How To: Spin drumsticks easily
This tiny video shows you the basics of drum stick spinnology.
This tiny video shows you the basics of drum stick spinnology.
If you've forgotten your combination, or for some other reason want to get past a Brinks number lock, this tutorial shows you how to do it. All you need is a bobby pin. Slide the bobby pin down towards the lock wheels. Then spin the wheels slowly, from top to bottom. As you spin each wheel to the correct number, the bobby pin will slide down a little more. And once the bobby pin is all the way down, not only have you unlocked the lock, you've figured out the combination!
Breast cancer is unfortunately a disease that all too many women suffer from. Until we find a cure, though, you can do your part to support research to find a cure by donating or by purchasing products with the Breast Cancer Awareness pink ribbon.
Forget skateboarding. If you like snowboarding and surfing, but want the pavement in lieu of snow and water, then the casterboard is your board. The casterboard (also called a waveboard) is much like a snakeboard, and can be pretty tricky to learn the moves. But Axis has you covered. Learn how to do some basic backside 360 spins on your caster board, no matter if it's a Ripstik, Waveboard or Timberwolf.
Looking for a cool trick to impress your friends? Check out this tutorial from Stephen Ablett. In it, he will show you how to stick a pen through a dollar bill and take it out again, leaving the bill totally intact!
In this video tutorial, viewers learn how to drink Merlot. Begin by pouring the Merlot into the glass and gently spin it to allow the liquid to spin at the bottom of the glass. This will coat the sides of the glass with liquid and add some oxygen to the mix. Adding oxygen will allow you to get a better scent of the Merlot aroma. As you lift the glass up, look at the "leg" of the wine. Then smell the aroma of the wine. As you drink the Merlot, take small sips. This video will benefit those adu...
There are tons of cool tricks you can do on a skateboard and an FS 180 is one of the most fun. The FS 180 or FrontSide 180 is a neat move. This video will take you through the steps necessary to perform an FS 180 on your own.
1. Stand square 2. Do a 180 Turn with your right leg.
Need something to carry all those loose pencils and pens floating around at the bottom of your book bag? DuctTapeStuff shows us how to build a nifty pencil and pen case out of duct tape in just a few minutes.
This trick will take a bit of practice to get down, and will work best with balanced pins (so make sure yours aren't bent or chipped). With the proper flick of the wrist, you can turn a plain thumbtack into a spinning top.
Kids love magic, and they love performing it too! Here's an easy trick kids can learn to get them on the way to being their own Criss Angel, except cool. You'll need a penny a pen and some magical words. Abracadabra.
If you're looking to get pregnant, there's a lot of information you should know, especially if you're having a hard time conceiving. One of the things you should know is what your basal body temperature is. This can help you and your doctor figure out about your ovulation. Michael C. Lu shows you what to do to chart your basal body temperature with pen, paper and thermometer, along with a free chart from Fertility Friend.
Need some help weighing the relative pros and cons of the Wacom Bamboo and Bamboo Fun pen tablets? Well, you're in luck, as this brief video guide from Wacom is designed to help you do just that. For complete details, take a look.
Tired of paper airplanes? Make a paper helicopter! You can download and print out a pattern off the Internet to make a toy helicopter with a real spinning paperclip propeller! Use colored paper and colored pencils on your rig, and hold contests with your friends.
If you use a spinning rod to fish, then pitching said rod is a crucial part of your fishing technique. This video features a bass fisherman on his front lawn demonstrating his technique for pitching properly. Watch him, then get out to the lake and catch some dang bass!
Performing a 720, or two full revolutions, on a snowboard can be daunting, especially if you've had trouble doing 180's and 360's. Really, they are much the same though, you just have to keep spinning! This quick video breaks down how to perform a 720 successfully in a halfpipe. They make it sounds a little easier than it actually is, but the tips they offer are valuable and should have you spinning like a dervish in no time.
To use a USB (flash drive) pen drive as RAM on your computer. First open the drive by clicking on "My Computer" then double clicking on the drive. Next open the eBoostr control panel. When the control panel dialogue box opens click "Add..." this will open the "Add cache device" dialogue box. Once this dialogue is open click the select device drop-down menu and select your removable USB drive (pen drive) from the list. Then click "OK" and wait for the "allocating cache file..." process to comp...
Want to learn how to play The Weepies on the guitar? With this tutorial you can learn how to play "World Spins Madly On" by the Weepies on the acoustic guitar. This version is a simplified version of the song and is not exactly how the Weepies play it. This lesson is geared towards intermediate guitarists because it assumes prior knowledge of guitar playing. Watch this how to video and you will be able to sing and play along to "World Spins Madly On" by the Weepies.
RC Car Action Magazine Editor Matt Higgins shows how to fix common rock crawling problems such as body repair and a spun hex. Taking a remote control vehicle off road can often result in some damage, like a cracked body or a spun hex. Watch this video tutorial and learn how to fix common rock crawling problems on an RC vehicle.
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.
This video tutorial instructs how to make a fun spinning card to add a little extra flare to a basic card.
Pole dancing is a great way to feel sexy and get in shape. In this how to video you will learn to do an upside down spin on a pole.
This video shows how to cover a bamboo skewer to make a polymer clay pen.
In this video, Anita shows you how to properly rotate or spin motorcycle (a 2007 Suzuki Gsxr600) on its kickstand.
This video shows how to cover a mini keychain pen with polymer clay and gold leaf. Make a nice clay stick. Yay!
This video shows how to cover a bic round stic pen with polymer clay. Why would you want to do that? Hey, you're the one looking at this video!
This video shows you how to cover a papermate flexgrip pen with polymer clay.
Check out this short lesson on how to spin basic poi turns for this unique dance. You can always use stocking and balls if you dont have poi.
Watch this video demonstration of spinning a ply, predrafted roving, how to tie up a skein and more!
A hat tricks tutorial on doing hat spins when dancing.
Use paper money. Try to make a sharp edge. Fold the bill like that. Take a wood pen. Say to people if I cut this pen with this bill I will keep this bill, it is the deal.
This video explains how to properly hold your pen to your paper in calligraphy (also known as scripting).
Learn how to perform the Spin move in order to increase ball control when playing soccer.
There aren't many vids out there about how to work with silk hankies and how to spin with them. I also found that you can easily roll the silk "roving" into a ball. I tend to do this when I need a lot of silk to ply with another single so that way it does not take as long to make the yarn. It's a great way to kill time at the relatives place!
Trying to build an airplane out of K'NEX? Mike can show you how to make both propellers spin at the same time on the plane.
Learn how to cheat on a test in school by hiding the test answers inside of a pen.
Learn how to do the card spin trick. It is a fun thing to learn to go with the rest of your tricks.
Nice trick for spicing up you magic act. Watch as the demonstrator shows you the spin and then how to do it.
If you want to do orbitals and some of the more advanced poi spinning moves, then you'll need to know how to do hyperloops. Check it out in this video.
Jeff Schell shows you how to create a spinning headline or front page of a newspaper. You'll see how easy it is to build this special effect for any type of image or clip using a pair of rotation keyframes and scale keyframes, and by specifying your keyframes in reverse order.