It's always a good idea to have a replacement projector lamp on hand! That way, when you can't watch any more movies or television shows on your digital projector, you don't have to run to the store to fix it.
This is a simple and fun way to make a pop gun from a regular chapstick tube. No tools are required, just your hands.
Teach your kids to have fun without their toys by bringing shadows to life. See how to make a dog, swan, and bunny rabbit with nothing but your hands, light, and a little imagination.
Perform a Criss Angel card magic trick in which you make two chosen cards instantly jump from the middle of a jumbled deck and into your hand.
Another hand embroidery stitch that's great for beginning embroidery - the whipped running stitch. It's a simple, quick stitch to work. This stitch is one of many line stitches that can be used for bold or delicate outlines, depending on your choice of thread. Watch this video from Needle 'n Thread to see how it's done.
Another simple hand-embroidery stitch, the backstitch is useful in many applications. It's commonly seen in counted-thread embroidery, like counted cross stitch, but it's also used often in free-style surface embroidery. Watch this video from Needle 'n Thread to see how it's done.
Here's a video tutorial from Needle 'n Thread for another hand embroidery stitch - the rosette chain stitch. The rosette chain stitch is much like the oyster stitch, but it's worked in a line, or around curves. The oyster stitch is more often seen individually.
The buttonhole stitch is used in many types of hand embroidery - general surface embroidery, crazy quilting, whitework and cutwork, Mountmellick embroidery, needle lace, filet work - you name it, buttonhole stitch fits in somehow. It's a super versatile stitch, and once you have the basic stitch down, it's just a matter of applying it in a variety of ways. Watch this video from Needle 'n Thread to see how it's done.
This is a guided hands-on laboratory activity to help a student understand the proper and safe use of a multimeter to measure voltage using an electronic labs kit. This video guides the student through the proper techniques for measuring voltage with a multimeter.
This guided hands-on laboratory activity to help a student understand the proper and safe use of a multimeter to measure current using an electronic labs kit. This video guides the student through the proper techniques for measuring current with a multimeter.
Reversing the image on a CRT computer monitor can be a great joke to play on your coworker, if you have the time to play a prank like this. If you have a lot of spare time on your hands, and love to see people miserable, then this is perfect for you. This also works with television sets.
Flashback Max ties the Egg-Sucking Leech. With some simple marabou and some steady hands, you'll be sucking those fish out of the waters like Jesus himself.
You have simply not enjoyed life until you watch the entire manualist rendition of this Guns n Roses classic.
Perform an optical illusion trick in which you appear to make a coin vanish from your hand and into a clear cup or glass of water.
This video demonstrates the Heli-Chair and how you can use it to learn how to fly a helicopter. It has the same controls as a full size helicopter, but you are flying a model instead. This is not a computer simulation, it is a real helicopter that flys like a real helicopter!
This knot is identical to the "Four-in-hand", apart from the addition of another pass of the wide blade across the knot before ending. This gives a slightly larger knot.
Learn tips on this video from Garden Girl on how to shear your urban livestock. Garden Girl is going to shear a pygora goat. They are a mixture of an angora goat and a pygmy goat. Their unique fiber hand spins into a beautiful yarn.
Here's the proper way to fire a rubber band like a rifle using just your hand and arm.
During World War II, GIs in the field built really amazing simple radios to listen to. These were made with materials that they could get their hands on and were small enough to carry around in a big pocket. You can modify this design if you want to set it up so that it's tuneable too! To see all the plans, go to makezine.com/podcast!
Learn a card trick in which you appear to make a card teleport from the middle of the deck into your hand (to replace a card that you are holding).
Brad Davis shows guitar players how to spice up their rhythm playing with a simple right hand pattern called the rhythm pick pattern (RPP).
If disaster strikes, chances are that power will also go out. Kipkay to the rescue! By creating one of these hand-powered chargers from a crank flashlight, your electronic devices will remained charged in emergencies.
Around here we call them "Jacks Ribs" but typically they are known as Country Style Pork Ribs. They are simple to grill and a great recipe to have on hand if you need a quick and easy meal from the BBQ grill. Although most Rib men describe this cut more as a "chop" than "rib", the pork industry prefers to call them Ribs. So Ribs they are!
A pinch harmonic is an overtone. This video is a demonstration of how to play a pinch harmonic on the electric guitar with a right hand technique. Distortion, attack, vibrato, pick selection and more are discussed in relation to this topic.
In this video, we learn how to do a quick draw of Sonic the Hedgehog. First, use your pen to draw the nose and the mouth. After this, draw in the eyes and the eyebrows above them. From here, draw in the spiky hair on top of the head, using big spikes. Draw in the ears in the hair and then draw in lines to create more details. Next, draw in the arm and the hand, with a glove on the hand. After this, draw in the details of the clothes, drawing in folds on them. From here, draw in the legs and t...
In this tutorial, we learn how to link rubber bands trick. To start, you will need to have two rubber bands. After you have these, you will count to '3' and then link the rubber bands together. This is a very simple trick to do, just hold the hands in each of your hands. Then, stretch these apart, putting your thumb on the bottom part of the top rubber band. Then, when you count to '3', you will quickly move and put your middle finger through the other rubber band, making them link together. ...
