Make this zinc based ring, which can be given as a gift or even used as a wedding band by melting a couple of pennies. Pennies minted after 1983 are made from zinc with a copper coating. The copper can easily be smelted off using a propane torch. While a lathe helps with the shaping…
Category: Quick Projects
LED Lantern From A Recycled Soda Can
If you love drinking soda then you’ll likely throw out a lot of cans. Here’s a creative way to recycle them by making a small LED lantern. You could also replace the LED with a tea light however the LED has a few advantages, for one it is a lot safer as it doesn’t heat…
Top 10 DIY Bathroom Upgrades, Easy Weekend Projects
The bathroom may not be your favorite room in your house but it is one of the most important when you’re thinking about selling your home. You can also make your day to day life a lot easier with a well organised bathroom. So boost your DIY skills and give your bathroom an organisation or…
Make Your Own Chalk Paint – Cheap & Easy Recipe
Chalk paint is great for those furniture update projects, it requires very little prep work and does a great job masking imperfections and dark paint colours. The only real downfall is the cost, especially when you’re looking at painting a large cabinet or book case. Fortunately you can now make your own chalk paint which…
DIY Cordless Cold Heat Soldering Iron
Traditional soldering irons use a heated tip to melt solder in order to make electrical joints, while this works well when you have a mains outlet around, its not that practical when you’re out in the field. Anyone who’s done anything RC will know the frustration involved in a joint coming loose or a wire…
Make Your Own Speaker Stands For Surround Sound Speakers
I wanted to make some stands for my surround sound speakers and this looked like an easy solution. Mounting them on the wall was an an option but having them on floor stands just seemed easier as they can be moved around and the wiring to the speaker is neatly hidden away in the tube…
30 Awesome Things To 3D Print Which Are Actually Useful
If you’ve just bought a 3D printer of you’re thinking of buying one, you’re probably just as excited as I was when I got mine running. Unfortunately, it can take a while to wade through the thousands of ornaments, figurines and trinkets available to find something you’d actually be interested in. So instead of wasting…
Clean Your BBQ Grill The Easy Way
There’s not much that beats a summer weekend BBQ with friends or the family, relaxing in the sun with drinks and that distinctive BBQ smell to make the neighbors jealous. The not so fun part is having to clean your BBQ grill afterwards! Here’s an easy way to ensure you have a clean BBQ for…
How To Replace or Upgrade A Drill Chuck, Step By Step
A drill’s chuck works hard, especially on a impact drill, so it’s no surprise that they do sometimes break. Alternately you may be looking at replacing your keyed chuck with a more modern keyless version. Either way, here is a step by step guide to replacing it with a new one. When you’re done with…
Make Your Own Natural Cleaning Wipes, Cheap & Chemical Free
Homemade cleaning products are definitely a new trend, you can control exactly what goes into them and so you can rest assured that you’re not covering your home in toxic chemicals. Cleaning wipes are no exception, they are extremely handy to keep around the kitchen and bathrooms and their handy all-in-one tub is easy to…
