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Guitar Pickup Winder
Guitar pickup making is difficult because, since the wire is as fine as a human hair, it tends to break very easily.

Chocolate Banana Pops
This is a fun project for kids and adults. Who doesn't love an ice-cold summer treat when it's hot outside?

Harvesting Chemicals from a Battery
This tutorial shows how to take apart a spent zinc-carbon dry cell of the common household type.

Gluten-Free Zucchini Banana Bread
My sister found out recently that she’s allergic to gluten, so when we went on a family trip recently, I decided to try my hand at making some gluten-free zucchini bread.

ANZAC Biscuits
April 25th is ANZAC day, which is the Australia and New Zealand equivalent of our Memorial Day.

Make a Gripper for Sharpwriter Pencil
The Sharpwriter pencil is that one-time-use mechanical pencil that pretty much everyone has used before.

Instant Ice Cream with a Dry Ice Bath
Making ice cream with cryogens stronger than water ice is a fairly common chemistry demonstration stunt.

Metal Parts from Papercraft Molds
This project began when I read the following entry [#274] in Volume 1 of Popular Mechanics’ 1913 The Boy Mechanic: The round lead weight for shot-putting or hammer throwing can be cast in a hollow cardboard or pressed-paper ball, sold in department and toy stores for 10 cents.

How to Preserve a Candy Portrait
Let’s say that you were overzealous with your Halloween candy purchases this year (or maybe trick-or-treater traffic was down in your neighborhood) and now you have a big bag or two of candy that you don’t really want to eat.

No-Holes Poster/Quilt Hanger
I’m a great admirer of Jørgen Møller’s Posterhänger design.

Giant Snow Globe
This project began when I, myself, realized that deep need–that every man knows sooner or later in his life–which can only be satisfied by a say-hello-to-my-little-friend snow globe.

Cord Curling, Part 1 – Thermoforming
I really heart coiled cords.