The wet season started and so fire related projects are harder to do. So I planted this years crop of yams using a different technique. The stones covering the mounds protect the yams from predators such... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 1 month 4 weeks ago • 449 views • 6:48

YouTube description: It's a terrible idea to try to extinguish burning metal with a water or CO2 fire extinguisher. Steve Mould shows why.

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 1 month 4 weeks ago • 1,494 views • 7:25

YouTube description: Behind the Scenes: https://youtu.be/3HABgm-UUi0 Download Skunkworks! http://www.audible.com/Smarter ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ GET SMARTER SECTION Check out Derek's video... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 2 months 2 weeks ago • 840 views • 11:21

YouTube description: Take a behind the scenes look at how these huge Supertankers are turned so quickly during the 'Camp' fire at McClellan Reload Base, Sacramento Ca. LINKS: http://globalsupertanker.com/ ... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 4 months ago • 173 views • 18:16

YouTube description: What happens when you fire a Civil War mortar at a caravan? We invited YouTuber Tom Scott to find out. The mortar used is a replica of Roaring Meg, which destroyed large parts... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 months 4 weeks ago • 542 views • 7:11

The Lamborghini Miura is regarded by many to be the world’s first supercar. It set the car world on fire with its groundbreaking mid-engine layout, monster performance, and looks that could kill. Join... continue reading

posted by Joe Motion (lurgee) 7 months ago • 92 views • 12:42

In the last few years, wildfires have been getting worse - and, oddly, it's because humans have been preventing them. From a helicopter above the forests of British Columbia, and from the Tree Ring Lab... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 8 months ago • 28 views • 3:46

A Worland Fire Protection Unit captures an incredible and surreal video showing a sulfur-mound fire with fire tornadoes caused by burning sulfur and sulfur dioxide in Worland, Wyoming. The burning... continue reading

posted by b4rringt0n 10 months ago • 1,419 views • 1:03

At the old hut site (the new one being temporarily cut off by flooding) I made lime mortar from the shells of rainforest snails by firing them in a kiln, slaking them in water, mixing them into lime putty.... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 1 year 1 week ago • 192 views • 7:08

YT - Everyday Astronaut Published on Jan 24, 2018 It’s ALIVE!!!!! For the very first time, the Falcon Heavy has successfully lit all 27 of its mighty Merlin engines in preparation for its maiden launch.... continue reading

posted by Buck 1 year 1 month 3 weeks ago • 170 views • 8:38

YT: I built an A frame hut as a large work space for projects. First I made a celt hatchet to cut timber for the hut. The axe head was made of amphibolite and the handle was made of a species of wattle.... continue reading

posted by nanrod 1 year 1 month 3 weeks ago • 515 views • 9:05

During the evacuation of Gallipoli by the Allies, which started in December 1915, an ingenious invention was constructed on the battlefield by ANZAC forces to deceive the ottoman enemy into thinking a... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 1 year 2 months 1 week ago • 91 views • 2:08

I built a natural draft furnace to test ideas about how hot a furnace could get without the use of bellows. Natural draft is the flow of air through a furnace due to rising hot air. The hot gasses in the... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 1 year 4 months 2 weeks ago • 442 views • 5:46

There’s a saying in the sea, 'If it’s a cone, leave it alone'. Although they look pretty harmless cone nails are pretty deadly. They're a chemical making factory that travels around an a giant sticky... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 1 year 4 months 3 weeks ago • 776 views • 3:48

"... Let's face it! The world hates fire ants. It is not hard to understand why seeing as they are a major domestic pest in many countries, as well as a very dangerous agricultural pest, like in the Unites... continue reading

posted by ant 1 year 4 months 3 weeks ago • 288 views • 15:53

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 1 year 5 months 3 weeks ago • 1,007 views • 10:47

The Lahti L-39 is a Finnish 20 mm anti-tank rifle used during the Second World War. It had excellent accuracy, penetration and range, but its size made transportation difficult. It was nicknamed "Norsupyssy"... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 1 year 9 months 4 weeks ago • 36 views • 10:14

I 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) 1 year 10 months 3 weeks ago • 1,203 views • 8:51