Reading up on diy
10 deep · digging since jan 24
- You Should Know How Your House Works. Here’s a Guide.
A practical guide teaching homeowners how to safely shut off and restore their home's power and water supply for emergencies and maintenance.
- Dirty Little Zine – a tool for making an 8 page printable Zine
Dirty Little Zine is a free browser tool that lays out an eight-page folded booklet on one sheet of paper, exporting print-ready files without server uploads.
- Wallpaper Without the Work
A beginner-friendly guide shows how to install art canvas wallpaper with low risk and easy reversibility.
- Making RAM at Home [video]
A hobbyist documents building a DRAM chip in a backyard shed, demonstrating that backyard semiconductor manufacturing is increasingly accessible.
- Runners who churn butter on their runs
An Oregon running couple demonstrates how to churn butter by carrying heavy cream in running vests during a trail run, turning it into butter after about an hour of movement.
- You Can Make a Frame for Your Favorite Artwork (Yes, Really.) - The New York Times
The article explains how to build or resize a custom wood picture frame as a practical woodworking project that builds transferable D.I.Y. skills.
- I built Timeframe, our family e-paper dashboard
Over a decade, a developer built a family e-ink dashboard called Timeframe that combines calendar, weather, and smart home data into wall-mounted displays.
- So you want to build a tunnel
A civil engineer explains the engineering challenges, legal issues, and dangers of building homemade tunnels as a hobby.
- Sheldon Brown's Bicycle Technical Info
Hacker News commenters celebrate the enduring legacy and technical depth of the late Sheldon Brown's bicycle repair website.
- The Essential Tools Everyone Should Own - The New York Times
Smaller versions of tools are almost always better than larger ones for both simple fixes and big projects.