DIY 1000 Watt Wind Turbine We built a 1000 watt wind turbine to help charge the battery bank that powers our offgrid home. It’s a permanent magnet alternator, generating 3 phase ac, rectified to dc, and fed to a charge controller. The magnets spin with the wind, the coils are fixed, so no brushes or …
6 Ways To Build A Rocket Stove Updated from the Sastainablog/Jeff McIntire Please be sure to note the safety issues and precautions with any wood burning stove. 1. The very, very simple 16-brick rocket stove. This one requires no more than stacking some bricks… though I’m guessing they would need to be made of a …
State Rainwater Harvesting Laws Is your state one of the states with legislated laws on how much, when , or what you can harvest rainwater for? At this time none of the states ban rain barrel collection of rain water for personal use… but should something provided by nature that falls upon your …
DIY Bio Water Filter This is a great project to have at home for that just in case moment. Bio-filters, a Great Alternative ,Another option, instead of buying expensive commercial filters and stockpiling them, is to build a bio-filter. This simple filtering system is used worldwide to purify water for drinking. While it may not get …
2 DIY Flower Pot Smokers Not only is smoked meat delicious, but smoking has been a method of preserving meat with out refrigeration for generations. You can purchase a large or small home smokers and change the flavor of the meat with the wood you use. But why spend that kind of money when you can …
Badass Improvised Survival Gear 7 Easy Prepper Projects As much as we prepare and plan we can never be certain that the only moment in time when we are without our supplies is the moment disaster will hit. We can never guarantee that we won’t be separated from our supplies by the disaster itself. But …
DIY Septic Systems (2 links) FIRST AND FOREMOST BE AWARE OF YOUR LOCAL LAWS IN YOUR PARTICULAR AREA. This septic systems could be illegal and come with some major fines for use in some areas. It is not intended to handle large amounts of sewage. More of a temporary bug out solution until when and …
You saved and pinched pennies. You prepared, practiced and taught your children survival techniques. You even warned your friends, family and in some cases your neighbors. Now the disaster has hit, you and your immediate group are safely in your home, tents, or bug out location. There are those you will welcome into your mist at that point of …
DIY Small Diameter Well Having clean water available in any situation is obviously ideal. If you live where there is no well nearby and there is SHTF event you may find yourself out of water. Believe me you get thirsty quicker than you think. This is a perfect DIY project something I feel sure we all could …
DIY Hidden Pivot Bookcase (Two links! 1 for the complete DIY’er and 1 for the DIY’er kit) One universal issue shared by all those that prep, have children or low square footage homes, is storage space! How and where do we find more space and if possible can it be hidden in plain sight? Also quite popular with …
