How to Identify Clouds to Predict Weather Knowing what types of clouds are in the sky can help you to make short-term weather predictions that are surprisingly accurate. This can be a very helpful tool to have out in the field so that you can plan and make decisions based on what weather may …
Make Thermite out of Sand Here, I show you how to make a thermite composition out of sand! Just get some sand (the whiter the better), aluminum, and sulfur and make sure everything is a very fine powder. You’ll have to grind the sand in a mortar and pestile (interesting side note: I found that’s …
Pick a Lock in SECONDS with a Bump Key Picking locks is easy once you’ve made a bump key. Plus: learn to prevent break-ins. A lock, in its simplest form, is just a series of pins, each of which has two parts that are illustrated in red and blue to the left. To …
How To Make Slow Burning Fuses For this project I used items from around the house to create a pyrotechnic time-delay. Here’s how to make a simple form of a slow burning fuse, because when experimenting with homemade pyrotechnics, you don’t want to be too close if your composition explodes.
How to Make a Rudimentary Egg Incubator Building and using a chicken incubator is one of the best ways to promote a productive hatch, and it doesn’t take a lot of time, effort or material to create one. All you need is a container, light and heat to create an environment that is ideal …
How to Cure Your Own Bacon Learning how to cure meats is a useful skill to have during a survival situation. This is particularly true for bacon, which makes for a delicious comfort food to have on hand during a difficult and stressful time. Let’s take a look at how easy it is to prepare …
Provide Burn Pain Relief With These Home Grown Remedies There are a number of things that you can do to soothe the pain after receiving first or second degree burns. These are all natural, safe and often effective treatments that can eliminate the need to take a trip to the doctor. Some of them work …
How to Build a Fire Bed Did you know that you can have your fire and sleep on it as well? Most people are content to sleep as close to a fire as possible in order to stay warm at night. However, we all know that this doesn’t always work as effectively as we would …
How to Raise Catfish in a Barrel Catfish are a hearty species that don’t need a lot of care and maintenance in order to thrive. This is one of the reasons that they make the perfect choice for backyard fish farming. Catfish are also very meaty, nutritious and easy to prepare. Let’s take a look …
Making an ARC Welder Did you know you can make an AC arc welder using parts from your microwave? I used 2 transformers from 2 different microwaves, and about 50′ of 8 AWG stranded copper cable from a local hardware store. You could probably save some money by scavenging for free wire, but I …
