This is no paper gun like you've ever seen before. Seriously. Tacome1942's homemade paper shotgun is a life-sized, fully functional Remington 870 replica. It would be hard to tell it apart from the real deal, not to mention it practically sounds like an authentic shotgun, too. The shotgun is made of approximately 97% paper, the remaining 3% consisting of pins, wires, and springs. Check out all the videos below to see the finer details, including the trigger group, shell stop, and disassembly ...
This video tutorial is an easy intro to making gradient text in GIMP… the free Photoshop alternative. It's easy to make your text a little more fancy with a gradient. It's so easy to use a gradient, that you have to learn it, or you'll never forgive yourself. This is GIMP 101. Learn it. Master it.
Eagle Lake Woodworking, hosted by John Nixon, offers great do-it-yourself guides for building your own furniture, especially in the American Arts and Crafts style, and turning your garage into an amateur woodshop. Search Eagle Lake on WonderHowTo for more carpentry tutorial videos. From Eagle Lake Woodworking on this specific lesson:
See how to make your own paper gun! This video tutorial will show you exactly how to cut and fold your way to making a cool paper gun. Try using junk paper, or your homework. Watch both parts to see the whole paper gun making process. You'll need paper, tape and scissors.
Welcome to Digital Issues, your guide to help make a digital life a little less painful. In this video tutorial, Digital Issues covers how to create better home movies.
Making fresh pasta is an age old process that every home cook should know how do. It's simple, fast, and fun, and homemade noodles take just a minute to cook!
Byrd Designs Hair Accessories and Jewelry brings you this video tutorial on how to style your hair in a French twist with a hair comb. This simple how to updo uses a French comb for a night out on the town look, the most common hairstyles people wear with a claw clip.
Check out this video from Chemical Reaction Tutorials (CRTutorials). If you love filmmaking, prop making, editing and everything else that goes along with making movies, then you'll want to see what Adam has to say about gauntlets.
Check out this video from Chemical Reaction Tutorials (CRTutorials). If you love filmmaking, prop making, editing and everything else that goes along with making movies, then you'll want to see what Adam has to say about teleportation.
These kimono cards are so much fun to make. The idea came from an old issue of The Rubber Stamper magazine (Sept. 2005), with the addition of a few things, like bunny slippers and the geisha girl. They are simple to make once you have the instructions. Check out this card-making video tutorial to see how to craft, fold and decorate a kimono card.
Carlos Boozer teaches you how to master your post moves. Starting with getting good and deep post positions, posting up a defender, making use of basic post moves, giving defense a different look and passing out the post....Hope you learned something! And use it in your game! Carlos Boozer is showing you how to get to the post and score.
Check out this video from Chemical Reaction Tutorials (CRTutorials). If you love filmmaking, prop making, editing and everything else that goes along with making movies, then you'll want to see what Adam has to say about reversing video.
Need to catch a bird? Only have sticks? This is an intricate method of trapping birds using stick weaving arrangements. This trap is common in Brazil and can be made quickly without tools and only using material on hand. It will result in the live capture of a bird.
Feel and see just what duct tape is capable of! You can practically do anything with duct tape! This folding video tutorial will show you how to make duct tape flowers. To make this duct tape flower, you'll need some duct tape, scissors, and some folding capabilities. This is just like making an origami flower, but with duct tape!
Look, what candle can be made of a peanut and a potato. Make a flaming candle with a peanut and a potato. This is a neat survivalists' trick.
This will show you how to tie a Portuguese Bowline - similar to a normal bowline but with an extra turn in the loop portion, making it more chafe resistant. This is used in sailing, boating, general use, camping and bondage.
Have you ever wanted to transfer iTunes-purchased songs from your iTunes player into a different media player? Usually it's difficult to do because DRM music protection makes all of its songs .m4p files, whereas most music players only play mp3 files.
This video tutorial from IndyMogul shows you how to create a hand stab effect and Halo Portal Gun.
Here is the simple way to make great paper mache in about 2 minutes. This recipe will work for most paper mache projects. This is a quick tutorial on making a paper mache mixture.
This is a part of SciFi Inside: SciFi Friday. It's shows Grace Park (Boomer) and Tahmoh Penikett (Helo) making a "Cylon Shooter". Celebrate as any BSG fanboy should, sipping o n Cylon Shooters. Grace Park of BSG mixes lychee, coconut juice, vodka and grenadine to make a sweet sci-fi cocktail! The red for the Cyclon's red eye is an authentic touch.
