How did you find instructables?
Just leave a comment saying how you found out about instructables! Personally I found a video of lego guns on youtube, so I searched around for instructions and didn't find any. Then I realised I had k'nex too, so I searched for k'nex gun instructions and found instructables.
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my older bro has been a member 4 a few years and i used to look through the site via his account, later i joined too and eventually so did my younger sister!!
Long time ago, the first time I downloaded Firefox it came with suggested links in the bookmarks section with Instructables listed as one... I've been hooked ever since.
Jul 20, 2011. 11:44 PMfrozenkyle
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this site helps me a lot... i also put this site in my bookmark... ^^ atleast i have some reasons to check online now....
I was subscribed to MAKE: Magazine, and I went on there website and somehow got to instructables.
I was looking up stuff for school one day and I got addicted to this site =D.
It wasn't until a year or two after I joined that I dared to post anything. But I truly love this site because it's so interesting and fun and I can always get something out of it.
It wasn't until a year or two after I joined that I dared to post anything. But I truly love this site because it's so interesting and fun and I can always get something out of it.
Jul 12, 2011. 11:46 AMmelandpaul
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i was stumbled on to here and WOW i love it here its like a things to do book i use to read as a child
ive so much to do here yay outdoor and other cant wait for my wife to find it best thing on the web
ive so much to do here yay outdoor and other cant wait for my wife to find it best thing on the web
I found out about this when I was searching for a Iron Man Repulsor tutorial!
May 21, 2011. 6:10 PMBurf
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About 4 years ago I was doing a search for information on fixing an issue I was having with an old iPod. Google led me here, I looked around the site, liked what I saw and I signed up.
May 1, 2011. 12:28 AMreaper baku
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I think i may have been one of the first people on instructables. I wanted to learn how to make a tazer glove so i could be like sasuke. When i was googling i came across the tazer glove. when i saw how much there was on this website i feel in love with it. the second thing i saw was the bokken.
BTW this is my first time posting, guess i just needed something important to post about.
BTW this is my first time posting, guess i just needed something important to post about.
You joined in 2009, how could you have been one of the first people on the site???
At one time, you didn't have to be signed up to see the content. It's quite possible they were a frequent visitor for a few years before signing up.
I baaaaaaaaaaaaaarely remember when they made the switch to requiring login to view all steps.
I baaaaaaaaaaaaaarely remember when they made the switch to requiring payment to view all steps
That was coming next, but I feared the Wrath of God. ;)
Apr 22, 2011. 9:19 PMnutsandbolts_64
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I googled stuff up and google coughed up Instructables. I think it was the 1st result displayed onto my face. As part of my little Instructables IRC promotion project: http://www.instructables.com/community/Instructables-Chat-Room/ IRC at the bottom and instructions under that. Just tell me if you want to take it down.
Apr 23, 2011. 7:30 PMnutsandbolts_64
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I meant take down the comment. You look like you attended a take-down mission meeting and you didn't listen to as who the target is. My IRC promotion project *can* be classified as spam, so I'm telling the author (you) that he/she has the authority to tell me to remove the comment. I just add something on-topic so that the comment will at least be useful to the topic-at-hand.
Apr 23, 2011. 8:20 PMbounty1012 (author)
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Well actually the instructables IRC was useful to me in the past, and it was fun getting to know some of the people on instructables. Its ok for you to advertise it here.
My daughter wanted me to knit a pokemon toy for her, so I was looking for patterns and ended up here. Alas no knitting pattern, but the site was so awesome, I stuck around.
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Apr 7, 2011. 6:38 PMusername252
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I remember finding this when I just wanted to make something random. Can't remember it, but likely it was for knex.
Popular Science magazine ran a going green contest in the magazine. This was back in 2007, To enter the contest you had to go to Instructables web site and create an instructable for your entry. I had never heard of them before that. Anyway, I won second place, and got a year subscription to Popular Science. Prizes weren't so good back then. Also there were no pro accounts, no limits, the only requirement was that you be a member.
That instructable has continued to be really popular. In fact if you do a Google search for "free air conditioning" my instructable is the top search entry. Its closing in on 200,000 views now. Wow, if I had a penny for every view ------ Sigh.
I wonder how many people have found Instructables and joined as a result of searching for free air conditioning.
They also didn't have "featured" instructables back then, but when they did start that they went ahead and featured mine and it added thousands more views. And finally they just started a new E book called "how to get free stuff" and mine was picked to be in that and that finally got me a free pro membership. I guess it goes to show that a good instructable never dies, it just keeps getting read.
That instructable has continued to be really popular. In fact if you do a Google search for "free air conditioning" my instructable is the top search entry. Its closing in on 200,000 views now. Wow, if I had a penny for every view ------ Sigh.
I wonder how many people have found Instructables and joined as a result of searching for free air conditioning.
They also didn't have "featured" instructables back then, but when they did start that they went ahead and featured mine and it added thousands more views. And finally they just started a new E book called "how to get free stuff" and mine was picked to be in that and that finally got me a free pro membership. I guess it goes to show that a good instructable never dies, it just keeps getting read.
I think I was looking for an easy way to make a simple motor controller and google linked me.
Currently I have 86 unpublished ibles (it was hovering around 100 until I dumped some into private today).
Currently I have 86 unpublished ibles (it was hovering around 100 until I dumped some into private today).
Dec 17, 2010. 8:34 AMhappyjo
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My teacher gave my class a list of websites and she wanted us to choose some! And there was instructables! I am so thankful for my teacher!
Dec 17, 2010. 3:33 PMhappyjo
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SHe is very awesome! What I like about her is that we do everything in her class on the computer, no paper!
You should tell her about the free PRO for teachers thing!
Dec 22, 2010. 9:42 PMhappyjo
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Wow! I had no idea of that! I might have to tell her! Thanks!
You're welcome! Here's the thread with directions on how to get it. :)
That's cool, I ought to drop that link to some of my teachers.
I think I came across this Instructable, way back in '05. Never did pursue the project, although I've been thinking about it again, lately.
I was looking through google on how to make a good bow and arrow, I found instructables and spent the rest of the day here
I think a friend sent me a link to an instructable way back, and ever since...
I had subscribed to MAKE magazine. I entered their web site, and looked about a bit. An article was linked to here, so I came and checke it out here.
I still subscribe to the magazine, but I come here to publish my ibles :-)
I still subscribe to the magazine, but I come here to publish my ibles :-)
I switched on the computer, started my browser, and there is was as my homepage.
Same as every day.
Same as every day.
Dec 15, 2010. 7:44 PMJamesRPatrick
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Hah! I used to use wikiHow and then one day I did a search for instructions for something. First page on the Google.
Dec 5, 2010. 8:09 AMRaz1r Knex Bull3t
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I was looking through something in a instruction booklet and found something I wanted to build, but there were no instructions, so I searched the name of the thing up on google and then found things coming up as knex guns then I found Instructables and decided to join.
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