The Extraordinary Projects Bible: Duct Tape Tote Bags, Homemade Rockets, and Other Awesome Projects Anyone Can Make

by Instructables.com (Compiler)

Overview

Continuing the Instructables series with Skyhorse Publishing, a mammoth collection of projects has been selected and curated for this special best-of volume of Instructables. The guides in this book cover the entire spectrum of possibilities that the popular website has to offer, showcasing how online communities can foster and nurture creativity.

From outdoor agricultural projects to finding new uses for traditional household objects, the beauty of Instructables lies in their ingenuity and their ability to find new ways of looking at the same thing. Extraordinary Projects Bible has that in spades; the possibilities are limitless, thanks to not only the selection of projects available here, but also the new ideas you’ll build on after reading this book. Full-color photographs illustrate each project in intricate detail, providing images of both the individual steps of the process and the end product.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781629144283
Publisher:	Skyhorse
Publication date:	11/18/2014
Pages:	320
Product dimensions:	6.30(w) x 9.10(h) x 1.10(d)

About the Author

Instructables.com is a bona fide Internet sensation, a web-based community of motivated do-it-yourselfers who contribute invaluable how-to guides to the site on a wide range of topics, from gardening and home repair to recipes to gadgets that defy categorization. The site hosts more than 100,000 projects. More than 15 million people visit the site each month, leaving comments and suggestions on the ever-growing list of do-it-yourself projects.

Table of Contents

Introduction vii

I Awesome Projects 1

Wine Barrel Beer Table 3

Concrete Lamp 8

Road Sign Coffee Table 18

Reclaimed Bowling Lane Table 25

Wooden Candle Holder 30

Simple Branching Coat Rack 34

Rocket Grill! 37

Bentwood Birdhouse 49

Paracord Bracelet with a Side Release Buckle 55

Wood Ring 60

Build a Programmable Mechanical Music Box 63

Build an Inexpensive Cigar Box Guitar at Home 72

Scroll-Sawed Wooden Bowls 85

How to Make a Steel Vase 93

How to Make a Metal Rose 98

II Duct Tape Projects 103

High-Quality Tote Bag 105

100% Authentic Hoodie (100+ yd of duct tape) 119

Hat 136

The Best Universal, Portable Videogame Holster Ever 142

Stars and Stripes Lawn Chair 146

Duct Duck (Duck Tub Stopper) 149

Tear-Away Scratch Pad 153

III Homemade Rockets 157

A Rocket in Your Pocket 159

Ten-Minute Rocket 161

Compressed Air Rockets 166

Paper Stomp Rockets 172

Vacuum-Cleaner Bazooka 177

Rocket Eggstronaut Project 180

Eco Office Rocket: Build a Rocket from Trash 188

Handheld Rocket Launcher! 201

One-Hundred-Yard Paper Rocket Launcher 211

Pocket Rocket Launcher 216

Rocket-Powered Matchbox Cars-Extreme! 222

IV Projects to Get You Off the Grid 225

Backyard Chicken Coop 227

Small Chicken Tractor for the City Dweller 233

Collect Rain Water with a Wine Barrel 245

Green Solar-Powered Water Barrel 247

DIY 1000 Watt Wind Turbine 251

How I Built an Electricity-Producing Wind Turbine 254

Build a 60 Watt Solar Panel 267

How to Make PV Solar Panels 276

Solar Lawn Mower! 284

Solar-Powered Fountain/Herb Garden 297

Greenhouse from Old Windows 300

An Algae Bioreactor from Recycled Water Bottles 307

Conversion Tables 310