We jumped on the bacon explosion bandwagon! The name says it all, it combines two of America's favorite things: bacon and explosions. This is the most unhealthy meal you can ever eat. It is made with bacon, ground beef and sausage, then deep fried.
Jew's harp, a single-tone archaic instrument. Siberian (Potkin's) species. Introduction lesson (about Jew's harp, positioning, making simple sounds). This is a basic instrument that you can buy at a novelty store or online. It's cheap and has a distinct sound.
Learn to do an Elmsley count card trick. With this video tutorial, you'll better your skills as a magician, and learn the proper techniques and presentation involved when performing an Elmsley count magic card trick. This is a great addition to your sleight of hand repertoire. Made by Richard Scorpio.
Patrick Norton Shows you how to make a simple WiFi antenna booster. This booster is a parabolic reflector made to focus a signal so it is stronger and can project farther. This is perfect if your wireless router is awkward and cannot broadcast a wifi signal to the far reaches of your home. This is called the windsurfer.
How to make that cardboard hood to assist you in making your own custom bokeh when shooting images.
This Weekend Project is the USBattery from MAKE Magazine Volume 16. Conceal a flash drive in a AA battery! This is a way cool USB battery mod or hack project. It makes a cool secret storage space for your spy projects. Wear gloves, safety goggles and a non alkaline battery.
Love margaritas -- but not the calories? Slim them down without sacrificing taste. Learn how to mix a skinny margarita.
This origami 6 unit modular is really nice and easy to make! Origami is the timeless art of Japanese paper folding. Watch this origami how to video to learn how to fold Japanese brocade. Origami is a fun craft and your models make nice, homemade gifts. Practice makes perfect.
Origami is the timeless art of Japanese paper folding. Watch this origami how to video to learn how to fold fireworks. Origami is a fun craft and your models make nice, homemade gifts. Practice makes perfect.
This covers using no-ip.com to set a dynamic domain name after you set up your own server. This makes the IP dynamic rather than static. It updates the domain name with your IP address so you don't have to. This is an informationleak.net video from Halla.
Learn how to make a beautiful origami swan. Watch this origami video for all the correct folds - be sure to practice if you want your origami swan to come out flawlessly.
In this video I explain how to open combination locks. All combination locks can be bypassed in one way or another. This lockpicking tutorial goes over different methods.
A dishwasher makes clean up much easier, especially if you load it properly. Putting each item in correctly will help the water and suds do the dirty work for you. Make sure to scrape off all food before loading your dirty dishes. These housekeeping tips will help you properly load your dishwasher.
In this cooking how-to video, Dave moves into the kitchen to show you how to make sun dried tomatoes from plum tomatoes. Follow along and learn how make tomatoes that will last you all winter long. Making these sun-dried tomatoes doesn't require you to lay them out in the sun, just dry them in your oven. Before you know it you'll have tasty sun-dried tomatoes.
If your system keeps filling up and won't shut off, you will probably need to switch out your toilet's float valve. Make sure to turn off the water before making any plumbing repairs! Watch this video home improvememnt tutorial and learn how to replace the float valve in a toilet tank.
This how-to video demonstrates a real simple technique for making a personalized greeting card. This peek-a-boo design can be customized to any design you want. Watch this video tutorial and learn how to make a peek-a-boo card. It'll be a much nicer greeting than a store bought card.
Ingrid prepares deep-fried dessert burritos with a fruit filling. The quick and easy dessert is called and apple chimichanga. This cooking how-to video is part of Simply Delicioso with Ingrid Hoffmann show. Ingrid Hoffmann makes every meal simply delicioso with her practical approach to easy, Latin inspired dishes. Shot in her hometown of Miami Beach, each episode features lively menus, clever tips and time-saving shortcuts to help you create American favorites with bold and surprising Latin ...
This motorcycle driving tutorial is all about u-turns! Learn how to make a u-turn on a motorcycle. Making a u-turn is required to pass your alt-most skills test (Alternate M.O.S.T. test). Whether you need to pass this test or not, if you plan to drive a motorcycle, you should know how to make a u-turn.
This Photoshop CS3 tutorial covers the benefits of designing your albums with smart objects. Learn how to use Photoshop smart objects in a flush mount album design scenario. Using smart objects makes it easy to replace images with other images without ruining the layers and layout of the album itself. Perfect for picky clients!
Steampunk, a vintage Victorian mechanical style, is one of the hottest design trends to date since faux bois. Get in on the trend while creating many hours of fun for yourself and friends by making this awesome steampunk style chess set. This chess set is comprised of various pieces of hardware, a found table, and common household chemicals.
