Boomerangs can be dangerous. Oatmeal containers aren't. That's what makes this kids toy the perfect build for school or play. After constructing this "comeback can" toy, you'll have a can or container that you'll roll on the ground or table, and it will always come back to you. You'll need an oatmeal container (or similar can), rubber band, nut, a couple paper clips and a pen.
The wheel bearings on a car are the part of the wheel that allow it to spin and carry momentum so effectively, and properly functioning ones are essential. If you want to save some money and replace the wheel bearings on your 2001 Ford Taurus yourself, watch this video to learn how to do it.
There are three big fashion and beauty trends this fall: Cats, camoflage, and bold plums. Take that second trend out for a spin by checking out this makeup tutorial for creating a military camoflage inspired look.
Sunbursts are very cool looking, both psychedelic and evocative of the Japanese cultural elements that are so popular in modern America. This video will teach you how to create your own sunburst effect using Flash CS3, which you can then use in your Flash website, game, or movie. Don't make it spin too fast or your audience might pass out!
In this clip, learn the simple trick behind opening a full beer bottle with a spinning bike wheel. This is a pretty cool bar trick, that can be done at picnics, cook outs and anywhere else you might have a bike handy. Try it but be careful - the cap will shoot off pretty fast and it goes far!
Need help adding and subtracting rational expressions in algebra? Grab a pen and hunker down with these practice problems. From Ramanujan to calculus co-creator Gottfried Leibniz, many of the world's best and brightest mathematical minds have belonged to autodidacts. And, thanks to the Internet, it's easier than ever to follow in their footsteps (or just finish your homework or study for that next big test).
Cleaning your pedals is an important part of regular bike maintenance, but annoyingly enough there is no one way to overhaul a pedal. Every bike maker builds their pedals differently. This video demonstrates how to disassemble, overhaul, and clean Shimano pedals so that they will be free-spinning and functional as the day that you got them.
In this clip, learn a classic bar trick. This instructional video will show you how to use deflection and slight of hand to make a cigarette or pen appear to magically walk across a table. You will amaze your friends and impress plenty of people in the bar or restaurant with this gag.
Drawing the human body making dynamic poses is a massive challenge for most artists. This video demonstrates how to sketch some different poses in the Photoshop with a tablet pen. They obviously need to be elaborated to be called final art works, but these sketches teach you how to capture the basic forms that are really the trickiest part of capturing ourselves in action.
Marvel comics have been a major inspiration to a whole generation of artists, particularly graphic novel and comic-inclined artists working in pen and pencil or digital mediums. This video demonstrates some cool techniques for drawing hands in Paint on the computer, with a focus on how to properly use lines to make the hands look more realistic.
In this video tutorial the performer demonstrates the slant gainer, also known as the cheat gainer. Basically, it involves hurling yourself away from the ground, spinning in the air for a while and then trying to land without busting your ankles and/or head. If accomplished successfully, it looks extremely cool. If it ends in failure, at least you might get a hit YouTube clip out of it.
In this tutorial, a young Englishman demonstrates how to do a backflip from a standing position (and on hard ground). As he explains, you want to resist the impulse to throw your head back. You keep your head and torso straight as you jump, curling your legs up to provide the momentum that will send you spinning.
There's nothing natural about doing a parkour-style wall flip. The voice in your head telling you not to run at a wall and flip yourself away so you're spinning through the air high above the ground, that's your common sense talking. But like the old saying says, no guts, no glory. In this pretty thorough introduction to the basic wall flip, you'll learn how to do this trick like a pro.
Maybe you've never heard of the Dutch Roll camera effect, but you've seen it in movies whenever a character is delirious and the camera starts spinning crazily end over need. In this tutorial you'll learn how to set up a cheap version of the effect with a plain old hand drill. Now you can give your audiences vertigo just like the pros do!
Draw it your self! with pen and paper, in the best style of M.C. Escher. Amazing three-dimensional impossible object. Takes only 2 minutes and produces this illusion object.
You can easily tell if an egg is raw or hard boiled without breaking the shell, as long as you know a little science. This experiment uses physics to show how if you spin an egg you can tell if it's insides are viscous or solid! Thanks Happy Scientist Robert Krampf for this great tutorial on the science of eggs and physics of rotation.
This Photoshop software tutorial demonstrates how to combine the refined edges of the Pen Tool and the soft transparent qualities of the Extract Tool to create monster masking effects. The results are well worth the effort. Learn how to use advanced masking techniques to make cool smoke effects coming from a monster in Photoshop.
