This is an ongoing knowledge base dedicated to “How to” information on anything I can think of that I’ve either written about or (more likely) found already explained elsewhere. I hope you find this informative and that it proves useful in your time of need. [Note: Dates shown in curly brackets {such as these} are the date the link was added here.]
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DISCLAIMER: Some of this information can potentially be dangerous, even deadly… attempt at your own risk! As such, you should always seek appropriate medical/legal/professional/expert advice whenever possible. Therefore, I accept NO liability whatsoever for your use or misuse of this information.
FOOD AND WATER “HOW TO” POSTS
Water Treatment
- How to Desalinate Water for Consumption
- How to Build a Big Berkey Clone Water Filter
- How to Clean Water Using the Power of Sunlight – SODIS (and other article here [PDF File])
- How to Build A Slow Sand Filter for Water Treatment [PDF file] (or using a 55-gallon drum)
- How to Get Radiation Out of Your Water
- How to Use Pool Shock for Water Purification
- How to Make an Emergency Water Filter
- How to Build a Solar Distiller and How to Make a Solar Still [PDF File]
- How to Make a DIY Gravity Water Filter {5/2/12}
- How to Purify Water with Bleach {7/1/12}
- How to Test Drinking Water Quality [YouTube Video] {7/18/12}
- How to Make a Homemade Waterfilter {8/5/12}
- How to Make a Portable SODIS Water Purifier {9/24/12}
Water Procurement and Storage
- How to Build a Hand Pump
- How to Build an Inertial Well Pump
- How to Conserve Personal Water In Extreme Heat
- How to Build a Rain Barrel for Water Collection (and another article here)
- How to Harvest, Store, Ship and Use Ice [PDF File]
- How to Drill an Inexpensive Water Well
- How to Design a Rainwater Catchment System
- How to Drive Your Own Freshwater Well
- How to Dig a Well by Hand [YouTube Video] {7/21/12}
- How to Get Water from a Spring [YouTube Video] {7/21/12}
- How to Make a Rain Barrel Hand Pump {8/5/12}
- How to Collect Rainwater Plumbing Your Storage Barrels Together {8/5/12}
- How to Create a Heavy Duty 275 Gallon Rain Barrel {9/24/12}
- How to Make Deep Water Well Pump [YouTube Video] {9/24/12}
- How to Make an EMAS PVC Water Well Hand Pump {10/22/12}
- How to Build a Water Tower [YouTube Video] {2/21/13}
Food Procurement / Gardening
- How to Make a Soda Bottle Fish Trap
- How to Grow Potatoes in a Trash Can [PDF File]
- How to Clean a Fish [PDF File]
- How to Rig a Trot Line
- How to Sprout for Survival
- How to Construct a Gill Net
- How to Build a Homemade Box Trap
- How to Make Fertilizer [PDF File]
- How to Make Compost and How to Make Compost {2/21/13}
- How to Build a PVC Greenhouse (and a smaller greenhouse here, dissecting a build, and free plans [PDF File])
- How to Grow 100 lbs. of Potatoes in Four Square Feet {9/22/11}
- How to Turn a Pallet into a Garden {9/22/11}
- How to Build a Potato Tower {4/6/12}
- How to Make the Ten Best Traps [PDF File] {5/5/12}
- How to Dramatically Increase Your Food Storage {7/1/12}
- How to Build a Survival Fishing Kit {7/1/12}
- How to Build a Repeating Box Trap {7/1/12}
- How to Make a Fish Spear {7/1/12}
- How to Grow Potatoes in Grow Bags {7/1/12}
- How to Eat a Pine Tree {7/1/12}
- How to Store Garden Seeds {7/1/12}
- How to Make a Chicken Coop for $40 {7/1/12}
- How to Aquaponics [YouTube Video] {7/2/12}
- How to Build a Top Bar Bee Hive [YouTube Video] {7/2/12}
- How to Barrelponics {7/2/12}
- How to Construct a Maintenance-Free Solexx Greenhouse [YouTube Video] {7/4/12}
- How to Make a Shooting Stick {7/6/12}
- How to Install Drip Irrigation {7/13/12}
- How to Make a Survival Fishing Spear [YouTube Video] {7/13/12}
- How to Open a Can Without Any Tools [YouTube Video] {7/18/12}
- How to Make a Minnow Trap [YouTube Video] {7/18/12}
- How to Make a Sling Spear [YouTube Video] {7/18/12}
- How to Build a Yoke Trap [YouTube Video] {7/18/12}
- How to Setup a 110 Conibear Trap [YouTube Video] {7/18/12}
- How to Make Insecticidal Soap [YouTube Video] {7/18/12}
- How to Build a Very Inexpensive Grow Light System [YouTube Video] {7/21/12}
