DIY & Technology
- 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]
Vol 1 [ebook] Vol 2 [ebook] Vol 3 [ebook] - 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
- TheAwesomer.com [website]
- 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]
- How It Works [ebook] - Early 20th century. Explains the fundamental principles behind various physical phenomena and mechanisms encountered in daily life, using simple language.
- 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
- How To Make a Bottle [video playlist - yt] - different types, by How To Make Everything
- How To Make Glue [video playlist - yt] - different types, by How To Make Everything
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.
- HomemadeTools.net
- 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 - yt]
- Water powered hammer (Monjolo) [video - yt] by Primitive Technology
- I Built a Medieval Watermill to Power My Tools [video - yt]
- I Built the The Machine that Made the Industrial Revolution [video - yt]
- Building the Lathe That Will Build Everything [video - yt]
- The Making of Tools [ebook]
- Making and Using Small Workshop Tools
- Building Da Vinci's Tools [video playlist - yt]
- Book of Skills and Tools
- Tool manuals
- The Tool Book [ebook]
- Finger Mounted Precision Cutting Tool [article]
Repair
- IFixIt.com - Never take broken for an answer. Get the instructions you need with quality repair parts and tools and the expertise of a robust community
- TheRestartProject.org - The Restart Project helps people learn how to repair their broken electronics, and rethink how they consume them in the first place
- Manual of Mending and Repairing; With Diagrams [ebook]
- Repair.Wiki [website]
- The Ultimate Laptop Repairing Course [ebook]
- DIY Quick Fix [ebook]
- Easy Fixes for Everyday Things [ebook] by Popular Mechanics
- How to Fix Anything [ebook] - Essential Home Repairs Anyone Can Do by Popular Mechanics
- Repair by Instructables.com [articles]
Salvage
- Unscrewed [ebook] - Salvage and Reuse Motors, Gears, Switches, and More from Your Old Electronics by Ed Sobey (2011)
- Building With Secondhand Stuff [ebook]
- UpcycleThat.com
- UpcycleMyStuff.com
- ReclaimDesign.org
- RecyclArt.org