Category: Skills / Knowledge / DIY
7 Overlooked Everyday Items In Your House You Can Use For Survival
Any survival or disaster situation is naturally going to require you to get a little creative. This is because resources in any survival situation are going to be rather thin, and you’re going to have to learn how to make the best with what you have. Fortunately, finding yourself in a survival situation doesn’t…
$5 Faraday Cage How To Guide
Have you always wanted a Faraday Cage to protect your sensitive electronics from an EMP, but were afraid of the cost? Well, consider this idea on making your own Faraday cage for about $5 each. And the best part: you can make several of these with the supplies you’ll need! Here’s how… “Although the EMP…
Passive Solar Heating Panels
This article on the Zen of Passive Solar Heating Panel Design is a neat write-up on how to make walls that can be used to gather the power of the sun to heat your home or, in this case, a workshop. The author clearly took this project very seriously, going so far as to angle…
Easy DIY Water Filter
With a little ingenuity and a few parts (of about $30 or less) you can build your own SHTF DIY water filter which can be reused over and over again. You only need an inexpensive hand pump, activated carbon, window screen material (or something similar), a small piece of PVC pipe, as well as some…
Fire Cider – Natural Cold Killer!
Want to get a head start on staying healthy for the cold season? Try this “fire cider” recipe which, to be honest, sounds like it would be a tough drink to stomach, lol. Regardless, the drink does contain quite a few beneficial ingredients such as apple cider vinegar, garlic, and ginger, each of which are…
Rocket Stove Fuel Alternatives
If you’re “into” survival at all then you’re likely very familiar with rocket stoves… they’re awesome! And they can be fashioned out of all sorts of items, from sheet metal and tin cans to masonry bricks and even earthen materials. The thing is that I’ve ALWAYS used sticks and twigs to fuel them; however, as…
3 Ways to Preserve Food WITHOUT Canning
Occasionally, I rant about how much I despise canning foods… it’s always been a pain, in my opinion, and quite messy. That said, I know it can be a great way to put a lot of food if you’re willing to do so, and I’m just not THAT willing, lol. Fortunately, there are plenty of…
How to: DIY False Bottom Drawer
Though a bit more complicated than I would have gone for myself, it’s still a very good tutorial on how to add a false bottom to a typical dresser drawer and would be the perfect companion to my 75 Secret Hiding Places book if you’ve yet to grab a copy…
$10 DIY Food Dehydrator
For about $10 to buy a DC cooling fan and a heat lamp bulb (along with a few scavenged items) you too can have your own DIY food dehydrator and make your own beef jerky at home! And to think I spent hundreds of dollars on an Excalibur dehydrator which I absolutely love using, by…
