How To: Use nail clippers
This video will show you how to clip your finger nails without letting them drop all over the floor. It is fast and easy.
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How To: Buy a massage chair
Are you interested in buying a massage chair for your home or office?Massage chairs have built-in electric rollers, nodes, and air bags, all designed to emulate the fingers and hands of a massage therapist.
How To: Pop & Lock
Learn how to do basic popping and hitting, hip hop style. Direct and easy, this fun tutorial will get you up and on the dance floor.
How To: Practice center and diagonal heavy medicine ball chops
Learn how to do center, diagonal and side to side heavy medicine ball chops. Presented by Real Jock Gay Fitness Health & Life.
How To: Make a realistic Fallout 3 dart gun prop
One of the many reasons for the Fallout series enduring popularity is the wide variety of creative and retro-futuristic weapons available for the player to lay waste with. Most of them are not real, but by gumption this girl has made one of them so! This video will show you how to make something like, but probably not as good-looking as, this amazing replica of the dart gun from Fallout 3. It's made of pretty much the same materials you make it out of in the game, and might be the single best...
How To: Yo-Yo like a pro
Yo-yo's are not just for kids anymore. Check out this funky tutorial and learn how to yo-yo like a pro. You can do way more than just pull your yo-yo up and down, with a little practice you will soon be performing tricks and spinning your yo-yo all over the place!
How To: Do a somersault
If your a kid or adult it's never too late to learn how to do a somersault, although it might be a little more difficult for the latter. Somersaults are one of the first and easiest things you can learn in gymnastics. If your ready to turn your world upside down, then get somersaulting.
How To: Design a floor flower arrangement for a wedding
Following are the steps to describe how-to make floor flower arrangements: 1. The materials required for this flower arrangement are a long flower vase, few red roses, some pine leaves, few lilies and some long grass.
News: Termite Guts May Hold the Key to More Efficient Biofuels
Termite poop and biofuels — what's the connection? New research into termites' intestinal comings and goings describes a process that may speed the development and lower the cost of fuels made from plant matter.
How To: Cold-Smoke Meats Indoors Without Any Expensive Equipment
For me, the smoky brilliance of a good barbecue can't be beat. The way the smoke flavor seems to permeate every part of the meat is, in my opinion, the closest thing we have to food magic. Throw a piece of meat in a smoker with some select wood choices, wait a few hours, and suddenly you have something rich, complex, and bursting with smoky flavors.
How To: Blindfold bObsweep Pethair or Standard Model
bObsweep Standard and Pethair are made to easily transition between a variety of floor types, so they function efficiently in most spaces.
How To: Get rid of ants
Ant problem? If the ants have come marching two by two—or, God forbid, 10 by 10—it’s time to put an end to the parade. Here’s how. How to get rid of ants, a guide by Howcast:
How To: Keep a portable generator quiet by building an enclosure
Having a portable gas-operated or diesel-operated generator available for your home can be very helpful, but can also be very noisy. If you want to quiet a loud electric generator, take a look at this video to soften that sound on a budget. With a little wood and a few other materials, you can build a fan-cooled 'doghouse' to keep a generator quiet.
How To: Turn birch bark into a handsome basket
Birch bark is plentiful in America, and was a popular construction material among many Native American tribes. In this video you'll learn how to carry on their proud tradition by making a birch bark basket for holding other pieces of wood and nicknacks.
How To: Hit a golf ball with your driver
Need a little help on your golf game? This video gives you tips on how to hit a driver. When hitting a driver in golf, the most important thing is to keep the ball in play, and this may mean teeing off with a 3-wood or a long iron. Find out how to play a natural shot with a driver.
How To: Buy a good extension ladder
When buying extension ladders, you have various options. There are metal ones, fiberglass ones and (increasingly rarely) wood ones. Each kind has its own plusses and minuses. In this video, Mark Donovan of HomeAdditionPlus.com talks you through what to look for when shopping for an extension ladder.
How To: Protecting your cutting edges when storing tools
Storing tools properly will keep you working wood and not doing maintenance on them. Shopsmith Academy shows you an easy way to ensure your tools will be protected from nicks and dings. Watch this video for useful woodworking tips. Search Shopsmith Academy on WonderHowTo for more woodworking videos.
How To: Precision plane
Shopsmith Academy shows you how to make use of a little-know characteristic of wood to remove just a few thousandths of an inch from the thickness of a board. Apply this lesson to your next woodworking project. Watch this video for useful woodworking tips. Search Shopsmith Academy on WonderHowTo for more woodworking videos.
How To: Download streaming video
Want to watch your favorite Internet clips in the woods? Or on a boat? This video tutorial offers step-by-step instructions on downloading streaming video from video sharing websites like YouTube and Dailymotion using the media-convert web application. For more, or to get started using Media Convert for yourself, watch this video how-to!
