This is an ongoing knowledge base dedicated to “How to” information that I’ve found already explained elsewhere. There are so many links–600+ in fact–that you’re sure to find plenty to make use of. 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. I also try to point out if the link is a file using square brackets [such as these] so you’re not caught unaware, but I can’t say that I always remember to do that. 
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
Looking for the best water filters for bug out or at-home preparedness? Check out the top 10 portable water filters and top 7 gravity water filters.
- How to Desalinate Water for Consumption
- How to Build a Cloned Berkey Filter
- How to Clean Water Using the Power of Sunlight – SODIS [PDF File]
- How to Build a Slow Sand Filter Using a 55-gallon Drum
- How to Get Radiation Out of Your Water
- How to Make an Emergency Water Filter
- How to Build a Solar Distiller
- How to Make a DIY Gravity Water Filter
- How to Purify Water with Bleach
- How to Test Drinking Water Quality [YouTube Video]
- How to Make a Homemade Waterfilter
- How to Make a Portable SODIS Water Purifier
- Top 5 Easiest DIY Water Filters You Can Make At Home
Water Procurement and Storage
- How to Build a Hand Pump
- How to Build a Rain Barrel for Water Collection
- 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]
- How to Get Water from a Spring [YouTube Video]
- How to Make a Rain Barrel Hand Pump
- How to Create a Heavy Duty 275 Gallon Rain Barrel
- How to Make Deep Water Well Pump [YouTube Video]
- How to Make an EMAS PVC Water Well Hand Pump
- How to Build a Water Tower [YouTube Video] {
Food Procurement / Gardening
Looking for the best survival foods for bug out or at-home preparedness? Check out the top 12 survival foods for bug out.
- 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 Make Compost
- 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
- How to Turn a Pallet into a Garden
- How to Build a Potato Tower
- How to Make the Ten Best Traps [PDF File]
- How to Build a Survival Fishing Kit
- How to Eat a Pine Tree
- How to Make a Chicken Coop for $40
- How to Aquaponics [YouTube Video]
- How to Build a Top Bar Bee Hive [YouTube Video]
- How to Barrelponics
- How to Construct a Maintenance-Free Solexx Greenhouse [YouTube Video]
- How to Make a Shooting Stick
- How to Make a Survival Fishing Spear [YouTube Video]
- How to Open a Can Without Any Tools [YouTube Video]
- How to Make a Minnow Trap [YouTube Video]
- How to Make a Sling Spear [YouTube Video]
- How to Build a Yoke Trap [YouTube Video]
- How to Setup a 110 Conibear Trap [YouTube Video]
- How to Make Insecticidal Soap [YouTube Video]
- How to Build a Very Inexpensive Grow Light System [YouTube Video]
- How to Protect Your Survival Garden [YouTube Video]
- How to Trap Fish
- How to Make a Primitive Basket Fish Trap [YouTube Video]
- How to Plant Potatoes [YouTube Video]
- How to Build a Window Hydroponics Herb Garden [YouTube Video]
- How to Make Hot Pepper Spray to Deter Garden Critters [YouTube Video]
- How to build My 50 Dollar Greenhouse
- How to Field Dress a Pheasant in 10 Seconds [YouTube Video]
- How to Make Your Own Compost
Food Storage and Preservation
- 25 DIY Root Cellar Plans & Ideas to Keep Your Harvest Fresh Without Refrigerators
- 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 Dry 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 Wax Hard Cheese for Non-Refrigerated Storage
- How to Make a Chest Freezer Extremely Energy Efficient [PDF File]
- How to Make Self-Rotating Food Storage for Canned Goods [YouTube Video]
- How to Build a Grain Bin House
- How to Build a Large Box Food Dehydrator
- How to Build a Cheese Press [YouTube Video]
- How to Make a Pull-Out Can Rack (next to refrigerator)
- How to Can Nuts [YouTube Video]
- How to Tell a Bad Egg
- How to Build Your Own Dirt Cheap Fridge
- How to Dehydrate Foods Without a Dehydrator
- How to Can Peaches [YouTube Video]
- How to Can Chicken Breast
- How to Build an Outdoor Canning Cooker
- How to Dehydrate Tomatoes into Tomato Figs [YouTube Video]
- How to Can Ground Beef [YouTube Video]
- How to Can Ketchup [YouTube Video]
- How to Dehydrate Refried Beans [YouTube Video]
- How to Can Nuts [YouTube Video]
- How to Freeze Broccoli [YouTube Video]
- How to Label Cases of Food for Long Term Storage [YouTube Video]
- How to Dehydrate Pineapple [YouTube Video]
- How to Can Butter [YouTube Video]
