The one pivotal component of modern firearms that is almost impossible to safely make at home, even if you have the right ingredients, is the primers. They are hideously dangerous to make. Some who try lose a hand, finger or eye. Others go to the great beyond in a rather spectacular fashion...
The basic survival skills everyone should learn are:
Building a shelter from natural or scavenged materials
Starting fire with and without matches, lighter, magnifier or fire steel
Finding water
Purifying water by straining + boiling or using a commercial filter
Securing food by gathering...
I'm relieved he is dead, not surprised where he was found and wary of the repercussions.
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the mastermind of the 9/11 attacks warned that al-Qaeda has hidden a nuclear bomb in Europe which will unleash a "nuclear h#$lstorm" if Osama bin Laden is captured, leaked files...
Oh My!
Just heard the first conspiracy rant on this subject.
A mysterious coincidence that Will and Kate were married, John Paul II was beatified, the president released his birth certificate and Bin Laden was killed on or near the pagan holiday Beltane (first day of May).
Thrown in was the...
I would melt each suspect component individually, let it cool and see if you can replicate the problem after a reasonable time.
Maybe the beeswax was "cleaned" or "rendered" by melting it in boiling water and it still has a lot of water trapped in it.
Here is a little info...
Many waxes have an affinity to capture water vapor when being melted and cooled. While being cooled they crystallize and entrap water vapor in a matrix, especially in a very humid environment. Many times the water is not noticeable when the product is initially cooled and the water slowly...
I lived in a big family. Getting "washer" time was a hassle, you either wear your clothes several days or jump on the wash sink and do a couple loads yourself. As the oldest of 9, I just buckled down and hand washed. It kept me out of trouble.
Mom had a rule, if you do your laundry with the...
When I was younger I used to hand wash all my blue jeans and other outerwear in a special galvanized two compartment sink in the basement. The sink was nifty because the right side had a washboard molded into the front of the sink. It also had large counter tops on both the left and right that...
"Chicken nuggets are also often bound with meat glue"
Another reason to stay away from McDonalds.
I bet it does insidious things to your lungs if you breath it in. Probably sticks your bronchioles together and melts your alveoli. Instant emphysema.
KasinH on YouTube did a wonderful video series about making a passive "Bread Box" water heater using some recycled parts.
Her series is around 28 videos detailing the build and connection plus a few more videos showing her energy savings.
This is the 1st video of her series.
An update of how...
Is becoming Self Sufficient the new fad?
I think the answer to that question is going to be on an individual basis. For some planting a garden, raising livestock, buying in bulk, canning / dehydrating / laying away a food cache, reducing energy consumption and inventive reusefulness are an...
Interesting concept but I couldn't live like that. There are too many products that I buy that require packaging for sanitary reasons.
I have reduced my trash by over 50% in the last 10 years by buying mostly in bulk and canning / dehydrating.
This may sound crazy but it works and is cheap. I like cheap.
I made black sheer full coverage curtains for the three window sets that face south and west and keep them hanging during the time of year a heater is required. It captures lots of heat that would otherwise be reflected back out the...