Check out this instructional kickboxing video that demonstrates how to do a kickboxing back fist, also known as the spinning back fist. A back fist can surprise a kickboxing opponent. Learn the skills of kickboxing in this video on competitive kickboxing moves.
Learn how to design an abstract wallpaper design in Adobe Photoshop. Use the pen tool, rotational tools and clone stamp tools to create awesome effects in Photoshop and turn them into abstract wallpaper designs.
Explanation of the "540 kick", a 360° spinning kick landed on the kicking leg. This high jumping, high kicking move will surely impress.
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.
This is one more cool illusion by maricv84, one where you slide a transparent sheet with black bars overtop a cryptic image to create an animated effect.
The motor coupling goes between the motor and the transmission. If it fails the washer will not spin or agitate. If the washer fills with water but then does not agitate, but you hear the motor running, the coupler could be the problem. You may hear some clicking noises as the broken pieces spin around. You may also see a pile of black rubber pieces on the floor under the middle of the machine. You can follow the steps in this video to help you do the repair.
Expand your arsenal of Table Tennis serves. Watch this video to learn the technique behind many of the most effective serves in Ping Pong. This video will show you how to put topsin, backspin, spidespin, all kinds of spin on the Table Tennis ball.
Even if your hair is thick and rather moisturized the rest of the year, don't be surprised if it starts looking more like tumbleweed than spun gold during the winter months. That's because the lack of humidity and raw cold strip your strands of natural moisture.
Want to know the easiest way to get eggs in Minecraft, the popular cube-based sandbox game? It's surprisingly logical: Build a pen, put some chickens in it and wait! This gamer's guide presents a complete, step-by-step walkthrough of the process.
This is a pretty basic tutorial that will help you learn most of the core features of Adobe Photoshop, like shapes, pen tools and layers. Start with a blank file and create your own realistic piece of soft, wavy ribbon.
This tutorial starts with a blank project and shows you how to use vector graphics to create a simple leaf in Adobe Illustrator 5. Master many of the basics, such as the pen tool, gradients and path finder, whth this easy tutorial.
This tutorial shows you how to replicate the Rangoli design onto a piece of glass using glass paint. You will also need a few stencils and a pen to trace your design onto. Great for dressing up windows and mirrors!
This guy looks a little nervous - as well he should be, for it's Thanksgiving season and someone might be wondering how he'll taste in a deep fryer! All you need is some paper, pencils, ink pens and an eraser!
Animation tutorial not included. Be warned, this is a very annoying tutorial. You will learn how to draw the Annoying Orange step by step, starting with a pencil and then adding ink and colored touches near the end of the project.
In this video, you'll learn how to make a simple bracelet out of glass beads. Use this video to put your own unique spin on glass jewelry. You don't need expensive tools or lots of expertise - all you have to do is follow along with this video to make your own glass bead bracelet. It makes a great gift!
Kirby has become a dune buggy in this final level for Hot Land! Make sure you avoid all the dust devils - they'll spin Kirby around so fast you'll lose all the beads you've collected! Here's where you can find all the treasures on this level.
This is a very basic and very easy tutorial on how to make a chain of people holding hands. All you'll need is a large piece of paper, a pen to trace out your silhouette, and a pair of scissors.
Here's a fun weekend project you can use to add to a common toy. Get a yo-yo with concave sides, a few pieces of thin plastic (like from a CD case) and a few lithium-powered LEDs. Then follow this tutorial and get a yo yo that lights up when you play with it!
You can paint just about anything you want in Chinese watercolor painting, but whether you're sketching out a fish or a crocodile, there exists a basic array of brushstrokes that you will use for any object.
This clip provides a detailed, step-by-step overview of how to swap out the nib on a Wacom Bamboo or Bamboo Fun stylus. For more information, including a complete demonstration of the process, watch this official guide from Wacom.
In this clip, you'll learn how set up and use a Wacom 21UX pen display as a second display on a Mac OS X computer. It's easy. So easy, in fact, that this video tutorial can present a complete, step-by-step overview of the process in just over two minutes. For more information, including detailed, step-by-step instructions, take a look.
In this clip, you'll learn how set up and use a Wacom Intuos4 tablet. It's easy. So easy, in fact, that this video tutorial can present a complete, step-by-step overview of the process in just over five minutes. For more information, including detailed, step-by-step instructions, take a look.
If you've lost your current stylus and don't feel like paying Apple another $15 or $20 for a new one, there's a simple and cheap way of making your own! All you need is an anti-static sock, a pencil (or a pen) and a needle and some thread! In this video you will learn how to make your own!
