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Bicycle Rack for Child's Bicycle
Introduction: A simple rear rack for a child's bicycle, but it could be used on any size bike. It is made with some old curtain rods, some left over bolts, and an old board. It is not as solid as I...
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Pallet House to Save the World... or a garden shed.
My middle school class designed and built a basic prototype for a house made of pallets. The pallets are for the basic wall structure, and other materials can be used as sheathing, the floor, roof,...
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Sole Repair with Treadmill Belt
Update: One the elements of the treadmill belt that attracted me--toughness-- is also a problem. Because it does not stretch, when the shoe flexes the glue on the toe is pulling the glue on the heel....
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iPad Cart for School
Like many schools, ours is trying to put an iPad into the hands of every student. For our seventh grade, that's over fifty iPads. As our middle school is multi-age, in a year we will have iPads for...
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Lawn Aerator
For years I have needed to aerate my lawn after we got our septic replaced. The churning of the backyard got rid of our topsoil, turned up many, many rocks and the long winter compacted it all into a...
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Dalek Hat
My 11 year old son decided he wanted to be a Dalek for Halloween, but his plans were complex and foiled by the old Dalek weakness--most houses required him to climb stairs to get the candy. After...
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Mobile Classroom Cubbies
Lockers. Every middle school teacher knows the drill--ask students to take out a pencil or piece of paper and five kids need to go to their lockers. There, in the hallway, they encounter three other...
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Cup Holder for Old Car
When I drive my Triumph Spitfire to work, I usually have a Starbucks' coffee mug that has a tight sealing mouthpiece. That's good, because it rolls around with every curve--no cup holder!Last week, I...
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Computer Racks for Chromebooks, IPads
A few years ago I wrote an Instructable for creating an iPad or Chromebook Cart for School. It was made of wood, which raised concerns from readers about heat and fire (our tests showed no rise in...
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Kayak Car Topping Helper (because They Can Be Heavy)
My mother is approaching 80 and has decided to take up kayaking. She can handle everything about the boat, except getting it on and off the roof. After some searching on the internet, she found some...
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Cool Shield for Water Gun Fight (Bonus: How to Set Up a GREAT Water Gun Fight)
For cheap you can buy a dozen basic water guns and have a cool (literally) activity for the gaggle of kids laying about your house this summer. Classic single shot water guns create an atmosphere that...
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Save Your Screen Door From Your Dog (or Child)
The Problem: We put in a full storm door two years ago, with glass for the winter and a screen for the summer. Since then our dog has slowly lost her eyesight. The first year saw her lightly scratching...
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Animation Fidget Spinner
If you can't beat them, join them. As the price of a good fidget spinner goes up ("You have to get the good one," a student advised me, as "it goes for, like, five minutes.") and the shelves are...
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Get Fit While Saving the World!
When you walk for exercise, take a bag with you and fill it with trash. Simple.Last year, I got sick and was unable to keep up my usual running regimen. Instead, I took a long walk. Leaving our...
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IPad or Chromebook Cart for School
Like many schools, ours is trying to put an iPad into the hands of every student (update: after two years, we replaced iPads with Chromebooks and re-utilized the cart for those). For our seventh grade,...
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Bicycle Rack for Child's Bicycle
Introduction: A simple rear rack for a child's bicycle, but it could be used on any size bike. It is made with some old curtain rods, some left over bolts, and an old board. It is not as solid as I...
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Pallet House to Save the World... or a garden shed.
My middle school class designed and built a basic prototype for a house made of pallets. The pallets are for the basic wall structure, and other materials can be used as sheathing, the floor, roof,...
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Dalek Hat
My 11 year old son decided he wanted to be a Dalek for Halloween, but his plans were complex and foiled by the old Dalek weakness--most houses required him to climb stairs to get the candy. After...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Cup Holder for Old Car
When I drive my Triumph Spitfire to work, I usually have a Starbucks' coffee mug that has a tight sealing mouthpiece. That's good, because it rolls around with every curve--no cup holder!Last week, I...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Get Fit While Saving the World!
When you walk for exercise, take a bag with you and fill it with trash. Simple.Last year, I got sick and was unable to keep up my usual running regimen. Instead, I took a long walk. Leaving our...
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