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 | Pulley Clothesline Dry clothes without electricity! This simple and inexpensive ($20) pulley clothesline allows you to stay in a stationary shaded area while your clo…
posted by
tommyrusso
on
Mar 31, 2009 |
  | Clothesline Hangers for Windy Conditions Using a clothesline is easier than people think, and saves 100% of the substantial energy used in a dryer. In my previous instructable on this top…
posted by
LowEnergy
on
May 10, 2008 |
 | Install a clothline and save a bundle! The clothesline is probably the oldest method of drying clothes. It is also the cheapest and most ecological. Considering there is currently no ele…
posted by
Build-o-Matic
on
Oct 19, 2008 |
 | Make a Rubber Band Travel Clothesline ( for Less Than $1 ) I have always loved the concept of those rubber travel clotheslines (I'm an engineer; what can I say.) They stretch to accommodate different span…
posted by
br3ttb
on
Jul 23, 2008 |
  | Climbing rope based porch clothes dryer My wife used to climb, but no more! So she let me cut up her old climbing rope to make stuff with.
Here's a climbing rope based clothes hanger, mad…
posted by
lightnin9
on
May 27, 2012
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 | Dorm Clothes Line Stick it to your boarding school dryer monopoly by constructing an easy to build clothes line. It pays for it's self after only a few loads.
Con…
posted by
brokengun
on
Sep 14, 2008 |
  | Camping tips and tricks
For over 30 years my family has been making annual trips to Vermont to go camping in the late Fall. Over the years it has grown from being just f…
posted by
Lorddrake
on
Aug 18, 2011 |
 | Multipurpose Clothespin Hanger This is an adaptation of an old-fashioned method of drying socks or other little things on the clothesline. It makes an excellent gift for anyone …
posted by
ejaygee
on
Jan 4, 2009 |
 | Hide a key... that never gets lost! Never lock your emergency key in your house again.
I don't know about you, but at our house we have the bad habit of leaving the "emergency hidde…
posted by
scot adam
on
Feb 9, 2011
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 | Keep your beer from getting showered while in the shower Part 1: Make yourself smell like roses while stopping to smell them. If you're smart and impatient, you can figure this out from the picture. If you are neither of those, or just want to be edified or entertained, fe…
posted by
0.775volts
on
Mar 29, 2008 |
 | Fancy Pants Clothespins Clothespins are used a lot on a day to day basis, but sometimes you just get tired of the boring colors of a clothespin after a while. Want to jazz…
posted by
Jessie Marie
on
Feb 24, 2013
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 | Cereal Box Clothes Dryer (CBCD) One of the most economical means of drying clothes uses no appliance. A clothesline is inexpensive and easy to use. Using the heat of the sun and d…
posted by
OhBrian
on
Apr 19, 2009 |
 | Lumber Storage Cart Hello Instructable World. Here's my first Instructable, be gentle.
My very small garage/workshop has became cluttered with tools, camping…
posted by
amishjim
on
Nov 10, 2012
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 | Dried Kelp Here's how to gather and dry kelp. Kelp is rich in iodine, something many people don't get enough of.Instead we ingest large quantities of nitrates…
posted by
TimAnderson
on
Aug 7, 2009 |
 | Super-Sized Upside-Down Planter Everybody's seen the Topsy-Turvey Tomato planter on TV or at Wal-Mart but why buy when you can build. I along with a lot of you have seen upside-d…
posted by
dijital101
on
Jul 3, 2009 |
 | Beer in the shower part 2: The BeerHanger (wire, pliers, and human interaction.) If you read Part One, you'll recall that I promised another method of beer holding for those of us who don't have a retractable clothesline, or des…
posted by
0.775volts
on
Mar 29, 2008 |
 | How to do laundry We all have laundry. Some of us do the laundy and some of have the laundry done for us. This instructable will show you how to do the laundry, wi…
posted by
linuxmom
on
Jul 27, 2008 |
 | Budweiser Box Cardboard Wall Mounted Mail Holder Still having too many Budweiser cartons, and too much time and no life, I gave my liver a break and did some more crafting. Living with two other a…
posted by
mindofclay
on
Feb 5, 2012 |
 | Quick & Dirty Office Chair Cover Update: Below is the original chair cover instructable I did. I wanted to add a picture of the newest cover I made. It's a heavier deep red fabri…
posted by
glitteringsky
on
Aug 3, 2007 |
 | Lazy Line Dry Clothes dryers are among the biggest energy hogs in a typical home*. Line-drying clothes cuts the energy use down to zero, but who has time for th…
posted by
LowEnergy
on
Aug 19, 2007 |
  | Halloween Supplies Want to get the best supplies this Halloween? Check out these guides so you can have the coolest house on the block!