- How to Protect Your Survival Garden [YouTube Video] {7/21/12}
- How to Trap Fish {8/5/12}
- How to Make a Primitive Basket Fish Trap [YouTube Video] {8/24/12}
- How to Plant Potatoes [YouTube Video] {8/24/12}
- How to Make a Homemade Fishing Kit [YouTube Video] {9/24/12}
- How to Build a Window Hydroponics Herb Garden [YouTube Video] {9/24/12}
- How to Make Hot Pepper Spray to Deter Garden Critters [YouTube Video] {10/22/12}
- How to build My 50 Dollar Greenhouse {12/13/12}
- How to Make a Homemade Live Rabbit Trap {12/13/12}
- How to Field Dress a Pheasant in 10 Seconds [YouTube Video] {2/21/13}
- How to Grow and Harvest Wheat by Hand {2/21/13}
Food Storage and Preservation
- How to Build a Cold Storage Root Cellar (and a how to build a cold storage pit as well as temp specifics)
- How to Make a Clay Pot Refrigerator
- How to Store Dry Milk Powder
- How to Preserve Food (here’s an article on drying foods)
- How to Store Fresh Eggs Without Refrigeration
- How to Build a Solar Dehydrator (or another article here and one here’s one a solar chimney dehydrator)
- How to Store Wheat [PDF File]
- How to Make a Homemade Food Dehydrator Cheaply
- How to Build a Solar Fruit Dryer [PDF File]
- How to Store Apples
- How to Salt Fish for Preservation [PDF File]
- How to Wax Hard Cheese for Non-Refrigerated Storage
- How to Make a Chest Freezer Extremely Energy Efficient
- How to Food Storage Videos (wheats, grains, powdered milks, dehydrating, pressure cooker, canning, etc)
- How to Make Self-Rotating Food Storage for Canned Goods [PDF File] (and another article here) {8/25/11}
- How to Build a Grain Bin House {9/22/11}
- How to Build a Large Box Food Dehydrator {9/28/11}
- How to Build a Cheese Press for $10 {1/19/12}
- How to Make a Pull-Out Can Rack (next to refrigerator) {3/6/12}
- How to Can Nuts [YouTube Video] {4/6/12}
- How to Tell a Bad Egg {7/1/12}
- How to Build Your Own Dirt Cheap Fridge {7/1/12}
- How to Dehydrate Foods Without a Dehydrator {7/1/12}
- How to Can Peaches [YouTube Video] {7/1/12}
- How to Can Chicken Breast {7/2/12}
- How to Build a Outdoor Canning Cooker {7/6/12}
- How to Dehydrate Tomatoes into Tomato Figs [YouTube Video] {7/6/12}
- How to Can Ground Beef [YouTube Video] {7/18/12}
- How to Can Ketchup [YouTube Video] {7/18/12}
- How to Dehydrate Refried Beans [YouTube Video] {7/18/12}
- How to Can Nuts [YouTube Video] {7/18/12}
- How to Freeze Broccoli [YouTube Video] {7/18/12}
- How to Label Cases of Food for Long Term Storage [YouTube Video] {7/18/12}
- How to Dehydrate Pineapple [YouTube Video] {7/18/12}
- How to Can Butter [YouTube Video] {7/18/12}
- How to Preserve Meat/Jerky [YouTube Video] {7/18/12}
- How to Keep Animals Out of Your Garden [YouTube Video] {7/18/12}
- How to Save Tomato Seeds [YouTube Video] {8/5/12}
- How to Freeze Tomatoes {8/5/12}
- How to Can Green Beans [YouTube Video] {8/5/12}
- How to Dehydrate Spaghetti Squash [YouTube Video] {8/24/12}
- How to Dehydrate Cheese [YouTube Video] {8/24/12}
- How to Save and Refine Lettuce Seed [YouTube Video] {8/24/12}
- How to Get the Right Water Level in Your Pressure Canner [YouTube Video] {8/29/12}
- How to Home Can Salsa [YouTube Video] {9/24/12}
- How to Convert a Chest Freezer into a Refrigerator {10/22/12}
- How to Dehydrate Raw Eggs [YouTube Video] {10/22/12}
- How to Make Your Own MREs (using mylar bags) {2/21/13}
Make Specific Foods
- How to Make Maple Syrup (here’s how to identify maple trees)
- How to Make Famine Chow
- How to Make Hard Tack
- How to Make Emergency Food for Babies [PDF File]
- How to Make Beef Pemmican – The Amazing Survival Food (or another article here)
- How to Make Bread Without an Oven [PDF File]
- How to Make Homemade Energy Bars [PDF File]
- How to Make Butter
- How to Make Vinegar {12/15/11}
- How to Make Peanut Butter {12/15/11}
- How to Make Sauerkraut {12/15/11}
- How to Make Sweet Pickles {12/15/11}
- How to Make Cornmeal {12/15/11}
- How to Make Noodles {12/15/11}
- How to Make Pancake Syrup {12/15/11}
- How to Make Bouillon Cubes [YouTube Video] {4/29/12}
- How to Make Mayonnaise [YouTube Video] {6/27/12}
- How to Make Your Own Canned Butter {7/1/12}
- How to Make Your Own Home Brew {7/1/12}
- How to Make Garlic Syrup {7/1/12}
