I made a brick mold that makes bricks 25 x 12.5 x 7.5 cm from wood. A log was split and mortise and tenon joints were carved using a stone chisel and sharp rocks. The mold was lashed together with cane... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 7 years 1 month 1 week ago • 1,024 views • 10:47Videos (45) | Sift Talk (0) | Blogs (0) | Comments (1000) |
Plywood is a simple material made by glueing together thin sheets of wood, known as veneers or plies. These basic elements have remained broadly the same throughout its history. The most significant breakthrough... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 7 years 1 month 2 weeks ago • 1,947 views • 6:44Published on May 21, 2017 After four years of living off the grid we've gathered some wisdom we'd like to share with you. Please enjoy...ten MORE things we wish we'd known before we went off grid. ... continue reading
posted by Buck 7 years 2 months ago • 1,847 views • 10:28I built a water powered hammer called a “Monjolo”. I started by making a water spout from half a hollow log to direct water from the creek. This was set up in the creek and water flowed through it.... continue reading
posted by Joe Motion (lurgee) 7 years 6 months ago • 1,217 views • 8:51Comparing forward curved blades, backward curved blades and straight blades for a blower impeller.
posted by Mordhaus 7 years 7 months 1 week ago • 571 views • 10:32I built this pottery kiln and some pottery from termite mound clay to test an alternative clay source to my usual one from the creek bank. I started by making a large grate from ordinary clay. It was just... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 7 years 7 months 1 week ago • 420 views • 11:27We love wood here at The Slingshot Channel. It is our most important raw material by a great margin. When we found this 20" piece of European Dogwood (Cornus Sanguinea) while cleaning up the shed, we immediately... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 7 years 7 months 1 week ago • 203 views • 13:07YouTube description: Osaka's Gate Tower Building is an amazing sight to see because ... well, how should I put this? A highway goes through the building. It literally does, and there is a story behind it. ... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 7 months 3 weeks ago • 1,611 views • 5:48In this video I build a garden to grow Cassava and yams, two staple food crops. Cassava is a shrub that develops large edible roots. Yams are a climbing vine that produce large, edible underground bulbs... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 7 years 8 months 1 week ago • 100 views • 6:27YouTube description: Colorado is known for its beautiful Rocky Mountains, but with mountains come snow and with snow come avalanches. Breckenridge Resort has a group of 6 dogs and handlers trained specifically... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 9 months ago • 189 views • 2:42An electrical reciprocating engine using a solenoid instead of a steam cylinder to power the strokes.
posted by Mordhaus 8 years 1 month ago • 31 views • 5:30YouTube description: Greenford, Middlesex. An item about the manufacture of wallpaper. C/U on stuffed birds. C/U of an artist painting the birds in a design. Various shots of artists designing... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 8 years 2 months ago • 446 views • 2:52I invented the Bow Blower, a combination of the bow drill and forge blower to make a device that can force air into a fire while being easy to construct from commonly occurring natural materials using... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 8 years 3 months ago • 1,388 views • 4:32YouTube description: Making some shelves to fit in a closet we use as a pantry http://woodgears.ca/kitchen/pantry_shelves.html The wood breaking and smashing - not the sort of thing I would normally... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 8 years 4 months 2 weeks ago • 1,060 views • 6:06YouTube description: This video is a mini-documentary about the Finnish Language. First I investigate the history of the Finnish language before dissecting some of its important features. Special... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 8 years 5 months 1 week ago • 264 views • 9:57I made this bow and arrow using only primitive tools and materials.The bow is 1.25 m (55 inches) long and shoots 60 cm (2 feet) long arrows. I don't know the draw weight - safe to say greater than 15 kg... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 8 years 7 months ago • 622 views • 5:54YouTube description: I made a batch of charcoal using the mound method then stored it in baskets for later use. Charcoal is a fuel that burns hotter than the wood it's made from. This is because the... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 8 years 8 months 2 weeks ago • 1,004 views • 5:31