Holy Scrap on the Road

...https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=156&v=IM8OPqJnOHE The Holy Scrap Hot Springers, our guests on episode 18 of the podcast are spending seven months touring the US in their pimped out Honda element. In this video Wendy and Mikey show off their 35 square foot “Hondominium” from which they run an eBay based business out in the middle of nowhere/everywhere....

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A DIY Air Purifier

...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kH5APw_SLUU Attention allergy sufferers: duct tape a HEPA filter to a cheap fan and you’ve got yourself a DIY air filter. With this simple hack you can reduce airborne particles by about 90%. This video, featuring Dr. Jeffrey E. Terrell, director of the Michigan Sinus Center, shows you how....

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Make Your Own Chalkboard Paint II

One of the more successful projects around the Root Simple compound was making our own chalkboard paint and using it to label all of the cabinets in our garage workshop. In the past month, inspired by a visit from über-maker Federico Tobon, I’ve taken up the task of pimping out the workshop with a proper workbench and table saw. I’ll blog about Workshop 2.0 when I’m finished with the renovation, but the chalkboard paint hack is worth a repeat men...

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The Art of Sadeli Mosaic

...bake” cookies and European “rock” candy are made. Narrow triangular strips of wood, metal or plastic are cut using a jig on a table saw: The strips are gathered into bundles: sliced: and applied to a wood backing: It looks simple but I’m sure it takes many years of practice....

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The Coolest How-To Video Ever?

...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lR9_CjQYZj4 Even if you’ll never make your own bespoke cutting board it’s fun to watch Scott Lewis make one while simultaneously crafting one of the best shot how-to videos I’ve ever seen....

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