- How to Preserve Meat/Jerky [YouTube Video]
- How to Keep Animals Out of Your Garden [YouTube Video]
- How to Save Tomato Seeds [YouTube Video]
- How to Freeze Tomatoes
- How to Can Green Beans [YouTube Video]
- How to Dehydrate Spaghetti Squash [YouTube Video]
- How to Dehydrate Cheese [YouTube Video]
- How to Save and Refine Lettuce Seed [YouTube Video]
- How to Get the Right Water Level in Your Pressure Canner [YouTube Video]
- How to Home Can Salsa [YouTube Video]
- How to Convert a Chest Freezer into a Refrigerator
- How to Dehydrate Raw Eggs [YouTube Video]
- How to Make Your Own MREs (using mylar bags)
- How to Save Seeds
Make Specific Foods
- How to Make Maple Syrup (here’s how to identify maple trees)
- How to Make Famine Chow
- How to Make Beef Pemmican – The Amazing Survival Food (or another article here)
- How to Make Homemade Energy Bars [PDF File]
- How to Make Butter
- How to Make Vinegar
- How to Make Peanut Butter
- How to Make Sauerkraut
- How to Make Sweet Pickles
- How to Make Cornmeal
- How to Make Egg Noodles
- How to Make Pancake Syrup
- How to Make Bouillon Cubes [YouTube Video]
- How to Make Mayonnaise [YouTube Video]
- How to Make Garlic Syrup
- How to Make Self-Rising Flour
- How to Make Cheese from Powdered Milk
- How to Make Butter with Nothing but Cream and a Jar
- How to Make Your Own Sourdough Starter
- How to Make Habanero Hot Sauce [YouTube Video]
- How to Brew Hard Cider [YouTube Video]
- How to Smoke Beef Jerky [YouTube Video]
- How to Brew Your Own Beer
- How to Use Pepper Extracts in Your Food [YouTube Video]
- How to Make Falafel
- How to Cook Fish in a Survival Situation [YouTube Video]
- How to Make Steel Cut Oats [YouTube Video]
- How to Make Homemade Dog Food [YouTube Video]
- How to Make Taco Seasoning [YouTube Video]
- How to Make Bran Flakes from Wheat [YouTube Video]
- How to Make Yogurt and Cream Cheese from Dry Milk [YouTube Video]
- How to Make Disaster Pudding [YouTube Video]
- How to Make Peanut Butter Fudge [YouTube Video]
- How to Make Chocolate Syrup [YouTube Video]
- How to Make Sausage Gravy [YouTube Video]
- How to Make French Dressing [YouTube Video]
- How to Make Italian Dressing [YouTube Video]
- How to Make Carrot Cake [YouTube Video]
- How to Make Tapioca Pudding [YouTube Video]
- How to Render Lard [YouTube Video]
- How to Make Homemade Ketchup [YouTube Video]
- How to Make Plum Syrup [YouTube Video]
- How to Make Hot Cocoa Packet Envelopes [YouTube Video]
- How to Make Dehydrated Wing Sauce [YouTube Video]
- How to Make Quick Cook Dry Beans [YouTube Video]
- How to Make Pine Needle Tea [YouTube Video]
- How to Make Biltong Part 1 [YouTube Video]
- How to Make Peach Pear Wine [YouTube Video]
- How to Make Homemade Yeast
- How to Make Gooseberry-Strawberry Jam [YouTube Video]
- How to Make Magic Mix [YouTube Video]
- How to Make Kombucha Tea [YouTube Video]
- How to Make Monkey Butter [YouTube Video]
- How to Press Apple Cider [YouTube Video]
- How to Grow and Make Your Own Sugar [YouTube Video]
- How To Make Your Own Dairy Products At Home
- How to Make Pemmican (plus 4 amazing benefits)
Other Food Considerations
- How to Use Honey for Health and Healing
- How to Use Apple Cider Vinegar for Healing (here’s how to make your own)
- How to Use Baking Soda for Nearly Everything
- How to Make an Oil Press
- How to Control Pantry Pests (and a website dedicated to pantry pests)
- How to Build Your Own BBQ Barrel
- How to Build a Seed Huller and Oil Press
- How to Keep Bees 101
- How to Render Lard [YouTube Video]
- How to Forge a Cookset [YouTube Video]
- How to Cook Dried Beans
- How to Organize Seed Packets and Label Your Garden [YouTube Video]
- How to Make Gardening Fun for Kids [YouTube Video]
- How to Protect Your Garden [YouTube Video]
- How to Use Fruit Drink Mix from LDS Cannery [YouTube Video]
- How to Prevent Tomato Cracking [YouTube Video]
- How to Find an LDS Cannery Near You [YouTube Video]
- How to Core and Skin Tomatoes [YouTube Video]
- How to Solar Cook Chicken [YouTube Video]
- How to Solar Cook Black Beans [YouTube Video]
- How to Make Your Own Canner Rack [YouTube Video]
HEALTH AND SANITATION “HOW TO” POSTS
Health Concerns
- 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
- How to Make Penicillin
- How to Make Pinhole Glasses [YouTube video]
- How to Make Your Own Herbal Teas
- How to Turn Mullein into Medicine
- How to Build Your Own Colloidal Silver Generator
