http://www.instructables.com group feed Fri, 25 May 2012 23:53:58 PDT BLOX v1.01 http://www.instructables.com/id/Almost-Free-Solar-Hot-Air-Collector/
Almost Free Solar Hot Air Collector - More DIY How To Projects]]> http://www.instructables.comhttp://img.instructables.com/files/deriv/F87/QVC5/G8JEFYPP/F87QVC5G8JEFYPP.SQUARE2.jpg http://www.instructables.comhttp://img.instructables.com/files/deriv/F87/QVC5/G8JEFYPP/F87QVC5G8JEFYPP.SQUARE.jpg http://www.instructables.comhttp://img.instructables.com/files/deriv/F87/QVC5/G8JEFYPP/F87QVC5G8JEFYPP.SMALL.jpg EU7ZBOTG8JP3M4X ecosteve I hate throwing anything out untill I have exhausted my mind, searched the web or visited Instructables for other potential uses. I have not found and hot air collectors made from light fixtures so here you go. Electric Car Conversion; http://goeving.blogspot.com/ YouTube Solar Hot Air Collector...
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Continue Reading »]]> workshop Thu, 20 Jan 2011 03:45:08 PST http://www.instructables.com/id/Mast-Raising/
Free Yacht Chapter 13: Raise the New Mast! - More DIY How To Projects]]> http://www.instructables.comhttp://img.instructables.com/files/deriv/FRZ/1D95/G0KQKRHL/FRZ1D95G0KQKRHL.SQUARE2.jpg http://www.instructables.comhttp://img.instructables.com/files/deriv/FRZ/1D95/G0KQKRHL/FRZ1D95G0KQKRHL.SQUARE.jpg http://www.instructables.comhttp://img.instructables.com/files/deriv/FRZ/1D95/G0KQKRHL/FRZ1D95G0KQKRHL.SMALL.jpg EL72AGJG0KQKR5O TimAnderson We've sailed Solara with giant kites all summer. It's been a hoot. Now we're going to put a new (to us) mast on it. We'll rig it so we can use either kites or sails.Episode 13 - how perfect? We're all scared to death about this task.Many thanks to Pete, Gus, Victor, Kenny, Joanna, Effie, and everyon...
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Continue Reading »]]> outside Mon, 12 Oct 2009 08:49:29 PDT http://www.instructables.com/id/kiteboat/
Free Yacht Chapter 12: Kiteboat! - More DIY How To Projects]]> http://www.instructables.comhttp://img.instructables.com/files/deriv/FIM/UXPY/FWX11RB7/FIMUXPYFWX11RB7.SQUARE2.jpg http://www.instructables.comhttp://img.instructables.com/files/deriv/FIM/UXPY/FWX11RB7/FIMUXPYFWX11RB7.SQUARE.jpg http://www.instructables.comhttp://img.instructables.com/files/deriv/FIM/UXPY/FWX11RB7/FIMUXPYFWX11RB7.SMALL.jpg EU5VZSKFWX11PK9 TimAnderson Solara is dismasted, so let's power it with gigantic kites!There's no mast and rigging in the way, so it's a perfect opportunity.This ible is a composite image of what a kiteboating excursion on the Free Yacht is like, the photos are from various outings.Max Stephenson video. Many thanks to him, Lis...
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Continue Reading »]]> workshop Fri, 10 Jul 2009 14:48:50 PDT http://www.instructables.com/id/FreeYacht10Dismasting/
Free Yacht Chapter 11: Dismasted! - More DIY How To Projects]]> http://www.instructables.comhttp://img.instructables.com/files/deriv/FJ6/YD28/FVO9R8U3/FJ6YD28FVO9R8U3.SQUARE2.jpg http://www.instructables.comhttp://img.instructables.com/files/deriv/FJ6/YD28/FVO9R8U3/FJ6YD28FVO9R8U3.SQUARE.jpg http://www.instructables.comhttp://img.instructables.com/files/deriv/FJ6/YD28/FVO9R8U3/FJ6YD28FVO9R8U3.SMALL.jpg EJILKRSFVO9R826 TimAnderson Sailing along with 10 people aboard, dum de dum de dum. Suddenly, CRACK! CRASH! Sails all over us! The boom falls onto the cabin top right next to us! The mast crashes into the water! Cables everywhere!Thanks to Cynthia Rauschert for the photos from that night.continues the Free Yacht saga begun at ...
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Continue Reading »]]> outside Sun, 7 Jun 2009 19:45:12 PDT http://www.instructables.com/id/ScrapBatteryMoney/
Get Big Money for Scrap Batteries - More DIY How To Projects]]> http://www.instructables.comhttp://img.instructables.com/files/deriv/FG3/Y5IZ/FGFRD4YA/FG3Y5IZFGFRD4YA.SQUARE2.jpg http://www.instructables.comhttp://img.instructables.com/files/deriv/FG3/Y5IZ/FGFRD4YA/FG3Y5IZFGFRD4YA.SQUARE.jpg http://www.instructables.comhttp://img.instructables.com/files/deriv/FG3/Y5IZ/FGFRD4YA/FG3Y5IZFGFRD4YA.SMALL.jpg E86XQOKFGFRD4Y7 TimAnderson I just got paid $300 cash for two dozen old lead-acid batteries. Here's how.A lot of readers are asking: Where do I get dead batteries?:I mostly got these batteries by seeing and asking for them. New cars wreck batteries pretty quick because the car computer never really turns off. So if the car isn...
