| Other DIY
Sites |
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Omniscience Futureneering
http://130.94.182.150/
Note: if this link does not work, try searching for "Omniscience
Futureneering"
|
 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." |
| Todays
Plans
http://www.todaysplans.net/
|
 Today's
plans has a large and growing collection of plans for DIY projects in a lot
of areas. Quite a bit on small homes and cabins, some solar homes.
Some renewable energy projects. |
Root
Simple
www.rootsimple.com/ |
 Root Simple
is a DIY gardening, rain water collection, recipes, solar cooking,
...oriented blog with many good, practical posts.
Fourteen entries on "Pirate Gardening" -- wonder what that's about?
From their home page:
"Root Simple is about back to basics, DIY living, encompassing homegrown
vegetables, chickens, herbs, hooch, bicycles, cultural alchemy, and common
sense. We're always learning, figuring stuff out, taking advantage of the
enormous smarts of our friends and our on-line community, and trying to give
some of that back in turn. Root Simple is a gathering place for everyone."
|
| Vintage DIY projects
www.VintageProjects.com
|
 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:
http://opensourcemachine.org/node/2
|
 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. |
|
Building Our Log Cabin
www.alaskaantlerworks.com/Alaska_cabin.htm
|
 Nice
story and set of pictures about building a log cabin in Alaska. |
|
Bert Race |
 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
|
 Tons
of plans for woodworking projects of ALL types. |
PVCPlans.com
http://www.pvcplans.com/ |
 Quite
a wide variety of things you can make from PVC pipe and fittings -- all
free.
Have a look at the "Submitted Pictures and Plans" area for more ideas.
|
| BuildEazy.com
www.buildeazy.com/fp_start.html
|
 One
of the better DIY sites for finding actual free plans to build a wide
variety of things. |
| Utterpower.com
http://utterpower.com
|
Good site for DIY generator information
and imported generators.
"Alternative energy solutions, with a
focus on equipment you can maintain and rebuild yourself! " |
| Econogics
http://www.econogics.com/
|
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. |
| Pro-Handyman Blog Las Vegas
http://www.pro-handyman.com/...
|
 Nice DIY site by Mike the
Pro-Handyman of Las Vegas. |
| Canada Plan Service
www.cps.gov.on.ca/english/frameindex.htm
|
 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
http://www.heathq.com/
|
More heat related links than you could go through in a lifetime. |
| MidWest Plan Service (MWPS )
http://www.mwpshq.org/Default.htm
|
Lots of Ag related plans and publications. |
| Free Woodworking Plans
www.woodworkersworkshop.com/ ...
|
 Free
woodworking plans and other information. |
| Make Magazine
Online
http://blog.makezine.com/
|
 An
interesting mix of DIY projects in many areas -- including the always useful
Potato Gatling Gun pictured to left. |
| Tired-Out-Ranch
www.tiredoutranch.com
|
 Who
knew there were so many ways to reuse old tires. |
| Interesting
Sites of Various Types |
| Global Ideas Bank
http://www.globalideasbank.org/site/home/
|
 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
http://www.igreens.org.uk/
|
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. |