- How to Make and Use Spruce Pitch Salve
- How to Make a Disaster Birth Kit [YouTube Video]
- How to Swaddle a Baby [YouTube Video]
- How to Make a Calcium Supplement
- How to Test Food for Radiation [YouTube Video]
- How to Quit Smoking
- How to Quit Alcohol
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 {11/25/11}
- 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 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 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 Survive a Gut Infection Without Medical Assistance {2/21/13}
Hygiene and Sanitation Concerns
- How to Wash Hands Using a Soda Bottle
- How to Dispose of Human Waste
- How to Construct a Small Septic System
- 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 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 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 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 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 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 Make Your Own Pepper Spray {8/24/12}
- How To Make a Kearny Fallout Meter {9/24/12}
- How to Pick Handcuffs {12/8/15}
OPSEC / Privacy
- How to Make Blackout Window Panels
- 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 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}
Defense / Security / Weapons
- How to Choose Survival Firearms
- 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 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 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 Build a Youth Recurve Bow out of Flattened PVC Pipe [YouTube Video] {10/22/12}
- How to Pick Handcuffs {12/8/15}
- How to Sharpen an Axe {1/30/19}
- How to Choose Your Survival Knife {3/31/21}
STOVES AND FIRE “HOW TO” POSTS
Fire Resources
Looking for the best fire starters for hiking, camping, or bug out? Check out the top 8 fire starters.
- 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 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 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}
- How to Chop Down a Tree with an Axe {10/26/17}
- How to Split Firewood {10/26/17}
- How to Season Firewood {10/26/17}
- How to Build a Fire {1/30/19}
Stoves and Ovens
Looking for the best stoves for hiking, camping, or bug out? Check out the top 12 survival stoves.
- How to Build a Cloned Solar Oven (and another article here)
- How to Build a Solar Box Cooker
- 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 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 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
- 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 Make a Hand Warmer {10/13/11}
- How to Make a Rocket Stove Mass Heater {11/2/11}
- 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 / COMMUNICATIONS
Looking for the best flashlights and lanterns for hiking, camping, bug out, or at-home preparedness? Check out the top 12 flashlights and top 13 lanterns.
- 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 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 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
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- How to Build a Survival Kit {9/10/17}
- How to Survive a Deadly Snake Bite [infographic] {5/3/17}
- How to Make an Instant Hammock
- How to Dress in Layers for Warmth
- How to Make a Bedroll
- 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}
- 30 Things to Include in Your Wilderness Survival Pack {3/30/16}
- How to Layer Clothes in Cold Weather {3/7/18}
- How to Knife Skills for Bushcraft {1/30/19}
- How to Tracking Guide (and how NOT to be tracked) {1/30/19}
- How to be Safe Around Bears (a step-by-step guide) {3/4/20}
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 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 an Underground Bunker in 9 Steps {9/10/20}
Everything Else
- How to Transport Duct Tape
- 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 tie a Hayanawa (Fast Rope)
- 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 {7/2/12} and another article here {10/20/20} and another one here {6/16/21}
- How to Carve a Wooden Spoon [YouTube Video] {7/4/12}
- How to Survive Your Car Breaking Down {7/4/12}
- 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 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 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 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}
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