- How to Make Self-Rising Flour {7/1/12}
- How to Mix Powdered Milk {7/1/12}
- How to Make Cheese from Powdered Milk {7/1/12}
- How to Make Butter with Nothing but Cream and a Jar {7/1/12}
- How to Make Your Own Sourdough Starter {7/2/12}
- How to Make Habanero Hot Sauce [YouTube Video] {7/2/12}
- How to Brew Hard Cider [YouTube Video] {7/2/12} and How to Make Hard Apple Cider {7/4/12}
- How to Smoke Beef Jerky [YouTube Video] {7/2/12}
- How to Brew Your Own Beer {7/6/12}
- How to Use Pepper Extracts in Your Food [YouTube Video] {7/6/12}
- How to Make Falafel {7/13/12}
- How to Cook Fish in a Survival Situation [YouTube Video] {7/13/12}
- How to Make Steel Cut Oats [YouTube Video] {7/18/12}
- How to Make Homemade Dog Food [YouTube Video] {7/18/12}
- How to Make Taco Seasoning [YouTube Video] {7/18/12}
- How to Make Bran Flakes from Wheat [YouTube Video] {7/18/12}
- How to Make Yogurt and Cream Cheese from Dry Milk [YouTube Video] {7/18/12}
- How to Make Disaster Pudding [YouTube Video] {7/18/12}
- How to Make Peanut Butter Fudge [YouTube Video] {7/18/12}
- How to Make Chocolate Syrup [YouTube Video] {7/18/12}
- How to Make Sausage Gravy [YouTube Video] {7/18/12}
- How to Make French Dressing [YouTube Video] {7/18/12}
- How to Make Italian Dressing [YouTube Video] {7/18/12}
- How to Make Carrot Cake [YouTube Video] {7/18/12}
- How to Make Tapioca Pudding [YouTube Video] {7/18/12}
- How to Render Lard [YouTube Video] {7/18/12}
- How to Make Ice Cream Without an Ice Cream Maker {7/21/12}
- How to Make Homemade Ketchup [YouTube Video] {7/21/12}
- How to Make Plum Syrup [YouTube Video] {8/24/12}
- How to Make Hot Cocoa Packet Envelopes [YouTube Video] {8/24/12}
- How to Make Dehydrated Wing Sauce [YouTube Video] {8/24/12}
- How to Make Quick Cook Dry Beans [YouTube Video] {8/29/12}
- How to Make Pine Needle Tea [YouTube Video] {9/24/12}
- How to Make Biltong Part 1 [YouTube Video] {9/24/12}
- How to Make Peach Pear Wine [YouTube Video] {9/24/12}
- How to Make Homemade Yeast {10/22/12}
- How to Make Gooseberry-Strawberry Jam [YouTube Video] {10/22/12}
- How to Make Magic Mix [YouTube Video] {10/22/12}
- How to Make Kombucha Tea [YouTube Video] {10/22/12}
- How to Make Monkey Butter [YouTube Video] {10/22/12}
- How to Press Apple Cider [YouTube Video] {12/13/12}
- How to Make Homemade Cheddar Cheese {12/13/12}
- How to Grow and Make Your Own Sugar [YouTube Video] {12/13/12}
- How to Make Your Own Homemade Nut Milk {12/13/12}
- How To Make Your Own Dairy Products At Home {2/21/13}
Other Food Considerations
- How to Use Honey for Health and Healing (15 unconventional ways to use honey)
- How to Use Apple Cider Vinegar for Healing (here’s how to make your own)
- How to Use Baking Soda for Nearly Everything (and another article here)
- How to Make an Oil Press
- How to Control Pantry Pests (and a website dedicated to pantry pests)
- How to Melt Animal Fat and How to Clarify Used Cooking Grease
- How to Make a Pedal-Operated Grain Mill [PDF File]
- How to Make a Hand Grinder [PDF File] {8/25/11}
- How to Lactofermentation {8/25/11}
- How to Build Your Own BBQ Barrel {9/22/11}
- How to Build a Seed Huller and Oil Press {9/22/11}
- How to Keep Bees 101 {10/13/11}
- How to Render Lard [YouTube Video] {4/29/12}
- How to Forge a Cookset [YouTube Video] {6/21/12}
- How to Select Emergency Food Supplies for Kids {7/1/12}
- How to Cook Dried Beans {7/1/12}
- How to Organize Seed Packets and Label Your Garden [YouTube Video] {7/18/12}
- How to Make Gardening Fun for Kids [YouTube Video] {7/18/12}
- How to Protect Your Garden [YouTube Video] {7/18/12}
- How to Use Fruit Drink Mix from LDS Cannery [YouTube Video] {7/18/12}
- How to Prevent Tomato Cracking [YouTube Video] {7/18/12}
- How to Find an LDS Cannery Near You [YouTube Video] {7/18/12}
- How to Core and Skin Tomatoes [YouTube Video] {8/5/12}
- How to Solar Cook Chicken [YouTube Video] {8/5/12}
- How to Solar Cook Black Beans [YouTube Video] {8/5/12}
- How to Make Your Own Canner Rack [YouTube Video] {10/22/12}
- How to Build a Simple DIY Aquaponics System [YouTube Video] {10/22/12}
HEALTH AND SANITATION “HOW TO” POSTS
Health Concerns
