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Fingerboards are miniature toy skateboards that come complete with wheels and graphics. With a little imagination and a rainy afternoon, you can create a skateboard park filled with banks, ramps...

Making a mold of an object is a good way to make multiple identical copies of it. The simplest molds are often made of latex or plaster of Paris, but there are many different materials you can use...

Anime link buttons are small images on websites that feature an anime character and typically link to anime websites. They have several popular uses including being used as links for drawing...

A good butterfly project for school will have at least three types of butterflies exhibited for comparison. Obviously, the more butterflies exhibited, the more exciting and informative the project...

Fishing is a hobby for which many objects are needed. A DIY fishing cart is a small cart you can take with you to your favorite pier, on your boat, or even to the beach. A good DIY fishing cart...

The beauty of baseball card collecting is there is no right or wrong way to do it. Most traditional card shops have dried up, and a lot of the trading and buying is done online now, but the hobby...

You can create a light box with a only few simple tools. You can build a frame for a more permanent structure or simply tape together the panels. Use the light box to provide more even lighting...

Need a special gift for a present? Someone in your family collect boxes? This article will show you how to find the materials you need, and assemble the items so you can make a cedar box with a...

I will explain how to make a modelers paint booth for models, and crafts.

Making a wooden cigar box can be an enjoyable project, especially if you love to smoke cigars. Cigar boxes are generally considered a fashionable and respectable gift idea for groomsmen,...

Professional magicians perform all kinds of different tricks, often utilizing complicated equipment that would be too expensive for the amateur magician. For the amateur magician, however, many...

Miter boxes are used for making angled cuts in wood, plastic and metal. They range from simple hand boxes with angles pre-cut to adjustable power miter boxes. Simple, less expensive miter boxes...

A box made out of wood makes a sturdy storage container for a number of items. You may choose to make a small box to store pens, pencils and doodads. Or, you can make a medium-sized box to store...

Chickens like to basically roll in the dirt. It helps them to cool themselves and rids them of some parasites. Build them their own dusting box and they will use it!

Working picture-puzzles is something I've loved ever since I was about seven years old; but as I grew older, the strains of growth and additional school responsibilities caused a change in my...

One of the merit badges that a Boy Scout can earn is woodworking. It requires the Scout to draw the plans for a woodworking project and complete the project with minimal help. The project must...

How to make a simple animal trap and catch animals as they enter the box. While this is a very simple trap, it proves very efficient when not to many other items are available. Think of this...

Prospecting for gold may not be a going concern these days for individuals, but it can be a fun hobby. One of the easiest ways to search for gold is through the use of a sluice box, which...

Sluice boxes are used by prospectors to separate gravel from gold. They are placed in a stream on a slight incline so that water will run through the box in such a way that when gravel is scooped...

For working with lighting for studio photography, a soft box is a wonderful alternative to an umbrella for diffuse lighting. When a photographer uses a soft box, many of the same lighting...

The Brunton compass (also named the "Brunton Pocket Transit") is a precise compass created by Brunton Inc. This compass is known for its innovative use of magnetic induction to stop the needle...

Okay, you've spent the past couple of hours digging up the riverbed and dumping the gravel, sand and hopefully gold, into your gold sluice. However, material has built up in the sluice box on the...

The sluice box is a piece of mechanical engineering that changed the way the world prospected for precious metals. Individual prospectors who search for gold in the American outdoors do most...

When you have a photo you want to upload online or give to someone for showing offline, you want to place a watermark on the photo to protect the copyright, which belongs to you. You do not want...

Photography is not only a fun hobby, but it is also an amazing science experiment. You can make your own camera easily. It takes only a few materials and a little know-how to make a shoebox...

A good music system, capped off with good speakers, can greatly enhance the pleasure of driving a car. To protect the speakers, you should enclose them in speaker boxes built to the size of the...

It's a sunny day, the sky is blue, and a warm summer breeze stirs the air--a perfect day to get out and fly a kite! Kites are not a new invention, by any means: they have been crafted and flown...

While the popularity of smoking in general is slowly taking a downturn, the popularity of cigars is still high. Long viewed as a symbol of class and success, cigars are often kept in one's office....

Making a soundproof box for working with your Dremel and other small power tools does not need to be difficult. The main goal of making such a device is to minimize or to dampen vibration by...

There are many types of camping gear that one can purchase. Buying everything can be expensive. Most camping stores charge a premium for basic items. Camping stoves, waterproof matches, first aid...

In intermediate three-ball juggling, the Box is the shower for one throw in each direction, alternating back and forth. Do the Box when juggling three balls with tips from a professional juggler...

A lightbox is a tool used for photographing small objects. The object is placed inside the box, which has a matte white lining that helps to evenly distribute the light of the flash and make sure...

At one point or another during a person's lifetime, many people come up with an idea that would make a great book. Some people even act on that idea and write their story down. And some people...

Make a light-proof box that can be opened to load film or photograph paper. Some designs include an adjustable film holder.

I did this back in the 70's with a black and white 13 inch tv and again in the 90's with a flat screen color 14 inch tv. Both times it was fun but it does take up some space. Plus you need to...

A box kite is a more advanced kite compared to standard diamond-shaped kites that are usually made and sold in stores. Box kites fly much higher and with greater ease than standard kites. Kids can...

If you're a novice woodworker or crafter, you can make a jewelry box from wood. A wooden jewelry box is simple to construct, and you can decorate it with a piece of velvet for a liner, or with a...

Pinhole cameras are cheap and easy to make and create strange and fascinating pictures that are unique to this type of photo process. With a few household items and a little care, your new camera...

If you sell items online or just want to improve your photography, a photo light box is a powerful tool. A light box makes photos crisper and cleaner. It helps diffuse the light on your subject...

A tracer light box is useful for tracing or transferring images or patterns. Quilters use them frequently, as do students studying graphics or design. Animators are also in need of a light box to...

A box knot is common to use in macrame projects, jewelry making and other small crafts, but it is not a life-saving knot. See how the box knot resembles a box shape with instructions from a rock...

Pen pals are an amazing way to meet people from around the world whom you may not have contact with otherwise. “But how do I find pen pals without spending tons of money on pen pal matching...

Keeping cigars fresh is critical to preserving the flavor, aroma and texture of the smoke. The best way to do this is to store your cigars in a humidor. A humidor is basically a cigar box that...

Display cases are one of the most common ways to display a collection that you are particularly fond of. They can be very elaborate and made of wood that can only be found in Africa, or you can...

To build a robot out of a box, use several different sizes, a good pair of scissors, some glue and spray paint to construct a life-size automatron. Add plastic accents to a box to make it look...

Sailing can be a blast, but when you add to the water a boat made of cardboard boxes, you can explode with the fun you'll have. This can be easy, but make sure you have all of the materials on...

For many people, even the smallest item can hold a precious memory. This can often result in drawers and cabinets filled with a clutter of ticket stubs, photos, dried flowers and high school love...

For all those people who holds dreams in their heart, here is a dreamy, sweet, and lovely way to plant those dreams and wait for them to grow.

Blacksmithing hot boxes are exactly as they sound, a source of heat to keep metal hot and malleable while you are pounding and shaping it. A hit box can be large or small and is made of many...

Surveillance equipment and spy gadgets have become increasingly more sophisticated. With the creation of spy movies, the excitement for spy gadgets continues to grow even more popular over time....