DIY & Technology
ⓘ Appropedia.org [website] - Sustainable technology wiki
ArtOfManliness.com [website] - how-tos for "manly" skills.
⚒ The Big Book of Maker Skills [ebook] - by Popular Mechanics
The Book [ebook] - The Ultimate Guide to Rebuilding Civilization by Hungry Minds
Craftland: In Search of Lost Arts and Disappearing Trades [ebook] by James Fox
Crafted : A Compendium of Crafts - New, Old and Forgotten [ebook] by Sally Coulthard
Craftsman Magazine [pdfs] was a leading Arts and Crafts magazine published monthly by United Crafts. Launched in 1901 by the American furniture designer and founding editor Gustav Stickley (1858–1942), it published papers on the American Arts and Crafts movement. The magazine ceased publication in 1916, and was absorbed into the monthly periodical Art World the following year.
⏯ Dad, How Do I? [videos] - “How To" videos by a Dad
⚒ Henley's Twentieth Century Formulas, Recipes and Processes [ebook] - by Gardner Dexter Hiscox
Industrial Automation [ebook] by James Fox
⚒ 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)
How to Invent Everything: A Survival Guide for the Stranded Time Traveler [ebook] by Ryan North
HowToGeek.com [website] - how to do geeky things
⚒ Instructables.com [website] - a community of curious doers and home to hundreds of thousands of projects.
The Knowledge [ebook] - How To Rebuild Our World From Scratch by Lewis Dartnell
KnowledgeWeighsNothing.com [website] - preparedness, hiking, survival, self-reliance, and self-sufficiency.
LifeHacker.com [website] - tech and life tips, tricks and hacks
⚒ MakeItYourself.org [website] - digital book that showcases over 1000 useful DIY projects with links to their original project websites
ManualsLib.com [website] - manuals for products
The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci [ebook]
RulesOfThumb.org [website] - rules of thumb for various things
The Forgotten Arts and Crafts [ebook] - by Seymour John, Emerson-Roberts Gillian
Popular Mechanics Magazine [website] [pdfs]
Country Wisdom and Know How [ebook]
★ Popular Mechanics Encyclopedia Set [ebooks] 12 volumes (1958)
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)
MakeUseOf.com [website] "was founded in 2006 and acquired and owned by Valnet Inc. since 2020. MUO is one of the largest online technology publications that millions of readers turn to every month for expert tech guidance."
Made well [ebook] by Emma Mitchell
WonderHowTo.com [website] - how-tos, hacks, pro-tips, and insider secrets
Work Magazine [pdfs] An Illustrated Magazine of Practice and Theory for All Workmen, Professional and Amateur. (1889-1892)
★ Solar.LowTechMagazine.com [website] - underscores the potential of past and often forgotten technologies and how they can inform sustainable energy practices
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 "To help you build your own tools, we offer: an active online community of tool builders across many disciplines, Over 2,500 downloadable plans for building homemade tools, Build guides and ebooks, an encyclopedia of over 30,000 homemade tools from thousands of websites, and a daily newsletter featuring the best new homemade tool builds."
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.
⚒ Water powered hammer (Monjolo) [video] by Primitive Technology
⚒ I Built a Medieval Watermill to Power My Tools [video] by How To Make Everything [yt]
⚒ I Built the The Machine that Made the Industrial Revolution [video] by How To Make Everything [yt]
⚒ Building the Lathe That Will Build Everything [video] by How To Make Everything [yt]
⚒ Making and Using Small Workshop Tools
⚒ Building Da Vinci's Tools [videos] by How To Make Everything [yt]
⚒ Finger Mounted Precision Cutting Tool [article]
Tooling & Production [pdfs] [website] is an active publication covering manufacturing technology. It was established in 1934 and is published bi-monthly by Nelson Publishing, Inc. Articles cover a wide range of topics including, but not limited to, industrial engineering, tool and die innovation, machining, and process improvement.
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] [mastodon] - 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)