- How to Get Your Doctor to Help You Stockpile Medications (here’s a pharmacist trick)
- How to Treat the Flu at Home [PDF File]
- How to Prepare for a Flu Pandemic [PDF File]
- How to Use Bleach [PDF File]
- How to Find Alternatives to Potassium Iodide
- How to Power Medical Equipment During a Blackout
- How to Make Infused Oils for Healthier Living {10/13/11}
- How to Make Penicillin {10/15/11}
- How to Make Pinhole Glasses [YouTube video] {5/2/12}
- How to Make Your Own Herbal Teas {7/1/12}
- How to Use an Otoscope {7/1/12}
- How to Turn Mullein into Medicine {7/1/12}
- How to Build Your Own Colloidal Silver Generator {7/1/12}
- How to Make and Use Spruce Pitch Salve {7/1/12}
- How to Make a Disaster Birth Kit [YouTube Video] {7/18/12}
- How to Swaddle a Baby [YouTube Video] {7/18/12}
- How to Make a Calcium Supplement {7/21/12}
- How to Test Food for Radiation [YouTube Video] {8/24/12}
First Aid / Emergency Medical Info
- How to Make and Use Oral Rehydration Salts
- How to Remove a Tick Safely
- How to Make Aspirin from Bark
- How to Survive – Shot, Stabbed or Wounded
- How to Escape a Sinking Car
- How to Make Dakin’s Antiseptic Solution [PDF File] and How to Make Dakin’s Solution for Wound Care [YouTube Video] {10/22/12}
- How to Survive a Fall Through Ice {9/22/11}
- How to Survive a Gunshot Wound {9/22/11}
- How to Make an Emergency Gas Mask [PDF File] (and another article here - 11/25/11)
- How to Perform a Nerve Block {3/6/12}
- How to Care for an Infected Wound {7/1/12}
- How to Care for Wounds When the Medical System Has Collapsed {7/1/12}
- How to Stop the Bleeding with QuickClot {7/1/12}
- How to Pack a Wound {7/1/12}
- How to Use the Israeli Dressing {7/1/12}
- How to Use HALO Chest Seals {7/1/12}
- How to Improvise Butterfly Stitches {7/1/12}
- How to Make a Finger Splint [YouTube Video] {7/2/12}
- How to Prevent Heat Stroke {7/2/12}
- How to Get Something Out of Your Eye [YouTube Video] {7/2/12}
- How to Treat a Stye {7/2/12}
- How to Tell If a Tick Bite Has Made You Sick {7/2/12}
- How to Treat a Jammed Finger {7/2/12}
- How to Lance a Boil {7/2/12}
- How to Fix a Dislocated Shoulder [YouTube Video] {7/2/12}
- How to Treat Intestinal Parasites {7/2/12}
- How to Tell How Bad a Wound Is {7/2/12}
- How to Tell the Difference Between Artery and Vein Bleeding {7/2/12}
- How to Give an IM Injection [YouTube Video] {7/18/12}
- How to Drain an Abcess
- How to Treat Shoulder Injuries [YouTube Video] {7/21/12}
- How to Make a Real First Aid Kit {8/5/12}
- How to Make a SHTF Birth Kit [YouTube Video] {10/22/12}
- How to Extract a Tooth {10/22/12}
- How to Survive a Gut Infection Without Medical Assistance {2/21/13}
Hygiene and Sanitation Concerns
- How to Make Toothpaste and Oral Care Products
- How to Wash Hands Using a Soda Bottle
- How to Dispose of Human Waste
- How to Make Lye Soap
- How to Construct a Small Septic System
- How to Survive Without Diapers
- How to Survive Without Toilet Paper
- How to Convert Human Waste into a Safe Garden Compost Fertilizer
- How to Clean Pots and Pans Using Wood Ash
- How to Make a Laundry Washboard {8/25/11}
- How to Modify Your Dryer to Run on Free Energy {8/25/11}
- How to Make a Clothes Wringer from Buckets [PDF File] {11/2/11}
- How to Manage Dead Bodies [PDF File] {5/5/12}
- How to Make Soap in a Few Easy Steps {7/1/12}
- How to Dry Shampoo Your Hair {7/1/12}
- How to Clean Your House TEOTWAWKI Style {7/1/12}
- How to Deal with Human Waste {7/1/12}
- How Soap and Water Can Help Prevent Rabbies {7/2/12}
- How to Make a $1 Homemade Mosquito Bag Fan Trap [YouTube Video] {7/4/12}
- How to Construct a Small Septic System {7/4/12}
- How to Build a Camping Shower from 2 Liter Bottle {7/6/12}
- How to Make a Portable Backyard Privy [YouTube Video] {7/13/12}
- How to Make Your Own Baby Wipes {7/13/12}
- How to Sharpen a Disposable Razor [YouTube Video] {7/13/12}
- How to Make Homemade Tub and Sink Cleaner [YouTube Video] {7/13/12}
- How to Make Soap from Waste Fat [YouTube Video] {8/24/12}
- How to Make Liquid Dish Soap and Hand Soap [YouTube Video] {8/29/12}
- How to Make Homemade Baby Wipes [YouTube Video] {9/24/12}
- How to Make Olive Oil Bar Soap {9/24/12}
- How to Make Insecticial Soap [YouTube Video] {10/22/12}
