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These are good and interesting sites with DIY projects -- just not solar projects.
A wide variety of projects for handy people
Please contact me if you run across any good candidates, Gary.
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Omniscience Futureneering
Note: if this link does not work, try searching for "Omniscience Futureneering"
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 With
the possible exception of the small Sterling engines, this site has nothing
to do with solar, but it has some really interesting DIY projects."O.F. was a high-school-based science/engineering/inventing club. It was founded on the premise that the best way to learn about anything was to design it, make it or modify it and then to use it." |
| Vintage DIY projects
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 A
really interesting DIY site with plans for a wide range of old time DIY
projects from making shop tools, to farm and ranch projects, boating, to
general woodworking, ... |
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Open Source Machine and the Multimachine http://opensourcemachine.org/node/1 The Multimachine:
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 Open
Source plans for several buiding several types of machine shop tools.The Multimachine is said to be inexpensive to build, and capable of handling a variety of machine shop tasks. |
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Building Our Log Cabin www.alaskaantlerworks.com/Alaska_cabin.htm
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 Nice
story and set of pictures about building a log cabin in Alaska. |
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Bert Race
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 This has
less than nothing to do with solar energy, but I just could not resist. |
| Free Woodworking Plans www.contrib.andrew.cmu.edu/~flip/plans.html
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 Tons
of plans for woodworking projects of ALL types.
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| BuildEazy.com www.buildeazy.com/fp_start.html
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 One
of the better DIY sites for finding actual free plans to build a wide
variety of things. |
| Utterpower.com http://utterpower.com/index.html
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 Good site for DIY generator information and imported generators. "Alternative energy solutions, with a focus on equipment you can maintain and rebuild yourself! " |
| Econogics
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A site aimed at reducing green house gas production through reduced energy
use, alternate vehicles, etc. Lots of practical suggestions and hands-on information on a wide variety of topics. |
| Canada Plan Service www.cps.gov.on.ca/english/frameindex.htm
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 A
"Canada-wide network of agricultural engineers and livestock specialists
concerned with the planning, design and construction of modern farm
buildings"Free, downloadable plans for many Ag oriented barns, sheds, gates, cisterns, fencing, walk in cooler, vegetable storage, greenhouse, ... These plans are all carefully engineered and drawn. |
| Heat HQ
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More heat related links than you could go through in a lifetime.
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| MidWest Plan Service (MWPS ) http://www.mwpshq.org/Default.htm
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Lots of Ag related plans and publications. |
| Free Woodworking Plans www.woodworkersworkshop.com/ ...
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 Free
woodworking plans and other information. |
| Interesting Sites of Various Types | |
| Global Ideas Bank http://www.globalideasbank.org/site/home/
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 Very
interesting site:"Give us your ideas and join the most exciting thing to happen to social invention since two hairy guys rubbed a couple of sticks together! " |
| Individualist Greens
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Individualist Greens An interesting mix of environmental papers, books, articles, and links. From the UK. I've not quite figured out what its all about, but always interesting. |
Updated Oct 17, 2007