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Industral Glass Cutting Tools
Industrial glass cutting tools cut design patterns into glass.glass on glass image by Vanessa van Rensburg from Fotolia.comOperating industrial type glass cutting tools requires skill as well as experience. A score line is cut deeply into the glass surface enabling the cutter to bend and...
How to Convert Tenths to Inches
We know how many inches are in a mile--26,630--but we know that distances aren't always exactly a mile--or a furlong, a yard or a foot. When they aren't an exact measurement, we may rely on our calculator to help convert them from tenths of a foot, yard or furlong into inches. When we convert those
Homemade Paint Booth Filter
Having a home paint booth can be extremely useful to achieve professional paint jobs at a fraction of the cost and with more control of the process. From small booths to those large enough to paint a car, every paint booth must contain clean air that will not damage the paint job as it dries. There
Effectiveness of Lightning Rods
Lightning can be one of the most destructive forces in nature. Each year it destroys numerous homes and businesses and claims untold lives. While there have been many attempts to limit the damage caused by this natural phenomenon, none has been as effective as the simple lightning rod.
How to Build a Solar Cell for Power
Solar power is a product of electrons in atoms being excited into higher energy states through the absorption of energy in the visible portion of the electromagnetic spectrum. When electrons are in a sufficiently excited state, it is possible for them to break away from the atom and form an ion.
Southwest Air Lines Games
Southwest Airlines is one of the most popular, no frills airlines in the United States. The airline is steadily growing every year. Southwest Airlines has many direct flights, from short hops from cities like Reno to Oakland (a 50 minute flight) to longer hauls from cities like Los Angeles to Chica
Locations to Recycle a Rechargeable Battery in Memphis
Rechargeable batteries have an advantage over conventional batteries since when their charge dies down, they can be recharged for further life. Eventually, though, even a rechargeable battery will fail to hold a charge. When that occurs the battery must be recycled at an approved...
Types of Electrical Transformers
Transformers are used to change the voltage of an alternating circuit. They do this by connecting two circuits at a magnetic core (a magnetizable block of matter). The ratio of windings the two circuits make around the core determines how the voltage changes from the energy-input circuit to the ene
How to Clean a Beretta Pistol
The Italian gunmaker Beretta manufactures a series of popular, reliable semi-automatic pistols. The Beretta 92 is the standard sidearm of the U.S. military. Even the best military-style pistol requires regular cleaning after use to keep on providing good service. A well-maintained Beretta will offer
How Budding & Regeneration Are Two Types of Reproduction
Most complex multi-cellular organisms undergo sexual reproduction with an exchange and mixing of chromosomes to produce a unique individual different from both parents. Lower-level life forms often reproduce asexually, by budding and regeneration. These processes allow a rapid increase in population
How to Make Letter-Shaped Wood Joints
Wood joints shaped like letters of the alphabet are a quirky and cool, if labor intensive, way to add a touch of flair and personality to any woodworking project. The concept itself is relatively straightforward. The joints themselves are basic mortise and tenon joints, with the tenons being carved
What Is a Bleeding Tree?
A bleeding tree is one that has a condition known as gummosis. This condition is a symptom of several possible diseases, and is commonly seen in both pines and fruit trees. An early warning sign that something else is wrong, gummosis doesn't necessarily mean that the tree will die, but it does mean
How to Use a Grain Magnifier
Professional and amateur photographers often need to evaluate their photo negatives. Sometimes, however, the grains in a photo are not clear to the naked eye or even with the use of a loop. In cases like these, a grain magnifier -- essentially a magnification device that can view the grains of a p
The Glass Etching Process
Etching glass is the treatment of reflective transparent glass to impress a design seen in light. The etcher employs a hand tool called a scribe to wear and cut the delicate glass. Patient pressure from the hand steadily makes plain a relief in the coarse glass worn by the scribe and the...
How to Make Homemade Musical Instruments for Children
Parents who are looking for a rainy day activity, or just have children who enjoy creative crafts, can assemble homemade musical instruments to amuse kids. Many can be built with recyclables and items already around the house. Children will have just as much fun making the crafts as they will playin
How to Build a Camping Trailer
Building a small 6.5-foot-by-10-foot camping trailer is within the ability of most home carpenters. All the necessary materials are available at your local hardware store or by mail order. By keeping the trailer's weight to a minimum, it can easily be towed behind a compact car.
How to Solve for X in the Numerator
When matter and antimatter collide, they disappear. When a number and its multiplicative inverse collide, they also disappear. But this is algebra, not particle physics. You can create the multiplicative inverse, or reciprocal, of a number by writing a fraction with the number in the denominator and
How to Craft With Sand & Shells
Crafting with sand and shells can transform an ordinary item into a treasure or an entire room into a seaside resort, undersea wonderland or summer getaway. You can cover light switches, lampshades, candle holders, vases or entire vanity mirrors with shells, mosaic-style. You can even make wall hang
How to Make a Palm Tree From a Gift Tube
Palm trees bring to mind tropical, sunny locales. According to “The Halloween Handbook” by Ed Morrow, palm trees, along with umbrellas, beach towels and grass skirts, are ideal accessories for costume parties, which have a beach or Hawaiian luau theme. Whether in a warm or cold environme
Easy Volcano Science Projects
Volcano projects are popular attractions at science fairs and in classrooms. Like volcanoes themselves, they tend to be dramatic, making them as entertaining as they are educational. The different features of a volcano (such as lava temperature, flow direction, flow rate and viscosity)...
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