- How to Make Deodorizing Spray {10/22/12}
- How to Make Homemade Deodorant {12/13/12}
- How to Make Your Own Homemade Menstrual Pads {12/13/12}
- How to Make Bug Repellent {12/13/12}
SAFETY AND SECURITY “HOW TO” POSTS
Home Safety / Personal Safety
- How to Protect Your Home While Away (and how to deter burglars)
- How to Recover from Disaster
- How to Properly Insure Against Disasters (and how to prepare to file an insurance claim)
- How to Prevent Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
- How to Survive in the City
- How to Survive a Solar Storm {9/22/11}
- How to Survive a Nuclear Holocaust {7/1/12}
- How to Put Out a Grease Fire {7/1/12}
- How to Turn Off Your Gas {7/1/12}
- How to Shelther in Place Checklist {7/1/12}
- How to Install Window Security Film {7/1/12}
- How to Prepare Your Home and Family for Wildfire {7/2/12}
- How to Avoid Becoming a Flash Flood Victim {7/2/12}
- How to Protect Your Home from Wildland Fire Part 1 and How to Protect Your Home from Wildland Fire Part 2 [YouTube Videos]
- How to Spot a Sociopath {7/13/12}
- How to Make Your Own Pepper Spray {8/24/12}
- How To Make a Kearny Fallout Meter {9/24/12}
OPSEC / Privacy
- How to Make Blackout Window Panels
- How to Be Invisible in Modern Society [PDF File]
- How to Camouflage [PDF File]
- How to Safely Evacuate a Big City Without a Car
- How to Hide Cash in Your Home (and gadgets to stash your cash inside)
- How to Make a Secret Book Safe {9/22/11}
- How to Build a Secret Toekick Drawer {2/24/12}
- How to Build a Secret Closet Door {2/24/12}
- How to Construct Secret Hiding Places [PDF File] {5/5/12}
- How to Make a Secret Compartment in Your Wall [YouTube Video] {5/23/12}
- How to Make a Secret Door to a Room or Closet {5/23/12}
- How to Build a Secret Underground Room {5/23/12}
- How to Build a Hidden Pivot Bookcase Door {5/23/12}
- How to Build a Secret Passage Behind a Custom Built-in Bookshelf [YouTube Video] {5/23/12}
- How to Build a Hidden Door Walkthrough [YouTube Video] {5/23/12}
- How to Prevent Identity Theft in 10 Easy Steps {7/1/12}
- How to Divert the Unprepared from Your Preps {7/1/12}
- How to Vanish Part 1 and How to Vanish Part 2 {7/1/12}
- How to Make a Decoy Wallet {7/1/12}
- How to Make a Homemade Stash Can {7/1/12}
- How to Opt Out of Google Tracking [YouTube Video] {7/18/12}
- How to Disable RFID Chip in Credit and Debit Cards [YouTube Video] {7/18/12}
- How to Hide and Recover Your Survival Cache {2/21/13}
Defense / Security / Weapons
- How to Choose Survival Firearms (and a discussion on budget firearms)
- How to Identify Dangerous Animals [PDF File]
- How to Make a Lockable Ammo Can
- How to Escape from “zip tie” Handcuffs {9/22/11}
- How to Reinforce a Door Jamb {10/15/11}
- How to Make a Blowgun {7/1/12}
- How to Choose Pepper Spray {7/1/12}
- How to Shoot a Handgun Accurately {7/1/12}
- How to Make a 60 lb PVC Bushbow [YouTube Video] {7/1/12}
- How to Sight in Your Scoped Rifle with a Single Shot {7/1/12}
- How to Build a Survival Armory for Around $2300 {7/1/12}
- How to Buy a Gun Case {7/1/12}
- How to Make a Quick-Access Magnetic Holster {7/1/12}
- How to Deal with Flash Mobs {7/1/12}
- How to Teach Your Kids to Shoot {7/1/12}
- How to Avoid Gun Accidents {7/1/12}
- How to Spring Clean Your Bushcraft Knife [YouTube Video] {7/13/12}
- How to Build an AR-15 Lower – 1 of 2 and How to Build an AR-15 Lower – 2 of 2 [YouTube Video] {7/18/12}
- How to Open Rusty/Stiff Knives [YouTube Video] {7/18/12}
- How to Strop Knives Without a Strop [YouTube Video] {7/18/12}
- How to Make a Baton [YouTube Video] {7/18/12}
- How to Reload Your Pistol and Rifle [YouTube Video] {7/18/12}
- How to Setup an AR-15 Brand New [YouTube Video] {7/18/12}
- How to Build a Target Stand [YouTube Video] {7/18/12}
- How to Improve A Blowgun [YouTube Video] {7/18/12}
- How to Mod a Sling Bow [YouTube Video] {7/21/12}
- How to Make a Leather Axe Sheath [YouTube Video] {7/21/12}
- How to Sharpen an Axe [YouTube Video] {7/21/12}
- How to Replace an Axe Handle [YouTube Video] {7/21/12}
- How to Make a Kydex Holster {7/21/12}
- How to Shoot an Assault Rifle [YouTube Video] {8/5/12}
- How to Build a $3000 AR-15 for $1600 [YouTube Video] {8/24/12}