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Continue Reading »]]> technology Mon, 19 May 2008 18:24:11 PDT http://www.instructables.com/id/Privateer-Knot/
Free Yacht Chapter 10: Privateer Knot - More DIY How To Projects]]> http://www.instructables.comhttp://img.instructables.com/files/deriv/FMW/POKP/FEG40BQM/FMWPOKPFEG40BQM.SQUARE2.jpg http://www.instructables.comhttp://img.instructables.com/files/deriv/FMW/POKP/FEG40BQM/FMWPOKPFEG40BQM.SQUARE.jpg http://www.instructables.comhttp://img.instructables.com/files/deriv/FMW/POKP/FEG40BQM/FMWPOKPFEG40BQM.SMALL.jpg EVQTW6ZFDSE96ZD TimAnderson Some pals gave us a new mainsail for Solara. That was good, because our old one was stretched out and the leech flapped chronically. The new sail was great, but our mast has a track for brass cars to slide on and this sail didn't have them. The privateer knot is the quickest way to tie d-rings or ot...
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Continue Reading »]]> outside Mon, 31 Mar 2008 11:56:09 PDT http://www.instructables.com/id/Free-Yacht-Chapter-8-Celebrate-Freedom/
Free Yacht Chapter 8: Celebrate Freedom - More DIY How To Projects]]> http://www.instructables.comhttp://img.instructables.com/files/deriv/FCP/HSTC/FAQDX1LC/FCPHSTCFAQDX1LC.SQUARE2.jpg http://www.instructables.comhttp://img.instructables.com/files/deriv/FCP/HSTC/FAQDX1LC/FCPHSTCFAQDX1LC.SQUARE.jpg http://www.instructables.comhttp://img.instructables.com/files/deriv/FCP/HSTC/FAQDX1LC/FCPHSTCFAQDX1LC.SMALL.jpg E5B9AYPFAQDX1AW TimAnderson On the fourth of July the Free Yacht seemed like just the place to celebrate the freedom we Americans are so famous for. Our plan was to motor out and anchor in the shallows just upwind of the park and watch the fireworks. Hilarity ensued! Thanks to Joe Grand for this photo and others. continues...
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Continue Reading »]]> outside Sat, 29 Dec 2007 20:39:35 PST http://www.instructables.com/id/Free-Yacht---Volume2/ http://www.instructables.comhttp://img.instructables.com/files/deriv/FL1/FC4U/F54HOC6Q/FL1FC4UF54HOC6Q.SQUARE2.jpg http://www.instructables.comhttp://img.instructables.com/files/deriv/FL1/FC4U/F54HOC6Q/FL1FC4UF54HOC6Q.SQUARE.jpg http://www.instructables.comhttp://img.instructables.com/files/deriv/FL1/FC4U/F54HOC6Q/FL1FC4UF54HOC6Q.SMALL.jpg EJ81KRZF9N2E0TC trebuchet03 TimAnderson is known around these parts for the awesome free yachts he acquires... My father recently acquired what can be considered a free yacht - and surprisingly, my mother agreed to go along with it. I detested - even Tim said it's a monster of a project - but that didn't stop it. My father liv...
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Continue Reading »]]> play Mon, 3 Dec 2007 20:58:25 PST http://www.instructables.com/id/%3e-filming-boat-%3c/
filming boat - More DIY How To Projects]]> http://www.instructables.comhttp://img.instructables.com/files/deriv/F95/832I/F0OE1UY9/F95832IF0OE1UY9.SQUARE2.jpg http://www.instructables.comhttp://img.instructables.com/files/deriv/F95/832I/F0OE1UY9/F95832IF0OE1UY9.SQUARE.jpg http://www.instructables.comhttp://img.instructables.com/files/deriv/F95/832I/F0OE1UY9/F95832IF0OE1UY9.SMALL.jpg EJAEPG8F0OE1UYH cesar harada This is a filming - cycling - sailing - rowing - sleeping gipsy device. For 1 person, cesar
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Continue Reading »]]> outside Thu, 19 Apr 2007 05:31:55 PDT http://www.instructables.com/id/Free-Yacht-Chapter-7%3a-Get-an-Even-Better-One-and-F/
Free Yacht Chapter 7: Get an Even Better One and Fabulize it. - More DIY How To Projects]]> http://www.instructables.comhttp://img.instructables.com/files/deriv/FZM/VRTM/4WREV2Z7PDP/FZMVRTM4WREV2Z7PDP.SQUARE2.jpg http://www.instructables.comhttp://img.instructables.com/files/deriv/FZM/VRTM/4WREV2Z7PDP/FZMVRTM4WREV2Z7PDP.SQUARE.jpg http://www.instructables.comhttp://img.instructables.com/files/deriv/FZM/VRTM/4WREV2Z7PDP/FZMVRTM4WREV2Z7PDP.SMALL.jpg EBHER2IGQBEV2Z7G03 TimAnderson continues the Free Yacht saga begun at How to Get a Free YachtOn the first of the month I went to the marina office to pay the rent.I apologized for not paying on the 29th and asked about a free dinghy that was up for grabs.me: "And what's the story about the trimaran next to it?"he: "That's the mar...
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