Halloween Mausoleum from St…
posted by
frenzy
on
Oct 25, 2010 |
 | How to tie a bowline The bowline is a knot that will create a loop of rope that will not slip. It is often used in rescues to haul up victims from a pit or crevasse. An…
posted by
boyles35
on
Oct 17, 2012
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 | Woodshop Cribs Small compact and sturdy make these cribbings handy little fellas to have around. They do the job of protecting the larger things that won't fit on…
posted by
copperaxe
on
Dec 4, 2011
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 | Store Extension Cords Have you ever stored more than one extension cord on a hook? If you try to grab just one, either you'll leave loops of the cord you want on the hoo…
posted by
Goodluck
on
Sep 10, 2009 |
 | Suede Leather ipod nano case A great ipod always needs a great case! Follow these step-by-step directions to learn how to make a SUEDE LEATHER ipod nano case. This is a very fu…
posted by
maniacmusicman
on
Jun 23, 2009 |
 | Garden rabbit deterrent (wind chimes) This is in honor of my father and father-in-law who were the ultimate scroungers and urban gardeners. They taught me well.
To begin, all of the …
posted by
aaahotdog
on
Sep 26, 2012 |
 | Gigantic Halloween Spider Web This web was made for under $20 and it's entirely woven out of common clothesline style rope. It's about 20 feet high and maybe 12 feet along the b…
posted by
nolte919
on
Oct 2, 2009 |
 | super,super simple poi this is my 1st instructable, so pardon any unusual formatting. I was looking at every poi instructable there was, but they were all very complicat…
posted by
NOODLE!
on
Jun 1, 2011
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   | How to Tie a Spider Web Here's how you can create a giant Spider Web using rope and a frame with 24 eye bolts. You can use this technique to weave a spider web at any scal…
posted by
Danarama
on
Oct 30, 2008 |
 | Steampunk tank gun copper and brass with patina This is a simple instruction on how to turn a super soaker(ish) squirtgun into a cool zeppelin like gun made of brass and copper with patina.