- How to Secure a Campsite [YouTube Video] {8/24/12}
- How to Make a Ghille Suit {8/24/12}
- How to Build a Youth Recurve Bow out of Flattened PVC Pipe [YouTube Video] {10/22/12}
- How to Make a Smoke Bomb {2/21/13}
STOVES AND FIRE “HOW TO” POSTS
Fire Resources
- How to Salvage Rear Projection TV Fresnel Lens
- How to Make a Dakota Fire Hole and a YouTube Video here {6/21/12}
- How to Make Charcoal [PDF File]
- How to Make a Charcoal Chimney Starter {9/22/11}
- How to Make Fire Starting Wafers with Parafin Wax [YouTube Video] {4/6/12}
- How to Make Feather Stick or Fuzz Stick [YouTube Video] {6/21/12}
- How to Make Homemade Wetfire Tinder {7/1/12}
- How to Find Dry Tinder in Wet Weather {7/2/12}
- How to Make Charcloth [YouTube Video] {7/18/12}
- How to Fill a Butane Lighter [YouTube Video] {7/18/12}
- How to Make a Tripod [YouTube Video] {7/18/12}
- How to Get Tinder from Cedar Tree [YouTube Video] {7/18/12}
- How to Make Fireplow Friction Fire [YouTube Video] {7/18/12}
- How to Make a Firebed [YouTube Video] {7/18/12}
- How to Build a Fire by Insulating Embers [YouTube Video] {7/18/12}
- How to Find Dry Wood from Dead Branch [YouTube Video] {7/18/12}
- How to Make Fire With an Aluminum Can [YouTube Video] {7/18/12}
- How to Start a Fire With One Match [YouTube Video] {7/18/12}
- How to Make Stick Fire (Napalm) [YouTube Video] {7/18/12}
- How to Refill a Bic Lighter [YouTube Video] {8/24/12}
- How to Make Great Charcloth {8/24/12}
- How to Make a Prison Lighter from Bubble Gum Wrapper [YouTube Video] {2/21/13}
Stoves and Ovens
- How to Build a Cloned Solar Oven (and another article here)
- How to Build a Solar Box Cooker
- How to Use Dutch Ovens [PDF File]
- How to Build a Pocket-Sized Stove
- How to Cook With Cast Iron Cookware
- How to Build an Outdoor Oven
- How to Make an Upesi Stove
- How to Make a Cardboard Box Oven
- How to Build an Adobe Oven
- How to Use a Cast Iron Skillet {8/27/11}
- How to Make a Missouri Masonry Stove [PDF File] {11/25/11}
- How to Make a Woodstove {3/6/12}
- How to Make an Emergency Cardboard Stove [YouTube Video] {4/6/12}
- How to Campfire Pit Baking [YouTube Video] {6/21/12}
- How to Season Cast Iron Cookware on a BBQ Grill [YouTube Video] {7/2/12}
- How to Build a Rocket Stove {7/6/12}
- How to Make a Mini Alcohol Stove {7/6/12}
- How to Make a Thermal Cooker [YouTube Video] {7/18/12}
- How to Use a Barrel Wood Stove [YouTube Video] {7/18/12}
- How to Setup and Operate a Sun Oven [YouTube Video] {7/18/12}
- How to Create an Oven Inside an Oven [YouTube Video] {7/18/12}
- How to Make a Supercat Alcohol Stove – 1 of 2 and How to Make a Supercat Alcohol Stove – 2 of 2 [YouTube Video] {7/18/12}
- How to Apply for NFA Firearm Form [YouTube Video] {7/18/12}
- How to Install a Wood Burning Stove [YouTube Video] {7/21/12}
- How to Make a Wonder Box Cooker (version 1) and How to Make a Wonder Box Cooker (version 2) {8/5/12}
- How to Build an Outdoor Mud Oven {8/24/12}
- How to Make a DIY Grill Out of a Tin Can {8/24/12}
- How to Make a Packable Wood Gas Stove (like the BushBuddy) [YouTube Video] {8/29/12}
- How to Make a Rolled Edge Bottle Stove [YouTube Video] {9/24/12}
- How to Make a Dutch Oven Survival Kit [YouTube Video] {12/13/12}
POWER AND ENERGY “HOW TO” POSTS
Solar Options
- How to Charge a Car Battery Using Solar Panel (and how to charge small batteries here)
- How to Build a Golf Cart Solar Welder (with more info here)
- How to Recharge Batteries Using Solar Lights
- How to Power Hand Tools Using Solar Energy
- How to Build Your Own Passive Solar Water Heater (and another article here [PDF File])
- How to Make a Handheld Solar Power Supply (and another idea here) {8/25/11}
- How to Build a Solar Water Heater for $5 {7/1/12}
- How to Create a Pringles Solar Hot Dog Cooker [YouTube Video] {7/21/12}
- How to Build a Solar Dehydrator That Works {8/24/12}
Generators / Alternative Power
- How to Build a Lawnmower Power Generator
- How to Build a Bicycle Generator
- How to Build Your Own Generator
- How to Build a Portable AC/DC Power Source {8/25/11}
- How to Build a Wind Turbine from 55-gallon Drums {8/25/11}
- How to Assemble a Baghdad Battery {10/13/11}
