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How To: Build a steamer trunk

The Wood Whisperer thinks you have what it takes to be a great woodworker. In this 4-part series, the Wood Whisperer is building a steamer trunk for a friend. He takes you through the process of building a steamer trunk, from beginning to end. Check out more tutorials on woodworking by searching for woodworking on WonderHowTo.

How To: Blend colored pencils with a paintbrush

Watch this fine art video tutorial to learn how to blend colored pencils with a paintbrush. "Today, I am going to demonstrate a new artistic technique. I am going to merge the best qualities of two artistic mediums; oil painting and color pencil. What you are now watching is a time lapse of me building up layers of illustration marker and color pencil over a pencil drawing.

How To: Make a mold for a carbon fiber part

The website carbonmods.com shows up how to make mold for carbon fiber parts. Find a place you would want to put the boards to proceed with the action. Then take the shaping clay and put all around the edges. Cut off all the excess clay to become smooth and lay it out. The next step is waxing. Wax the board about five times, resting five minutes within each wax. apply the blue fluid to clean off buildup. It takes about 20 minutes to dry. To get the surface dry, mix gel and hardener in the same...

How to Make Cioppino: A spicy fish stew

To make the fish stew start by taking a sauce pan and put some butter and olive oil in the pan. Put in cut up one white onion, one cut up rib of celery, and a pinch of salt and sauté on medium low heat for six to seven minutes until the onion is soft and golden but you don't want to brown the onion. Next put five cloves of minced garlic into the pan and sauté it for one minute and then add two cups of a good white wine. Bring the heat up to high and simmer the mixture. Add in a bay leaf, some...

How To: Determine if an egg is hard boiled

This video tutorial is in the Food category where you will learn how to determine if an egg is hard boiled. This is really simple and very easy to learn and do. And it takes no time at all to find out a hard boiled egg from a raw egg. All that you got to do is take a hard boiled and a raw egg and spin them on a table top. You don't need to learn any tricks to spin eggs. Just spin them. The egg that spins faster is the one that's hard boiled and the one that spins slowly is raw.

How To: Replace the brushes in a corded DeWalt power drill

Removing and replacing the brushes in your DeWalt power drill doesn't have to be a costly repair. You can do it yourself, and it doesn't require a lot of time or effort. Simply unscrew and take the casing off your corded DeWalt power drill to expose the brushes. The model in the video has spring-loaded brush holders. It's as simple as taking the old ones out, and dropping the new brushes in. Learn from a pro to efficiently and correctly restore the brushes in your corded drill.

How To: Unblock MySpace (or any other site) at school or work

In this Computers & Programming video tutorial you will learn how to unblock MySpace (or any other site) at school or work or anywhere else. This is really very easy and simple to do and takes practically no time. It is like going directly to the original site. For this, you first go to the site Cool MySpace. Once on this site, simply type in the address of the website you want to go to in the surf box. For example, http://www.myspace.com and then click on 'start surfing'. That's it! You are ...

How To: Clean and cut leeks for cooking

In this Food video tutorial you will learn how to clean and cut a leek for cooking. This is really very easy and simple to do and takes very little time. A leek has a green part at one end, then the white part and the roots at the other end. Never cut the root otherwise, you will not be able to hold it together. Cut off the dark green part. You can use it for stock or soups. Then you got to clean the leek. Holding the root end, make a long slit with the knife, turn it a quarter and make anoth...

How To: Buy a wig or hair piece and look stylish

If you have thinning or short hair and are looking for a change, you may want to try a wig. There are many types of wigs today, different styles made up of different materials. Watch this video to find out information on buying a wig or hair piece so that you don't wind up looking like you have an animal on your head.

How To: Clear up office clutter

It's easy to find yourself drowning in a pile of papers and nick-nacks if you're not armed with a good organization system. By taking the time to set up a system where everything is condensed and has a place you'll find it much easier to keep it that way.

How To: Freeze motion in photography

To freeze motion in photography, you need three things. First, you need a good camera, triPod, and a subject to photograph. One thing to keep in mind is your shutter speed. For example, if the subject is moving towards you, you want the shutter speed between 1/100th to 1/250th. If you are capturing the subject going from side to side, you want it set at 1/250th or more. Keep in mind that the more you increase the shutter speed the less light you will have in your picture. Next, move the camer...