bu…
posted by
solipsism
on
Apr 20, 2009 |
 | Budweiser Cardboard Box Shelf Being an insufferable alcoholic with a lot of time on my hands, I came across the instructable by aweekfromthursday titled d.i.y. cardboard shelf.…
posted by
mindofclay
on
Feb 2, 2012
views: 4,230comments: 3 |
 | Handy Tricks from Australia Somewhere over the rainbow is the magical land of Oz, a parallel universe where they call "ketchup" "tomato sauce". They've got their own ways of d…
posted by
TimAnderson
on
Dec 3, 2007 |
 | a zombie pinata that roars I've never liked the idea of beating a ladybug or a smiling burro, even if it's made of cardboard and covered in tissue paper. But zombies are crea…
posted by
sylrig
on
Oct 31, 2011 |
 | Handy Tricks From Guatemala Monica and her brother Cristobal Jesus guide us up the side of volcano "Agua" near Antigua, Guatemala. The trail is steep. People have dug many pit…
posted by
TimAnderson
on
Dec 14, 2007 |
 | The Tome of Infinite Knowledge: a Book-styled Netbook case from it's own box After the downfall of Circuit City's Brick-and-mortar stores, I was able to pick up an Averatec buddy Netbook (a re badged MSI Wind). Wanting a de…
posted by
Mr. Headcrab
on
Apr 19, 2009 |
 | Radio Controlled Cable Dolly for Small Format Cameras Using some relatively simple construction techniques and off the shelf RC parts, you can make a small, fast, reliable cable dolly to carry a small …
posted by
Nachimir
on
Sep 16, 2012 |
 | Halloween Decoration Who doesn't love Halloween? There's something for everyone and even if you don't decorate the whole house there's so much great stuff to do that an…
posted by
scoochmaroo
on
Oct 26, 2010
views: 12,189comments: 1 |
 | Cheap and easy 'Gaslight' lamp This is something I knocked together for our halloween party - it took about five minutes, was cheap, easy and looks great
Parts
First things f…
posted by
taleya
on
Oct 16, 2008 |
 | Wireless PVC badminton volleyball net My kids received a badminton set from their grandmother last summer which we have enjoyed immensely and play it often especially as an after dinner…
posted by
replayreb
on
Aug 17, 2012 |
 | Mask Display Building an inexpensive display for masks.
by Alyssa, owner and head cow folder at Ravenwood Masks www.ravenwoodmasks.com
You can make this with T…
posted by
Alyssa Ravenwood Masks
on
Dec 30, 2012
views: 341comments: 3 |
 | lonely ice teardrops This shows how to create a teardrop of ice. We're having an ice and art event at a local lake in Minneapolis and we're freezing water in anything t…
posted by
keithbraafladt
on
Jan 29, 2009 |
 | Grout and Screen Hole Patching For irregular patching jobs, like this one in an exterior privacy wall, plastic window screen and grout can be a cheap, quick, and easy way to do t…
posted by
Thinkenstein
on
Apr 13, 2012
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 | How to Be (more) Green Being "Green" is probably the most important thing you can do in this time of climate change. Plus, it's easy, loses you weight (in most cases), an…
posted by
Grayham
on
Apr 7, 2009 |
 | Octagonal raised garden bed Materials
Treated plywood
2x4s or similar
Screws
No more nails adhesive
Black plastic
Staples
Duct tape
Tools
Table saw
Screwdriver (preferably el…
posted by
ClareBS
on
May 26, 2012 |
 | Hand-powered WASHING MACHINE I have probably been washing clothes in this hand-powered washing machine for over 25 years. It has two funnels inside the tank that serve as plun…
posted by
Thinkenstein
on
Jul 17, 2009 |
 | My Awesome Backpacking Camp Setup/ Checklist! A few weeks ago, I went boy Scout camping on Lake Chatauqua in NY, and I was the only one with the best setup in the whole camp. Lets just say it …
posted by
trevorcgross
on
Aug 21, 2011 |
 | DIY Wire Faux Taxidermy To see more tutorials and cool stuff visit See Cate Create.
Cost: About $6
Supplies:
Plenty of 16 Ga. Dark Annealed Wire (I bought the 2lb re…
posted by
CreativeCate
on
Aug 30, 2011 |
 | Standing desk from plumbing pipe? How's that possible? I have a secret – I have been coveting a standing desk for a few years now as I have some issues with my neck and back that require me to take brea…
posted by
jveffer
on
Mar 18, 2013
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 | How to Make a Dirt Sifter After putting up an instructable on making raised beds I realized I should probably go a little more in-depth on the dirt sifter since it’s a vital…
posted by
spike3579
on
Apr 26, 2012 |
 | Wash Dog Fur for Spinning Turn that smelly fur into soft gorgeous spinning fiber - without felting or matting it too much!
Bag it up!
Place the fur into nylon mesh linger…
posted by
cobaltandindigo
on
Nov 4, 2005 |
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