Do It Yourself
It might start with a quick fix-it project. It might start with wanting to save money. It might start with an interest in crafting something on your own. It might start with a desire to buy fewer consumer goods as an environmental statement. It might start with a personal challenge to be more self-reliant.
No matter how it begins, the drive to Do It Yourself is an important one, and has positive effects for your wallet, your psyche, and the environment.
Here you'll find all our content on DIY living, including awesome projects, repair help, and musings on the topic. Dive in, get inspired, and start DIYing!
Tag: Do It Yourself - Page 5
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Turn an Office Scanner Into a Table Top Saw
Your office and your garage combine in this Instructable that takes an old scanner and hacks it into a table top saw used to cut solar cells.
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14 Most Wildly Popular Gadget Instructables
We've hand-picked the Instructables projects that have appealed most to our readers. Peruse these top selections and start DIYing!
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Build Your Own Solar Charger with Voltaic's DIY Kits
With these solar charger kits, you can build the right system for your mobile or off-grid power needs, and then easily mount the whole thing onto your own backpack or bag.
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8 Homemade Salt and Sugar Body Scrubs
With a few kitchen cupboard ingredients, silky soft skin can be all yours.
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5 Energy-Themed Jack-O-Lantern Patterns for Halloween
Let your geek flame burn bright this Halloween with energy-themed Jack-o-lanterns
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Make Gadget Parts Using Sugru and 3D Printed Molds
A great idea for making your own repair parts using readily available materials.
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Build a Tesla Coil in 9 Steps
Just in time for Halloween, we're highlighting this Dr. Frankenstein-style project.
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3D Printed Headphones Snap Together, No Tools Required
The design proves that 3D printable, DIY gadgets are becoming more of a reality.
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Build Your Own Energy-Efficient LED Lamp
A perfect project to test out your shop skills and brighten up your home.
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Grow a 1% Fall Container Garden on a 99% Gardener Budget
Copy these 13 plants used by affluent gardeners to create fall container gardens on a budget.
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Build a Hydroponic Indoor Garden from IKEA Parts
Designer Antonio Scarponi's latest venture is a DIY instruction manual for building five different hydroponic devices to grow vegetables in your apartment using out-of-the-box IKEA components.
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Makerbot Replicator 2 Opens the Door to High Quality 3D Printing at Home
Makerbot's latest generation 3D printer could make at-home 3D printing more common -- for those who can afford it.
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How DIY Tech Is Making Science Cheaper
The do-it-yourself mentality is good for more than saving money at home -- it's saving scientists money at the lab!
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9-Year-Old's Cardboard Arcade Gets A Movie Sequel
Find out what's been happening with Caine since the story of his cardboard arcade went viral a few months ago.
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10 Tools You Can 3D Print for Your Garden
Love technology, design and gardening? 3D printing may open up a world of possibilities for you.
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How to DIY Adorable Snail Shell Miniature Gardens
Short on gardening space? Check out this mini-tutorial on growing a little garden out of snail shells.
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Walking Paper Robot Driven By Rubber Bands
If you love robotics, but prefer low-tech materials, this Japanese buildable robot kit using paper, wood and rubber bands is for you.
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3D Print an Attractive and Effective Slug Trap for your Garden
Do the beer-filled tuna can slug traps make your garden look like a landfill? 3D print a beautiful garden slug trap this week.
