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How the BioSand Water Filter works - Samaritan's Purse CANADA. Alex Stewart. TetraBox Light by Ed Chew. Liquid to Light Designer Ed Chew takes a green step in the right direction with the TetraBox lamp, a light object made from discarded drink packets that would have otherwise ended up in landfills already packed to the brim.

TetraBox Light by Ed Chew

The design is achieved by unfolding the packets and refolding them into hexagonal and pentagonal sections that are then pieced together to form a geodesic sphere or any other desired shape. Here, the Epcot-like ball makes an attractive overhead light and casts an impressive web of shadows and shapes on the surrounding space. Designer: Ed Chew. Making a Leather Knife Sheath. Fast, Easy, and Good-lookin' Knife Sheath At the Rattlesnake Rendezvous (a primitive skills campout), I met a fellow by the name of Ken Peek.

Making a Leather Knife Sheath

Ken was wearing a really nice looking knife case. He was kind enough to let me have a close look at it. The thing that really caught my eye was the simplicity of the design. The sheath required absolutely NO STITCHING. "See Ya in the woods! " Birch Bark Sheath The big difference between the bark sheath and the leather sheath is the big wide slots on the bark sheath instead of the narrow slits on the leather sheath.

E-mail your comments to "Bill Scherer" at scherer_william@hotmail.com PrimitiveWays Home Page We hope the information on the PrimitiveWays website is both instructional and enjoyable. . © PrimitiveWays 2013. No Sew Medicine Bag. Weaving a wicker basket; the most comprehensive basket tutorial on the internet- jonsbushcraft.com. Viking shoes: a tutorial, sort of. EDIT march 2011: due to tons of comments (over at instructables.com) on the historical correct period for this shoe, i've changed the name from 'viking' to 'iron age' shoes. i've also closed the comment section here, due to spam. by following the description, you should end up with something that looks like this (above. never mind the red dots in the picture - they will be explained later). the uncut shoe is my left foot (wrong side out), but the cut, dark one is my right foot shoe (right side out).

viking shoes: a tutorial, sort of

(i'm sorry for the bad quality photos. i don't know what's wrong with my camera - the top photo was taken about two years ago; crisp, clear and fine. all the photos i take these days come out pale and grainy). look through all the photos before you start drawing! You start by purchasing some good leather about 2,5 - 3 millimeter thick. thinner than this will be like wearing a thin but stiff plastic cover on your foot. not good. start with drawing a line around your foot. start cutting. César's Bark Canoe by Bernard Gosselin. Woodworking for engineers.

Volvo Performance Repairs And Modifications. With the furnace body complete and set aside to dry, you can start on the furnaces lid.

Volvo Performance Repairs And Modifications

Start with a 1" tall section cut off a 12" diameter sonotube. An easy way to do this is, add a band of 1" wide tape to the top of the tube then cut along the bottom edge with a box cutter. Now lay the section of sonotube on a plastic bag on a perfectly flat surface. Place a plastic yogurt cup, or something similar, in the center to form the exhaust hole. Add refractory until the tube is ~ 3/4 full. Finish filling the sonotube, and then begin building a raised center that is 7" in diameter. About 5 days after construction, depending on weather conditions, you can light the furnace. After several hours the two top plugs were completely burned out.

So it's the big day and you cannot wait to fire up your new foundry. Check all your connections one last time, and you are now ready to begin. Now slightly open the fuel valve, to allow a small amount of oil to drip onto the fire.