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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Other DIY Sites | |
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." |
Todays
Plans
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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. From their home page: |
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, ... |
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. |
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. |
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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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
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One of the better DIY sites for finding actual free plans to build a wide variety of things. |
Utterpower.com
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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. |
Pro-Handyman Blog Las Vegas http://www.pro-handyman.com/...
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Nice DIY site by Mike the Pro-Handyman of Las Vegas. |
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. |
Make Magazine
Online
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An interesting mix of DIY projects in many areas -- including the always useful Potato Gatling Gun pictured to left. |
Tired-Out-Ranch
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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/
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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