making of a card using border punches and a stamp.The materials required are a set card-polka dot basics from paper tray ink.This card has a variety of dots on it. Remove the big open circle polka dot and lay it on the aqrualic and place it on a plastic bock with grids on them.Using a color box cover the stamps with ink.Now place the block over the card so that the grid lines with its length and press on it.The polka dots wil...
In this video the instructor shows how to insert a quick time video into your web page. To do this, first create a text box. It is always good to create a text box first and then insert your movie or flash object or any other media into it because it gives you more control of your object regarding its placement, rapping, and other things by containing it in that box. Now select the Quick Time object and browse to your movie and place it in the box. Now re-size the box to a required size for t...
In this six minute video tutorial, viewers will learn a process for which to make a skateboard "grind box." A skateboard grind box is used for skateboarders to perform certain tricks on and to practice. In this tutorial the narrator goes over the different materials that are required for the grind box, the different tools that are required, and the steps for putting the materials together to form the grind box. By completely viewing this video, viewers will have gained an understanding on the...
To make a paper gift box is one of the simplest projects that you can create on your own. In order to do this you need some materials: a Square of Paper, a Pencil, a Ruler & a Folding Bone. Take any size square of paper and draw two lines diagonally from corner to corner. This will form a large X, marking the center of the square. In turn, fold each corner into the center of the square. Firmly crease the fold. Fold the first corner to the line of the first fold made on the opposite side. Repe...
Learn how to make a simple paper box with this short video. You will need some strong paper like construction paper or light cardboard, a pair of scissors, and tape. For a neater box you will also need a ruler. First you will draw the shape of the box, which looks like a plus sign. Use a ruler for straighter edges. Then you will need to cut out the shape and fold along the lines. Add decorations to your box if desired. Last, you will be taping it to form a box shape.
In this video tutorial learn how to make a jointed flower fairy paper doll sitting on top of a trinket box. You will need three strips of paper and two circles cut out of paper. To create the box, curl the strip with a pencil. Then adhere scotch tape to the strip and tape the strip to the circle to create a box-like structure. Cover the perimeter with a larger strip of paper in whatever design you want to use. Follow these same steps to create a larger box. Fit these two pieces together and a...
This video demonstrates making a mosaic jewelry box. A plain jewelry box is decorated using different shaped pieces of glass. First, round flat glass pieces are glued in the center of the top and sides. Then a ring of glue is put around the circle and rectangular pieces are glued around that. Square tiles are used around the top edge, and odd shaped pieces are used to fill in the rest of the surface area of the box. After it has dried for two hours, a glaze is applied to the entire box. This ...
Have something you want no one else to find? The best hiding places are in plain sight. Follow these steps to create a shockingly sly storage space.
So, you've downloaded Boxee... Experience TV in a brand new way! This video will help you get started.
Make moving a tad less stressful with these tricks to labeling boxes. Learn how to label boxes with this how to video. You will need moving boxes, permanent markers in different colors, duct tape in different colors, and "Fragile" stickers (optional).
This is two part instructional videos demonstrates how to make a stationery box. This box holds standard size cards, 3x3 cards, gift tags, and more. You need to start with a 12" by 12" sqaure of cardstock. Use double stick tape for the key joints. You can decorate your box with store bought cutouts or use recycled paper and ribbons. Good luck!
Watch this instructional metalsmithing video to knit the chainmail box pattern. Use a quality set of pliers to knit this chainmail box pattern for complex chains. Use different widths of wire to make smaller or larger box patterns.
This instructional origami video demonstrates how to fold and origami diamond box. You will need three pieces of origami paper to complete this origami project. This origami diamond box can hold small candies, toys or paperclips. Serve an elegant lunch by arranging snacks in little origami diamond boxes.
In this how to video, John W. Nixon from Eagle Lake Woodworking demonstrates how to build an Arched-Top keepsake made from Cocobolo. This unique arched-top keepsake box is an eye catching item with a unique feature on the inside, a place to frame a picture. The process for making a dovetailed box is detailed in this video, as well as, the procedure for shaping the arched lid. Watch this how to video and you can create an arched top keepsake box to give as a gift or keep for yourself.
Any old box can provide the template for making a gift box. Trace the pattern out onto the desired material, and then cut it out. Watch this video paper design tutorial and learn how to hand make a fancy gift box.
