Making Bath Fizzies-The Basics

The basics to making bath fizzies-bath bombs. Basic bath bomb recipe.

The Story of German Smokers

How the German smokers came to be, the history and meaning behind them.

2 Excellent Scrapbooking Tips

Here are two essential things for your scrapbooking hobby.

Woodturning Tips - Dyes, Coloring Wood For Dramatic Effects

One of the more popular ways to enhance the visual look of a woodturning, is to change its color. By using various dyes and other coloring products, you can easily transform a bland piece of wood into something spectacular. Pale timbers can be made to look vibrant and glowing. Dark timbers can also benefit from coloring, adding warmer and richer undertones and highlights. If you've never experimented with coloring wood before, don't worry. It's an easy technique to learn and the products are usually inexpensive, allowing you to freely experiment on various projects.

How To Store Your Li-Po Battery For A Long Time Without Shortening Its Life

Li-Po Battery keeps your RC model running longer than before. This is how to store it away for a long time without shortening its lifetime.

Should I Take A Stained Glass Course?

You want to start making beautiful stained glass. You don't know where to start though, am I right? Well this article will provide some thoughts on how you learn and what type of stained glass courses you could take to get you started.

Powering Your Model Trains

Methods of powering model trains have changed considerably over the last 100 years. As the manufacturers have developed model trains with higher levels of detail, realism and reliability, the early clockwork powered model trains progressed to using electric power.

Postage Stamps Collecting

Postage Stamps - basic introduction into getting started, collecting and caring for a postage stamp collection

Watch Your Details And Watch Your Manners At Craft Shows!

Selling at Craft Shows, is like having a live version of your business card on display, you must be neat, watch your manners and pay attention to detail to prosper amid all the other vendors...

Where Did that Salad Bowl Come From? A Wood Turner's Answer

Wooden bowls are special and those turned by hand more special yet. Too many of our crafts that once were made by skilled artisans often working alone in small shops have been assumed in recent years by robotic machines in factories, turning out repetitious copies without the subtleties that make hand work so remarkable.

Re-Batching And Hand Milling Cold Process Soap - Advanced Method

Advanced method for re-batching or hand milling cold process soap.

Printable Sudoku Puzzles Are Leading A Puzzling Revolution For Sudoku Puzzlers

Printable Sudoku puzzles are part of an interesting, challenging world of logic and number puzzles. Hop on your computer and try one of these brain teasers for yourself today!

Wood Turning - Beginning by Choosing a Lathe - Seven Points to Consider

Obviously, to begin to turn wood you will need a lathe. These are not complicated machines when it comes to wood lathes and have been around for at least three thousand years. The first lathes were simply two points that held a piece of wood in place while the assistant to the turner used a rope to make the wood rotate and the turner cut the shapes. Today's wood lathes are made of steel or cast iron or some combination of the two and are powered by electric motors. They still use two points to hold the wood although some other attachment devices may be used. Here are seven points to look for when choosing a lathe.

Wood Turning - The Dangers of Sanding are Easily Controlled

While sanding is one of the aspects of wood turning that no one seems to enjoy, it is also one that needs to done to almost every piece that leaves the lathe. Most people regarding a piece of wood turning, be it bowl, box or spindle, do not appreciate to much the work that went into the object as they do the feel and appearance of the finished work. Since the dust raised by the sanding process can be a danger to one's health, for a good texture and appearance sanding is a necessary evil that must be treated with respect for one's health.