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Hydrojet-Powered Personal Pool Pontoon from PVC

Theron is an educator, business owner, writer, and consultant working within Springfield, MO and the Ozarks community. He enjoys making and building with his 11 year old son and likes to read and write about science, technology, education, sci fi, martial arts, and philosophy.

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May 2nd, 2015June 20th, 2016 3

Build a DIY hydrojet-powered watercraft for kids that’s perfect for the backyard pool. Kids love to drive the land roving mini cars and trucks you can get at the big box toy stores, now they can head to the water and pilot their own home built pontoon boat. This boat is at a scale and […]

5 Basic Steps for Building Forts and Treehouses

By Jason Fabbri

Jason Fabbri

Jason is a software engineer, father of 3 boys and avid builder of wacky things. When he's not conceiving one one crazy idea or another he can be found wrenching on a vintage motorcycle.

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March 4th, 2015March 26th, 2016 4

A rundown of what you need to know to build treehouses and other backyard forts.

Build it: Make Your Own Backyard Fire Pit

By Haley Pierson-Cox

Haley Pierson-Cox

Haley Pierson-Cox from Red-Handled Scissors is a maker of crafts, a lover of cats, an avid swearing enthusiast, a cross-stitch book author, and a general purveyor of quirk. She's also sometimes an irritable cartoon named Tiny Cranky Haley. https://www.redhandledscissors.com

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September 30th, 2014 0

Excited for bonfire-and-s’mores season? Make your backyard or outdoor space the new fall hangout with this backyard fire pit tutorial!

Cooler Robot Delivers Cold Beverages On-Demand

By Cabe Atwell

Cabe Atwell

The one-man ace engineering wrecking crew - If you have a problem, if no one else can help, and if you can find me, maybe you can hire... the Cabe-team

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August 14th, 2014May 19th, 2016

A robotic cooler that uses an Arduino for brains and serves drinks from an RC wheelchair platform.

7 Awesome Backyard Builds

By Jeremy S Cook

Jeremy S Cook

Jeremy is an engineer with 10 years experience at his full-time profession, and has a BSME from Clemson University. Outside of work he’s an avid maker and experimenter, building anything that comes into his mind!

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August 9th, 2014March 26th, 2016

Forts, treehouses, climbing ways, and workout rings are among these great backyard projects.

Washington Man Builds Bellagio-Style Dancing Fountain in Front Yard

By Sean Michael Ragan

Sean Michael Ragan

I am descended from 5,000 generations of tool-using primates. Also, I went to college and stuff. I am a long-time contributor to MAKE magazine and makezine.com. My work has also appeared in ReadyMade, c't – Magazin für Computertechnik, and The Wall Street Journal.

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