Help Wanted: Keep The World’s Oldest Windmills Turning

While the Netherlands is the country most known for its windmills, they were originally invented by the Persians. More surprisingly, some of them are still turning after 1,000 years. The ancient wo…

Russlands Strategie für das Baltikum

Bislang unbekannte Papiere aus dem Kreml beschreiben, wie Russland im Baltikum offenbar Einfluss zurückgewinnen will. Experten zufolge läuft die Taktik Moskaus bislang aber ins Leere. Von M.Bewarder, F. Flade und P. Milling.

Is That A Typewriter In Your Pocket Or Are You Just Pleased To See Me?

[Attoparsec] wondered what if you could carry a typewriter in your pocket, then followed through with that and built one. (Video, embedded below.) Kind of. The plan was to use an existing set of st…

Pulling A Chainsaw With Gravity

[Flowering Elbow] had a large ash log that needed to be milled. He had his chainsaw and shared an excellent technique for an easier cut. After cutting down a tree, letting it dry for a season, and …

A Solar Frame From Scratch

“From scratch” is a bit of a murky expression. How scratchy does it get? Are you just baking your bread yourself or are you growing your own wheat? Rolling your own solar installation p…

Improving A Mini-Lathe With A Few Clever Hacks

Like many budget machinists, the delightfully optimistically named [We Can Do That Better] had trouble with some of the finer controls on his import mini-lathe. But rather than suffer through it, h…