WOW! Rope Knot Trick

posted by BSR 10 months 2 weeks ago • 154 views • 43 secs

Hemp is a plant whose vegetable fibers have been used in the making of fabrics, the manufacture of espadrilles and in rope making. Manuel Abad was an expert ropemaker from Cornago (La Rioja) who showed... continue reading

posted by newtboy 1 year 4 months 2 weeks ago • 57 views • 8:44

YouTube description: Insane Floating Tensegrity Chair If you have ropes and wood - you can build floating tensegrity chair based on tension! It was pretty difficult project, but result is amazing! ... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 4 years 5 months 1 week ago • 1,478 views • 4:40

Have you ever tried to figure out how to use a ratchet strap? Which way do you feed the other strap into it? How the heck to you get it to tighten? Well, don't worry. Dirt Farmer Jay can help you by explaining... continue reading

posted by BSR 6 years 8 months 1 week ago • 22 views • 7:29

From YouTube: "...demonstrate a way to start your car (when the battery is dead) without pushing it or using jumper cables." 031417

posted by chicchorea 7 years 12 months ago • 1,611 views • 1:46

Taking that internship in a remote mountain lab might not have been the best idea. Pulling that lever with the skull symbol just to see what it did probably wasn’t so smart either. But now is not the... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 8 years 11 months ago • 2,095 views • 3:50

This clip from the BBC’s Edwardian Farm documentary series shows how rope was made back before industrial factories spun threads together. It involved pulling and suspending fibers across long distances... continue reading

posted by Kulpims T'dna (kulpims) 1 decade 2 years 1 week ago • 1,237 views • 2:50