- How to Build a Wood Gasifier FEMA Instructions [PDF File] {2/24/12}
- How to Build The Dynapod – A Pedal Powered Unit [PDF File] {6/27/12}
- How to Make Your Own Biodiesel {7/1/12}
- How to Build a Methane Biodigester [YouTube Video] {7/2/12}
- How to Build a Basic Solar Generator {7/2/12}
- How to Safely Install a Power Generator {7/4/12}
- How to Power USB Devices from an Old Cordless Drill [YouTube Video] {8/29/12}
- How to Start a Portable Generator [YouTube Video] {12/13/12}
Other Energy Considerations
- How to Power AC Tools on Car Batteries Without an Inverter
- How to Use One Less Battery
- How to Store Household Batteries (and more battery info here)
- How to Make a Faraday Cage to Protect Electronics
- How to Build a Safe Room Squirrel Cage Fan
- How to Renew Old Battery Packs {8/25/11}
- How to Make a Simple Battery Status Monitor {10/13/11}
- How to Make an Ultralight Faraday Cage for Small Electronics {10/13/11}
- How to Store Batteries {7/2/12}
- How to Make a Cordless Tool Corded {7/6/12}
- How to Convert a Perfectly Good Cordless Drill into a Corded One {7/6/12}
- How to Build a Microwave Transformer Homemade Welder [YouTube Video] {7/18/12}
- How to Fix a Broken Air Compressor [YouTube Video] {7/21/12}
- How to Make Biodiesel {12/13/12}
HEATING AND COOLING
- How to Make Heat Blocking Curtains
- How to Build a Solar Heat Collector (and another article here and another here)
- How to Make Your Own Air Conditioning
- How to Build a Mini Solar Air Conditioner (and another article here) {8/25/11}
- How to Build an Evaporative Air Conditioner {8/25/11}
- How to Make a Cheap and Portable Air Conditioner {8/25/11}
- How to Free Air Conditioning {8/25/11}
- How to Make an Air Conditioner in 30 Seconds {8/25/11}
- How to Cooler Adaptation (and another article here) {8/25/11}
- How to Use the Sun for Cooling {8/25/11}
- How to Turn Excess Attic Heat into Hot Water Heat {8/25/11}
- How to Make a Hand Warmer {10/13/11}
- How to Make a Rocket Stove Mass Heater {11/2/11}
- How to Heat Your Home Almost Free {7/1/12}
- How to Make a Candle Heater {7/1/12}
- How to Make Ice [YouTube Video] {7/18/12}
- How to Heat Water for Free Using the Wood Cookstove {8/24/12}
- How to Find Free Firewood [YouTube Video] {8/24/12}
- How to Install a Wood Stove [YouTube Video] and (another video here) {2/21/13}
LIGHTING / COMMUNNICATIONS
- How to Make Your Own Oil Lamp
- How to Buy a Two-Way Radio [PDF File]
- How to Get More Performance from Your Hand Held Radio [PDF File]
- How to Use a Shortwave Radio [PDF File]
- How to Make Olive Oil Candles {3/6/12}
- How to Make a Tallow Candle [YouTube Video] {4/6/12}
- How to Make a Crisco 45 Day Candle {5/2/12}
- How to Protect a Portable Radio from EMP {7/1/12}
- How to Get Your HAM Radio License {7/1/12}
- How to Convert a Flashlight into a Mini Maglite {7/4/12}
- How to Make a Fatwood Candle [YouTube Video] {7/18/12}
- How to Make a Scandanavian Log Candle for Outdoor Lighting {8/29/12}
- How to Make Your Own Candle Wick {9/24/12}
- How to Make Oil Lamp Fuel {12/13/12}
- How to Make an Emergency Lamp from Common Household Items {12/13/12}
- How to Keep your Cell Phone Working During a Power Outage {12/13/12}
- How to Make a Candle Out of Anything {12/13/12}
MISCELLANEOUS “HOW TO” POSTS
Bug Out / Wilderness Considerations
- How to Make an Instant Hammock
- How to Dress in Layers for Warmth
- How to Make a Bedroll
- How to Make Freezer Bag Meals [PDF File]
- How to Use a Thermos to Cook [PDF File]
- How to Make a Survival Blanket Sleeping Bag
- How to Use Shadows to Determine Direction
- How to Find the North Star
- How to Make an Improvised Backpack {11/2/11}
- How to Modify a Soft-Sided Backpack for Easier Use [YouTube Video] {6/27/12}
- How to Use a Watch as a Compass {7/1/12}
- How to Put Together a Bug Out Bag {7/1/12}
- How to Build a Bug Out Bag [YouTube Video] {7/18/12}
- How to Make a Wilderness Vise [YouTube Video] {7/18/12}
- How to Build a Compact Fishing Kit [YouTube Video] {7/18/12}
- How to Make Plant Fiber Cordage – 1 of 2 and How to Make Plant Fiber Cordage – 2 of 2 [YouTube Video] {7/18/12}
- How to Hang a Bear Bag [YouTube Video] {7/18/12}
