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I love the attention to detail and wonder about your process for doing an instructible. Do you remember the steps, do it while dictating, stop and write things down or what? Do you plan out each step first and write a list, or just know from the past?I hope people realize that the only way to learn how to do something is by doing it, which is why experience is worth more, in compensating someone for work, and by making mistakes AND having success, we learn.

Beautiful. Did you ever try combining rustic wood with metal? Either black steel or stainless- I think the contrast is nice sometimes.

I think the Burlywood one looks more Minecrafty- this one was a good version of casting though...

Could this be used for a recovery heating system that ran pipe past either a stove or dryer that was otherwise wasting heat? Trying to visualize.

If only schoolteachers could bring up a project like this when kids ask, "when will I need MATH?"

Excellent. I think that tips like this give kinesthetic learners options for learning about different parts of the process, showing exactly what to do gives confidence to try new things!

try using the pipe insulation- black spongy stuff, or pvc sprayed black.

This looks really good.( I wish someone would do one that doesn't require welding!)

I love your reuse of materials. I have a belt driven GE Profile washer that leaks and can't find anyone who would repurpose it. What a waste...

In recent news, our local school board in Hillsborough County has allowed lead tainted water in schools.

I liked this design much more after seeing how you did it yourself- truly unique. I have a dozen of these castors that I find are difficult to attach to things, also a bar bender that I wish someone could use! (wait until the kids start using the table for a go cart!)

You could ask all the 'trolls' for links to THEIR projects so you can learn... Guess they can't read the be nice policy. (It is interesting to see the power of seeing something spinning that actually has the effect of making one dizzy or nauseated. But then it goes away when eyes closed. Mind over matter?)

Is it possible to slice the heatshrink lengthwise, wrap around and then heat it?

Also, remember that when you create electricity, you can get shocked.

In other words try using black plastic to retain heat from the sun. (Lay over a patch of grass to see how it works)If you don't understand conduction, have an animal lay on a wood floor for a while then move him and feel the floor!

Good instruction and advice. I wonder if you ever you reclaimed wood. In my neighborhood they bulldoze house then haul off heart pine joists, flooring, even existing furniture. So wasteful.

I just deconstructed a mattress and found the wired springs covered by a plastic mesh. I thought at first it was also wire, it looks like hardware cloth.

I before e except after c, lol.

will this work if the charging prongs have worn down?

I'd make that snake wrangler a bit longer...

Agree with all comments. The real value is in the ability to adapt something in an emergency, and keep your mind active. How many of us who learned the same basic concepts early in life can still recollect them when needed.without practice? We forget that sometimes tinkering is to exercise the mind and learn what works and what won't. Too often people refuse to engage without a competitive goal in mind.