DIY & Technology
- Zero to Maker [ebook] - A Beginner’s Guide to the Skills, Tools, and Ideas of the Maker Movement
⚒ The Book [ebook] - The Ultimate Guide to Rebuilding Civilization by Hungry Minds
⚒ The Knowledge [ebook] - How To Rebuild Our World From Scratch by Lewis Dartnell
⚒ The Big Book of Maker Skills [ebook] - by Popular Mechanics
ⓘ Appropedia.org [website] - Sustainable technology wiki
⚒ MakeItYourself.org [website] - digital book that showcases over 1000 useful DIY projects with links to their original project websites
★ Solar.LowTechMagazine.com [website] - underscores the potential of past and often forgotten technologies and how they can inform sustainable energy practices
Dad, How Do I? [videos] - “How To" videos by a Dad
⚒ Instructables.com [website] - a community of curious doers and home to hundreds of thousands of projects.
HowToGeek.com [website] - how to do geeky things
WonderHowTo.com [website] - how-tos, hacks, pro-tips, and insider secrets
LifeHacker.com [website] - tech and life tips, tricks and hacks
ArtOfManliness.com [website] - how-tos for "manly" skills.
KnowledgeWeighsNothing.com [website] - preparedness, hiking, survival, self-reliance, and self-sufficiency.
RulesOfThumb.org [website] - rules of thumb for various things
ManualsLib.com [website] - manuals for products
The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci [ebook]
⚒ Henley's Twentieth Century Formulas, Recipes and Processes [ebook] - by Gardner Dexter Hiscox
The Forgotten Arts and Crafts [ebook] - by Seymour John, Emerson-Roberts Gillian
Popular Mechanics Magazine [pdfs] (1902-present)
Country Wisdom and Know How [ebook]
★ Popular Mechanics Encyclopedia Set [ebooks] 12 volumes (1958)
Work Magazine [pdfs] An Illustrated Magazine of Practice and Theory for All Workmen, Professional and Amateur. (1889-1892)
Englishwomans Domestic Magazine [pdfs] covered homemaking, cooking, childcare, and household management, with an emphasis on practical advice and instruction. Also fashion, dressmaking patterns, serialized fiction, short stories, and poetry. (1852-1879)
⚒ Homecraft Magazine [pdfs] features original articles, short communications and step-by-step DIY guides on all aspects of home repair, maintenance and improvement, including furniture building and upcycling, electrical and metal work, and carpentry, among others. (1930-1959)
Craftsman Magazine [pdfs] (1901-1916)
Tools
OpenSourceEcology.org - developing open source industrial machines that can be made for a fraction of commercial costs, and sharing our designs online for free. Developers of the modular Global Village Construction Set
InMachines.net - open-source machines for fab labs
Sienci.com - low-cost mechanical systems for rapid prototyping tools like CNC machines, 3D printers, and laser cutters.
OpenBuilds.com - archive only, get the archived goods before they're gone
interfacerproject.eu - Building the digital infrastructure for Fab Cities to produce everything they consume by 2054 on the basis of collaboratively developed and globally shared data in the commons.
InternetOfProduction.org - We believe that the future of production lies in decentralized manufacturing based on shared knowledge, allowing us to deliver products faster, made from locally sourced materials and with less ecological impact.
Tolocar.org - Promoting Open-source Knowledge Sharing and Distributed Manufacturing with mobile makerspaces. Operating in Ukraine.
FramaToolbox.org - The free and ethical online toolkit
Opelex.net - The Opelex Project brings the “open” philosophies of open-source, open-hardware and free software to the arena of Power Electronics and allied fields.
⚒ This DaVinci Machine Changes EVERYTHING [video]
⚒ Water powered hammer (Monjolo) [video] by Primitive Technology
⚒ I Built a Medieval Watermill to Power My Tools [video]
⚒ I Built the The Machine that Made the Industrial Revolution [video]
⚒ Building the Lathe That Will Build Everything [video]
⚒ Making and Using Small Workshop Tools
⚒ Building Da Vinci's Tools [videos]
Repair
⚒ IFixIt.com [website] - Never take broken for an answer. Get the instructions you need with quality repair parts and tools and the expertise of a robust community
⚒ Manual of Mending and Repairing; With Diagrams [ebook]
⚒ Easy Fixes for Everyday Things [ebook]
⚒ How to Fix Anything [ebook] - Essential Home Repairs Anyone Can Do by Popular Mechanics
⚒ Repair by Instructables.com [articles]
⚒ Wear, Repair, Repurpose [ebook] by Lily Fulop (2020)
TheRestartProject.org [website] - The Restart Project helps people learn how to repair their broken electronics, and rethink how they consume them in the first place
Make and Mend for Victory [ebook] alterations, make over, accessories, mending and darning
Salvage
⚒ Unscrewed [ebook] - Salvage and Reuse Motors, Gears, Switches, and More from Your Old Electronics by Ed Sobey (2011)