Just about every household has at least one roll of duct tape; most of us have several rolls and a few of us have several rolls of multiple colors. Duct tape is one of the most utilized materials in terms of home improvement projects in existence; more than a few projects have been saved by…
(Video) Man Gets His Hands On an Old Dishwasher Motor and What He Does Next is Amazing
We love the creative and motivated thinkers of this world. The men and women who uncover a problem, ponder over it, then come up with a terrific idea that will not just benefit themselves but possibly many others too! When it comes to a dire situation, whether it be “the end of days” or a…
(Video) Awesome Hacks for Life and Survival That’ll Come in Handy
If you do a hack often enough you begin to realize there are more and more hacks out there for you to try! When a hack works you want nothing better than to look around and see what else can be done and how you can make life easier for you and yours! This is…
(Video) Make Sure Vital Electronic Devices are Protected by Making This Faraday Cage on the Cheap
A Faraday Cage is a metal enclosure that stores and protects electronic devices. The best way of thinking about it that it is a safety deposit box for your electronic devices – once inside, they are shielded from just about every type of Electromagnetic Pulse (EMP,) natural or man-made. Electromagnetic pulses come in four different…
(Video) Try This Handy Homemade Recipe for Waterproofing a Variety of Items
It is often the older simpler formulas that are the most satisfying. That can be said for food and also an easy water-proofer that can be used for anything from wood, sacks, and boots! This is a method our host learned about many years ago and while it is simple it can also be a…
Bizarre (But Clever) Survival Uses for Cinder Blocks That Actually Work!
In a world where we may eventually have very little, we will all have to look at what we have around us and start using items we never really thought about using before! What is nice is that a lot of these things, for now, are fairly plentiful. Take cinder blocks, for instance. They are…
(Video) Homemade Pine Cone Fire Starters – For Home or on the Trail
Being able to start a fire, especially in a survival situation is pretty critical – without it, you could, in some environments, die = with it, you get several, major benefits. You can warm yourself, cook food, improve your morale and have a defensive tool if you need it! But starting a fire in all…
(Video) Watch as 5 Camping Gadgets Are Put to the Ultimate Test
When camping or hiking out in the wilderness we often come across things, for instance, a freshwater lake, that we really wish we could utilize for showers and/or a pot of boiling water to clean items with or make food. But who wants to carry along buckets and other bulky containers when we do not…
(Video) This Bushcraft Treehouse is a Thing of Beauty – Wow!
If there is something we can love and respect, it is a bushcraft tree house! Particularly, if it is as nice looking as the one our Bushcraft Heroes have put together! Part of us think of these guys as “boys” who simply want a treehouse but when you see how well it is constructed, the…
(Video) Don’t Waste Wood Ash – It’s a Tremendous Resource!
We hate waste. If we can find something and use it multiple times we are in Heaven. So, you can just imagine how we felt when we discovered something as “throw away” as wood ash can be used for more than a composting heap! There are still nutrients in that ash, after all, so why…
(Video) How to Make a Loud Survival Whistle
This project can be made just for fun but it is also an important emergency tool! Picture yourself turned around, lost in the wilderness, but knowing family or friends are close – somewhere! Blow on this very loud whistle and you will be tracked down and brought home in time for supper! The whistle is…
(Video) Don’t Throw Out Wire Coat Hangers – They are a Great Survival Resource!
Just about every closet in America has at least one old, wire coat hanger. While plastic hangers have replaced the wire form in many cases, dry cleaners still use them, so if you have anything dry cleaned, chances are better than even your garments are hung on a wire coat hanger. Knowing where you have…
(Video) Here’s How to Cut a Hole in Glass Without Breaking It
Have you ever looked at a glass container of any kind and thought: “I can use that.” for anything from holding coins to creating a new lighting fixture? Still, there is a problem. You need a cut-out where you can place a cork or insert wires or any number of things and that means…
(Video) 6 Incredible DIY Hiding Spots No One Will be Able to Find
You might be the type that has a small or even a large safe at home, holding all your cash, important documents, and precious mementos. This is all well and good, particularly if it is fire resistant. However, a typical safe is also obvious. Even if you have your safe pushed to the back…
One of the Most Useful Substances to Use Outdoors is Survival Cement. Here’s How to Make It:
We all hope it never gets to the point where we are having to make our own building materials, but if a survival situation emerges that is dire enough, we may have no choice. In a situation that is absolutely desperate, survival will mean resorting to “ancient” methods for constructing buildings, walls, homes, etc. If…
(Video) How to Make Bamboo Tent Pegs
Bamboo is an incredibly versatile natural resource – survival or otherwise. One of the many ways you can use it is to fashion tent pegs for use in a survival situation or if you are camping and are missing a single tent peg. The key is to make sure the bamboo you use is mature…
(Video) Man Gets His Hands On an Old Dishwasher Motor and What He Does With It is Incredible!
Electrical power is one of those things we take for granted up until it is suddenly gone. When that happens, our world grinds to a halt. Everything from online access to lighting to refrigeration is affected and we suddenly are thrown back to the early 1900’s in terms of technology and creature comforts. That is why…
How to Build a Rain Barrel for Off Grid Living
The majority of survivalists understand how important it is to conserve as much as possible and utilize survival resources when and where they are found. That includes rainwater, which if you think of it, is an easy source of water that most of us completely ignore every time it rains. Collecting rainwater to water a…
(Video) Don’t Throw Those Plastic Bottles Away – Check Out 38 Ways to Creatively Reuse Them
While we all try hard to reduce, reuse and recycle, even the best survivalists let things fall through the cracks. It’s safe to say that the majority of us have more than a few water bottles lying around our homes. More often than not, we may run out of ways to reuse them and eventually…
(Video) 6 DIY Hiding Spots No One Will be Able to Find
Nowadays, protecting your belongings is more important than ever. As a true survivalist, you need to make sure that your valuables are always safe and away from any potential robbers. Luckily, this video will give you some creative hiding spots that even the most skillful at stealing will have trouble finding. These DIY hiding spots…