Moving is one chore no one looks forward to. Watch this video tutorial from home improvement expert Danny Lipford to get some tips on how to transport moving boxes from room to room.
This video tutorial shows how to make an origami gift box with base, lid, and dividers. Learn how to fold this gift box using the traditional Japanese art of origami.
This tutorial shows you how to box model (polygonal modeling) a spaceship in Rhino 3D. Take a standard box and explode it, then turn on control points and rebuild it -- and THEN drag shapes out of the box! It's cool -- and pretty fun. Definitely a beginners tutorial.
This beautiful geometric box, which reminds us of midcentury abstract expressionist paintings, is a wonderful handmade way to showcase a Valentine's Day gift for your sweetheart.
Watch this video for instructions on making the Yukki Cross Artemis scythe from the anime / manga Vampire Knight.
While most of us have mailboxes from which we receive our deliveries, some of us still have small slits in our front doors known as letter box holes. This allows for the mailman to deliver mail straight into our homes, which is convenient for all intensive purposes.
In this tutorial, we learn how to make a small folding box for Easter. First, cut a shimmery white piece of card stock to 6" x 8 1/4". After this, score the paper at 2 and 3/8". Then score again at 2 and 7/8", flip it over and do again on the other side. After this, cut the four corners with score lines off, then fold the score lines that are left. Now, grab an Easter stamp and stamp the inside of the box underneath the top flap. Place a candy inside of the box, then fold it up and place an E...
Ryan Howard is one of the greatest power hitters in the game today. In this video, he breaks down his procedure for setting up in the batter's box before taking a pitch. He encourages young players to develop a batter's box routine like his own to ensure that they are in the proper position every time the stand in to bat.
Not sure what to get your sweetheart for her upcoming birthday? Make something handmade for her special day that she will remember for a lifetime! In this video, learn how to build a fabulous jewelry box, perfect to fit and organize her large jewelry box collection in.
The Amazing Origami channel takes you through step by step instructions of how to build a triangle origami box in this video. Six pieces of origami paper, three different colors, are all the supplies you will need to make your very own box! First, separate the origami paper into two groups of three, all three colors should be in both groups. These groups will make the top and bottom of your box. The three pieces of paper used for the bottom will all use the same folding technique, this is als...
If you want to master your skills on origami, you should watch this video. How to make an origami paper box: Find a piece of square paper. Crease the paper in half lengthwise and then again in the other direction. Unfold the paper which should be divided into four sections. Take a corner and fold it up to the center of the paper. Repeat for all four corners. Ensure that the tips all meet in the center for a smaller square. Fold one side of the square up to the center of the box. Unfold and re...
Want to scare the socks off your friend? Give them a bloody finger in a box for a gift... your bloody finger! To complete this prank you will need a small jewelry box, a cotton base, scissors, and ketchup! This trick is great to add to a spooky Halloween party... or: your little sister's birthday.
In an old video posted on YouTube, about how to make a speaker in a tissue box, they got a Kleenex box, foil, motor, and battery. Of course the motor ran off the battery and it made a sound, but there's no way to just plug in the audio jack from your Apple iPhone into the Kleenex box where it's contacts obviously aren't going to touch any electrical contacts and have it work. It's not possible.
A quick tutorial by Facebook engineers on how to create a Comments Box social widget quickly and easily for iframe applications and websites.
Sometimes you find ideas from the most unlikely objects. This video gives proof. Here are easy instructions for making a small box to hold business cards, ATC's (artist trading cards), gift cards, etc. Watch this video tutorial to learn how to make a small business card-sized box out of an old Orbit gum package.
Are you still watching television with an analog signal? If so, your TV may no longer work after February 17th, 2009. There is one easy fix to this problem though. There are many different kinds of convertor boxes out there, and the government is offering forty dollar coupons that you could use to get these digital-to-analog (DTV) converter boxes.
RC Concepcion, Host of Layers TV, goes over a couple of tips on how to setup a single page publication with multiple text boxes and a clipping mask. This 3 minute Illustrator tutorial is set to get you up to speed with the basics as quick as possible. So watch and learn how to create a single page with multiple text boxes and clipping masks in this Illustrator how-to.