- How to Find the Northstar Using a Watch [YouTube Video] {7/18/12}
- How to Make a Tyvek Sleeping Bag Bivvy [YouTube Video] {7/21/12}
- How to Bulid a Paracod Hammock Chair [YouTube Video] {8/24/12}
- How to Make a Ditty Bag {2/21/13}
Alternative Shelter / Clothing
- How to Build an Emergency Tarp Shelter (and more here and hundreds of options here)
- How to Make an Emergency Blanket Robe
- How to Build an Earthbag Shelter
- How to Make a Hat [PDF File]
- How to Build Using Wattle and Daub {7/4/12}
- How to Build a Snow Shelter – 1 of 2 and How to Build a Snow Shelter – 2 of 2 [YouTube Video] {7/18/12}
- How to Setup a 10×10 Tarp for Primitive Camp [YouTube Video] {9/24/12}
- How to Build a Debris Hut {12/13/12}
Everything Else
- How to Transport Duct Tape
- How to Prepare With Pets
- How to Get Your Spouse to Become Preparedness-Minded
- How to Make Tire Sandals
- How to Build a Metal Forge
- How to Sharpen Tools
- How to Tie Rope Knots (and more info here)
- How to Make Pitch Glue [YouTube Video]
- How to Pick a Padlock
- How to Make a Hand Truck from a Shopping Cart
- How to Perform Bicycle Maintenance (with more good info from Jim Langley)
- How to Use Costco to Prepare for TEOTWAWKI [PDF File]
- How to Improve the Quality of an 1800′s Style Lifestyle
- How to tie a Hayanawa (Fast Rope)
- How to Select a Retreat Location
- How to Build a Three-Person Hammock {9/22/11}
- How to Build Sturdy Basement Shelves {9/28/11}
- How to Improvise a Tower [PDF File] {5/5/12}
- How to Scrounge Metal and Survival Blacksmithing [PDF File] {5/5/12}
- How to Barter {7/1/12}
- How to Spot Triggers of a Socieconomic Collapse {7/1/12}
- How to Acquire Prep Items Quickly and Inexpensively {7/1/12}
- How to Clean Silver Coins {7/1/12}
- How to Make a Self-Sufficient Cabin for Under $4000 {7/1/12}
- How to Keep Your Knife Razor Sharp {7/1/12}
- How to Make Unbuildable Land Buildable with Rainwater Collection {7/2/12}
- How to Train Your Mind to Prevail When SHTF {7/2/12}
- How to Clean Sharpening Stones {7/2/12}
- How to Sharpen a Chainsaw Blade with a File [YouTube Video] {7/2/12}
- How to Carve a Wooden Spoon [YouTube Video] {7/4/12}
- How to Survive Your Car Breaking Down {7/4/12}
- How to Make a Knife Sheath from Cardboard and Duct Tape {7/6/12}
- How to Replace Six Vital Documents {7/13/12}
- How to Make Survival Tools Out of Old Used Jeans [YouTube Video] {7/18/12}
- How to Inspect Your K9 for Injuries [YouTube Video] {7/18/12}
- How to Tie a One-Handed Bowline [YouTube Video] {7/18/12}
- How to Accurately Predict the Temperature [YouTube Video] {7/18/12}
- How to Tell When the Sun Will Set [YouTube Video] {7/18/12}
- How to Make a Paracord Quick Deploy Bracelet [YouTube Video] {7/18/12}
- How to Make Duct Tape Shoes [YouTube Video] {7/21/12}
- How to Properly Care for Wildland Boots – 1 of 7 [YouTube Video] {7/21/12}
- How to Sharpen a Chisel [YouTube Video] {7/21/12}
- How to Make Your Own Cordage {7/21/12}
- How to Build a Timber Frame Bench [YouTube Video] {8/5/12}
- How to Convert a Bicycle Pump Into a Vacuum Pump {8/5/12}
- How to Make a Post It Note Holder [YouTube Video] {8/5/12}
- How to Talk to Your Friends and Family About Prepping [YouTube Video] {8/5/12}
- How to Sew a Simple Pillow or Dog Bed [YouTube Video] {8/24/12}
- How to Cut Down Big Trees [YouTube Video] {8/24/12}
- How to Make a SHTF Air Freshener [YouTube Video] {8/24/12}
- How to Make a Home Made Foundry [YouTube Video] {8/29/12}
- How to Make a Knife With Basic Tools [YouTube Video] {8/29/12}
- How to Make an Altoids Tin Pocket Survival Kit [YouTube Video] {8/29/12}
- How to Field Expedient RFID Shielding [YouTube Video] {9/24/12}
- How to Carry Rope [YouTube Video] {9/24/12}
- How to Care for Your Axe and Other Wood Handle Tools [YouTube Video] {9/24/12}
- How to Make DIY Scent Block [YouTube Video] {9/24/12}
- How to Make Your Own Gaskets {9/24/12}
- How to Chop Down a Tree With an Axe [YouTube Video] {12/13/12}
- How to Service a Chainsaw (1 of 2) [YouTube Video] and How to Service a Chainsaw (2 of 2) [YouTube Video] {12/13/12}
- How to Make Lip Gloss {12/13/12}
- How to Make Your Own Homemade Log Splitter {12/13/12}
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