In this tutorial, we learn how to draw a gangster M&M graffiti character. Start out by drawing the eyes and the mouth for the character. Fill in the eyes and the mouth, then add in more details. Next, add in eyebrows to the M&M, then draw the body around the face. Draw a beanie hat on top of the head, then draw arms with a spray paint can in one of the hands. Add in the additional details for the hands and arms, then draw in the legs on the bottom. Add in the shoes, then finish with additiona...
This video shows a very basic magic card trick which was created by the person who made the video. This magic trick is perfect for beginners and is simple. First, you should separate the cards into four piles, asking the other person to pick a card from one of the decks. You then should place their card at the bottom of one of the decks and stack the other three on top of that deck. Then you hand the deck to the other person, making sure that you quickly see the card at the bottom of the deck...
In this video, we learn how to deep clean your nails. You will need to have Talika Instant Manicure where you can buy online or in store. This will remove all the impurities from nail and leave them looking clean. To start, remove the packet from the box and pour it into a bowl. After this, pour water into the bowl and dip your fingers inside. Wiggle your fingers in the mixture for around three minutes, then wash and scrub your hands with a nail brush. Get down underneath the nail and in the ...
In this video, we learn how to do a breakdance crab walk. Start on the ground, bringing the feet into the air. Then, bring the left hand back and your right hand out in front of you. Lean side to side to help you shift your weight. You need to get comfortable with both crab freezes before you will be able to do this completely. Next, you will start to switch your arms while you are doing this, with your legs still up in the air. This takes upper body strength to do, but can be combined with o...
In this video, we learn how to use arapuca in a bird trap. First, place the arapuca underneath the trap, then place two bricks on both sides, along with a stick to prop up the trap. Now, leave this around until you catch a bird. When you finally catch the bird, stick your hands through the top of the trap and get your hands around the bird. After this, lift the trap up and let the bird go. Make sure the goat doesn't see you set the trap, or else they will eat the arapuca that you have laid ou...
In this video, we learn how to draw Mickey Mouse on a dry-erase board. Start off by drawing a circle on the left hand side of the board, then draw a half circle with another circle connecting to that on the right hand side of the board. Now, connect another half a circle around the sides, to help shape the face. Next, make an "m" shape on the top of the face going down to the sideburns and fill this in. Color in the ears as well, then make a rounded v-shape at the bottom of the face to make t...
Want to play guitar like the great B.B. King? This free video guitar lesson will get you started. Regardless of your preferred style of music, if you want to be great, you'll need your head and hands on the same page. And there's no better way to get your head and hands on the same page than to practice. Happily, the Internet is awash in video tutorials like this one.
Learn how to play blues rock guitar licks. In this video, you'll see how to play a couple of Gary Moore licks in the key of B. Regardless of your preferred style of music, if you want to be great, you'll need your head and hands on the same page. And there's no better way to get your head and hands on the same page than to practice. Happily, the Internet is awash in video tutorials like this one.
In order to clean a DVD or a CD with alcohol, you will need the following: a CD or a DVD, alcohol, and cotton balls.
In this tutorial, we learn how to give a Swedish massage. First, you want to start off by making sure your client is comfortable. Next, you will start to gently rub the body, starting circulation. After this, put cream on your hands and rub them together so it gets warm. Now, rub the client's body with the cream, pushing in the body in the middle of the back. Use smooth strokes, because these will warm the client up. Now, use your elbows and place them along the spine, pushing your body weigh...
In this Software video tutorial you will type math equations in Open Office Writer. Double click and open up the writer. First you got to add a button to the toolbar. For this, click on the arrow at the end of the toolbar and select 'customize toolbar'. On the window that pops up, click on 'add'. Then highlight 'insert' (on left hand side) and 'formula' (on the right hand side) and then click add > close > OK. You can now see the formula button on the toolbar. To add a mathematical equation t...
There's more to playing guitar than just holding it and strumming it. There's a correct way to do things. You need proper posture and you need to hold the guitar correctly, whether you're left-handed or right-handed. Also, you need to hold your guitar pick the right way. This will teach you that. Extremely helpful for any beginner guitar player.
In this video, viewers learn how to perform the arm movements for the Bhangra dance style. Begin by moving forward. As you move forward, sway the arms in a smooth motion back and forth 4 times. The hands should be open. Then move backwards. As your move backwards, swing the arms back and forth 4 times. The hands should be closed this time. As you move forward or backward, you should sway your hips from side to side to add style. This video will benefit those viewers who are interested in danc...
First, get out a Swiss Army Knife and clean your hands. Then, take out the main blade. Next, on the right hand side of the IPod, stick the blade through between the gap to open the casing of the IPod. Then, turn the ipod upside down, so that the display side is facing the ground. Cautiously open the case, being careful not to damage the attachment in the top corner. Once the case is open, carefully detach the the hard drive from the bar "thing" connected to the top of the hard drive. Next, ta...
