Step-by-step instructions. More tutorials can be found here, here and here.
Construction and Farming in the 21th Century
May 3, 2009 by Filed Under: Construction, DIY, Farming
Build your own low-tech turntable
Total cost can be as low as 50 dollars. Instructions here. Via Retro Thing.
Who needs a Prius?
April 8, 2009 by Filed Under: Cars, DIY, Low-tech cars, Travel
Source: Popular Science, May 1960
The woodmobile
March 19, 2009 by Filed Under: Cars, DIY, Low-tech cars, Travel, Wood
Who needs gasoline or batteries? John Dutch’s Volvo 240 is powered by wood.
“After 2000 kilometers on woodgas everything worked properly. Top speed is 120 km/h. Cruising speed 100-110 km/h. Fuel consumption approximately 30 kilos of wood for one hundred kilometers, which is also one effective filling of the fuel bin. The back seat loaded with sacks of wood make the total range approximately 400 kilometers.”
Update: “Wood gas vehicles: firewood in the fuel tank“.