How To: Levitate in the air

Learn two different methods of meditation, as used by David Blaine and Chris Angel. In the first method, you will push up on your toes of one foot, while lifting the other in the air. Keep your audience behind you at a 45 degree angle for optimum levitation illusion. In the second method, cut a slit up the front of a pair of pants to your waist. Tape the very bottom of your pants together. Next, take the shoelace out of one of your shoes (this should be the same side as the pants leg with the...

How To: Install Installous on any iPhone or iPod Touch

How to Install Installous on any iPhone or iPod Touch? Learn about it in this video tutorial in the Electronics category. For this purpose you will need a jailbroken iPod Touch or iPhone. First go to Cydia and open it. It takes a little time to load. Go to manage -> source -> edit -> add. Then type in this source: Cydia.touch-mania.com. Download and install it. Now you go to search and type in Installous in the search box. Download it and go back to your springboard. Open it up, search for an...

How To: Clarify and preserve butter

Looking for a means of preserving a pound or so of butter? Make delicious ghee, or South Asian-style clarified butter. The clarification process is simple and only takes a few minutes. Become a veritable ghee whiz with help from this South Asian culinary how-to.

How To: Make a basic Caesar salad

The Frugal Chef will teach you how to prepare a delicious and simple Caesar Salad. You will be taken through the process step-by-step, starting with chopping the lettuce. She recommends you make her Caesar dressing and homemade croutons to use in the salad. You can find those tutorials on her website. As the tutorial goes on, you will learn the basics of why she uses the ingredients she does. You'll pick up tricks along the way, such as rubbing a garlic clove on the plate before plating the s...

How To: Make money off your blog

Jim Kukral with Ask the Blogger demonstrates how to make money off of your blog and how to, in essence, become a professional blogger. Making money off of your blog takes a lot of up front knowledge and a lot of learning. Use the service Six Figure Blogging because it is a complete blueprint for your blogging success. Six Figure Blogging is a training guide to teach you everything you really need to know about blogging. If you want to learn about blogging quickly from professional bloggers ch...

How To: Sharpen a dull knife

This video shows the proper way to sharpen chef's knives. Chef Leigh Hudson prefers using synthetic Japanese water stones. He shows how to soak three stones; the first a 400-800 grit stone, the second stone is a 1000 grit stone and the third stone is a 3000 grit stone. The 3000 grit stone is the final process and is as smooth as glass. He explains the different angles needed for the various stones and what the knife could look and feel like at each stage of the process. He also demonstrates a...

How To: Disassemble and reassemble a Rubik's Cube

This video teaches you how to open a Rubik's Cube using a pair of scissors (and it says other household "tools" might work). After taking out the first block you can simply disassemble the other components as well. It's very useful if you are looking to replace a broken piece or if you can't solve the cube. Following the steps in this video will make you feel more comfortable about taking one of these cubes apart, since you might be afraid to break the cube while disassembling it. There is al...

How To: Make perfect loaded baked potatoes

In the above mentioned video Betty demonstrates the recipe of perfectly loaded baked potato. Firstly 2 large potatoes are taken, washed and dried spray sea salt. Then wrap the potatoes with foil paper and put it in oven at 400degrees C for about 1 hour and 15 minutes. Then take a bowl and in it 1/2 stick of margarine or butter is taken, followed by 1/2 sour cream which is then mixed with 1 cup of shredded cheese. All these ingredients are mixed well followed by 1 full cup of green onions are ...

How To: Fold an origami enigma box

For all origami enthusiasts, here is something new. This video details how to make your own origami enigma box. As with all origami pieces it can be made using just a single piece of paper. The paper is first folded, taking from two separate parallel ends, in such a way that both sides meet in the middle of the paper. This will make four rectangles when unfolded which are to be further folded into half to make eight. Now, the paper is to be taken from the other two ends and folded to meet in ...

How To: Replace the motor and pinion gears in a Power Wheels

So, your children have the same old boring Fisher-Price Power Wheels that all the other kids on the block have. Do you really want your child to be like all of the rest? No, I didn't think so. Turn those miniature Power Wheels, Dumar or Peg Perego vehicles into a little bit of realism, if you can handle it. All it takes is a little modification and you'll be wishing you were five again. With a few simple hacks, your son and daughter will be burning rubber, jumping curbs and burying those othe...