How To: Square a ceramic clay pot before firing
Use a piece of wood to act as a bat to square off shapes when soft leather hard, evening them up more as the clay hardens. This ensures a smooth and professional finish on a clay pottery project. Watch this video pottery-making tutorial and learn how to square a clay pot before firing.
How To: Make a simple clay and ash glaze
This method of making glaze utilizes environmental supplies. That way there's no need to rely on a clay supply store, so it's great to save money or time if it's a distance to the nearest supplier. Watch this video pottery tutorial and learn how to make a simple ceramic glaze for firing out of clay remnants and wood ash. It's appropriate for use on raw glazing projects as well.
How To: Build a log cabin fire
Watch this how-to video showing how to build a log cabin fire, which is an easy to build and easy to light fire that can be built using woods from any environment (especially an environment where you find log cabins!)
How To: Construct a barn door kite with your kids
Use your imagination and you'll being soaring the friendly skies in no time! This instructional how to video will show you how to make a barn door kite. Have fun creating your kite with an adult helper. For this project you will need: a plastic sheet, wood dowels, cloth tape, ribbon, and scissors.
How To: Make a quick leaf composter bin with chicken wire
Today we learn how to make a simple compost bin in this how to video. Simple is good here, so you can have more time to do other things. All you really need to start composting leaves from the garden is chicken wire and some wood.
How To: Caulking the outside of your home correctly
Keep you home free from moisture. There can be many unnecessary cracks between your home's wood trimmings and the outside. This how to video gives you tips on how to select and apply caulking.
How To: Patch a hole drywall
Learn this easy way to repair holes in drywall with this method of repair using no nails, screws or wood required.
How To: Make a toilet paper blower
Here's an instructional video that teaches you how to make a toilet paper blower out of a leaf blower, some screws, and two pieces of sheet metal or wood... and of course toilet paper. Use this as inspiration for one of your April Fools Day pranks!
How To: Connect wooden beams
Tim Carter explains how wood ceiling beams need to be through bolted when they are connected. This is a very informative video that will bring the best results.
How To: Use a circular saw to cut plywood
Watch this video to learn how to use a circular saw to cut ply wood. Do it the right way, without wasting material. The more teeth your saw has, the finer cut you will have.
How To: Drill holes in wood studs for PVC pipe fittings
Ask the Builder host, Tim Carter, demonstrates how to drill holes for PVC plumbing pipe fittings so that you don't waste valuable time in your home enlarging a mis-drilled hole.
How To: Build a wikkie shelter for outdoor survival
Check out this video to learn how to make a wikkie shelter if you need to spend the night in the woods.
How To: Cut circles in your wood with a bandsaw
Bandsaws have always been great at cutting curves. With a simple jig, perfect circles are a breeze. This woodworking video demonstrates this jig, and also briefly shows some minor mods that I have made to my 14" Jet Bandsaw to keep the tyres clear of sawdust.
How To: Use bits with your woodworking router table
A router table is a stationary woodworking machine in which a vertical spindle of a woodworking machine projects from the table, allowing you to cut wood at many different speeds. Different cutter heads or drill bits may be mounted on the router depending on the material you're working with.
How To: Do a front side Farfegnugen grind
Inline skater Nick Wood shows you the Farfegnugen, which is like the opposite of a royale.
How To: Make hot smoked salmon
Watch this video to learn how to make hot smoked salmon. Smoking fish isn't very difficult all you need are a grill, wet wood chips, and a pan made of aluminum foil.
How To: Sharpen a wood chisel
Sharpen a chisel using a Veritas Mk II honing jig, diamond stones and very fine (0.5 micron) micro-finishing film.
How To: Cut a pencil in half using a dollar bill
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.
How To: Set up a habitat for a baby Green Iguana
Possibly the most popular reptile pet in the world, the Green Iguana is beautiful and interesting lizard. Senior Herpetologist Ron Dupont passionately conducts a four-part tutorial on the lizard's habitat, lighting, diet and health. Ron, with the aid of his daughter Hillary, begins the tutorial on creating an iguana habitat, covering topics like enclosure choice, substrate concerns, background decoration, plants, and wood piece.
How To: Make a wooden pencil holder
This video covers the construction and assembly of a decorative pencil holder. These make great gifts and are excellent for utilizing scrap. This video is for the more experienced woodworker, knowledge of tools is required. To apply a beautiful finish on the pencil holder, see the Wood Whisperer's finishing video on popping the grain.
How To: Identify and purchase wood at the lumber yard
Learn some terminology and topics that will help you be better prepared for your next trip to the lumber yard. Just a few of the topics covered include identifying different types of cuts, estimating board feet, and finding a good hardwood supplier.