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I live on an Island. Sun rises over the Gulf and sets over the ship channel. Beautiful skies. FLAT! Hurricane country. birds: Seagulls, Pelicans (brown & white), Roseatte Spoonbill, Sand Pippers, Frickets, Blue Harron, Egrits, to name some. The Island is 18 miles long and 3 miles wide. Tiny town, no shopping except tourtist shops, 100 students in our whole high school. Many thousands of tourists come and go. Condos and developers taking over chopping down beautiful sand dunes, etc. to build mansion weekend houses. Coyotes, Taranchillas, Scorpions, Killer Bees, Centipedes, etc. all looking for new homes. It is very beautiful here but, ruined now by money hungry people. Locals are fishermen, boat captains, oil field. Surfs up here! Lots of surfers, fishing, kayaks, snorkeling, wind surfing, para gliders, miles of pristine beaches, birding facilities (lots of beautiful migrating birds), Whooping Cranes, too. Locals Rule! Every one knows everyone and all about ya...no secrets here. The days of my kids running down sandy streets chasing Jack Rabbits is gone....all paved now. People came here to "kick back" but, brought the city with them. We walk or ride bikes- they drive SUVs, FAST! We have many Dolphins you can play with naturally. Best fishing anywhere! Low crime...no way to escape. Drugs bad, no busts. The town is one mile long and one mile wide. 2 traffic lights, one grocery store. Well, that's about it. (P.S. Sorry spell check is out-just sound out the words, ha.) I saw your 360 page. Nice Island you've got there.
I live on an Island. Sun rises over the Gulf and sets over the ship channel. Beautiful skies. FLAT! Hurricane country. birds: Seagulls, Pelicans (brown & white), Roseatte Spoonbill, Sand Pippers, Frickets, Blue Harron, Egrits, to name some. The Island is 18 miles long and 3 miles wide. Tiny town, no shopping except tourtist shops, 100 students in our whole high school. Many thousands of tourists come and go. Condos and developers taking over chopping down beautiful sand dunes, etc. to build mansion weekend houses. Coyotes, Taranchillas, Scorpions, Killer Bees, Centipedes, etc. all looking for new homes. It is very beautiful here but, ruined now by money hungry people. Locals are fishermen, boat captains, oil field. Surfs up here! Lots of surfers, fishing, kayaks, snorkeling, wind surfing, para gliders, miles of pristine beaches, birding facilities (lots of beautiful migrating birds), Whooping Cranes, too. Locals Rule! Every one knows everyone and all about ya...no secrets here. The days of my kids running down sandy streets chasing Jack Rabbits is gone....all paved now. People came here to "kick back" but, brought the city with them. We walk or ride bikes- they drive SUVs, FAST! We have many Dolphins you can play with naturally. Best fishing anywhere! Low crime...no way to escape. Drugs bad, no busts. The town is one mile long and one mile wide. 2 traffic lights, one grocery store. Well, that's about it. (P.S. Sorry spell check is out-just sound out the words, ha.) I saw your 360 page. Nice Island you've got there.
What are some cool things that you can make with common household items?
Nic
so far i have made a pengun, and a bad catapult. i want to know mostly how to make a good bow but also how to make other cool items.
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I'm not sure what you mean by a bad catapult. You can make a good water rocket that works off compressed air from a bike pump and water as a reaction mass. Made from plastic soda bottles and various odds and ends. Depending on the level of sophistication, this can be anywhere from a half hour project on up. Lots of info available in web searches.
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If you mean a bow for archery, it depends on whether a nice piece of wood is a household item or not. If you have a lot of treebranches around, you may be all set, though you may have to let the wood dry. Again, many archery sites on the web will tell you how to do this. Look up how to make your own longbows.
I would guess that it's possible to make a pretty good bow from a bundle of fibeglass driveway markers, though I'd guess you'd have to bundle them together. I've used them to get a bit more power from a fiberglass kid's bow.
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Suggest you check out makezine.com Lots of weird projects made from household stuff.
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Another good source is this CD:
http://www.sciplus.com/singleItem.cfm/terms/10467
Many of the projects can be made with household items, though of course many can't. It's very entertaining. Includes a section on how to make a van de Graaf generator and then use it to power a small accelerator which apparently has enough zip to split an atom or two. Somewhat beyond the household items level, but not as far as you'd think.
The low tech article I remember is how to make underwater gliders from plastic models.
So the projects vary greatly in how difficult they are and in how many resources they use.
I'm not sure what you mean by a bad catapult. You can make a good water rocket that works off compressed air from a bike pump and water as a reaction mass. Made from plastic soda bottles and various odds and ends. Depending on the level of sophistication, this can be anywhere from a half hour project on up. Lots of info available in web searches.
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If you mean a bow for archery, it depends on whether a nice piece of wood is a household item or not. If you have a lot of treebranches around, you may be all set, though you may have to let the wood dry. Again, many archery sites on the web will tell you how to do this. Look up how to make your own longbows.
I would guess that it's possible to make a pretty good bow from a bundle of fibeglass driveway markers, though I'd guess you'd have to bundle them together. I've used them to get a bit more power from a fiberglass kid's bow.
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Suggest you check out makezine.com Lots of weird projects made from household stuff.
-----------
Another good source is this CD:
http://www.sciplus.com/singleItem.cfm/terms/10467
Many of the projects can be made with household items, though of course many can't. It's very entertaining. Includes a section on how to make a van de Graaf generator and then use it to power a small accelerator which apparently has enough zip to split an atom or two. Somewhat beyond the household items level, but not as far as you'd think.
The low tech article I remember is how to make underwater gliders from plastic models.
So the projects vary greatly in how difficult they are and in how many resources they use.
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