In this video, we learn how to set up your sewing machine. First, place the thread onto the top pin and pull it down. Then, wrap the thread around the bobbin pin and then push the pin onto the top next to the pin. Now, run the foot petal and keep threading until the spool is f ...more
If you're building an office model, or are looking to add a little something extra to a street model, you might give this great vending machine model a try! In this detailed video from brickboys518 you will get brief over view of the bricks that you will need for the model and ...more
Sample different types of threads and sewing machine settings to learn the best combinations for varying sewing projects and effects.
Hand-knitting can be so time consumptive. Knitting machines are great for simple projects that don't require a lot of detail. Watch this video knitting tutorial and learn how to set up and use a Singer LK 100 knitting machine. Part 1 of 2 - How to Set up a Singer LK 100 knitti ...more
In this video, the demonstrator sets up a knitting machine for the first time. This is a unique opportunity to provide a video guide for going through the first real run through on a knitting machine. This instructional video should help out new machine knitters or folks who w ...more
This video provides you with information on how to set up the Omni Stitch machine.
You can setup Chromium OS in a virtual machine. So first go to the download site for Chromium OS and VMWare download for the VMWare Player. Now run the VMWare Player and click on "create a new virtual machine" and select "i will install the operating system later" and click ne ...more
This article is a guide for making Chainmail Armor from start (simple wire) to finish (a finished chainmail shirt). We will be using the European 4 in 1 weave, as this is the most common weave. This is the weave that you usually see in movies. There are several sections to thi ...more
Over the years, I have enjoyed playing with Asterisk. I have found Asterisk to be extremely powerful and fun to play with. There are several books and many scattered how to articles out there, but most are outdated and the information required to build Asterisk from beginning ...more
There's something about the world of steampunk that fascinates me. WonderHowTo has plenty of steampunk projects, like the hardware chess set, binocular goggles, and even a lesson on fashion. But nothing screams steampunk more than nevets_mcd's hard drive case. This case proj ...more
Whether it's the new iPad Killer or not, one thing's for sure—the Motorola XOOM is hackable. Just hours after its release last week, Verizon's new Android-based tablet (running Honeycomb) was rooted by hacker Koushik Dutta, which seems easy enough. "Since it’s another Google ...more
It's currently 2011, but when you fire up your game console, put your hands on the controller and play the new Dead Space 2 video game, you're warped into the future— into the year 2511— just 3 years after the events that took place in the first Dead Space. And it's sure to be ...more
Remember the arcades? Were you saddened when they closed up one by one, leaving no outlet to actually go out and socialize while you played video games? With all the home consoles and internet connectivity, gaming has evolved, but the social factor has been eliminated. Sure we ...more
I assume at this point you have already completed your control panel using Part 1 of this How To guide. Now, if you are anything like me, you couldn't fight the urge to play, and you have your panel sitting on saw horses in the living room. Depending on your situation, your s ...more
It's somewhat funny that the HTC ThunderBolt smartphone would be released around the same time as Apple's new Thunderbolt technology. Mainly because HTC's smartphone isn't exactly something I would compare to a flash of lightning, which averages around 60,000 miles per second. ...more
Learn how to do Smith wide inverted pull ups with a hold at the top. Presented by Real Jock Gay Fitness Health & Life. Benefits This inverted variation on the pull-up works the back muscles—the lats and traps specifically. The addition of the hold at the top makes your lats a ...more
Learn how to do cable Russian twist. Presented by Real Jock Gay Fitness Health & Life. Starting Position Attach a doubled-handled rope attachment at the top stationary setting. Take a handle in each hand and stand at right angles to the machine or the fixed point of attachment ...more
Learn how to do chest focused Gravitron dips. Presented by Real Jock Gay Fitness Health & Life. Benefits Tricep dips and pull-ups are both great strength-training exercises, but many people without a lot of upper-body strength can't maintain proper form or do enough of them t ...more
Learn how to do Gravitron wide grip drop set pull ups. Presented by Real Jock Gay Fitness Health & Life. Benefits The Gravitron machine is excellent for pull-ups because it provides you with the support to do your pull-ups while maintaining proper form, allowing you to max ou ...more
Learn how to do chin ups on a Smith machine. Presented by Real Jock Gay Fitness Health & Life. Benefits We'd all like to be able to bust out a set of chin-ups, but the reality is that many of us have to work up to it. This exercise introduces the chin-up and makes it manageab ...more
Learn how to do a cable triceps press down drop set. Presented by Real Jock Gay Fitness Health & Life. Benefits If you've done the cable tricep bar press-down before, you know that it's a staple exercise of many workout programs that isolates and builds the muscles of the tri ...more
Learn how to do diagonal down, side and diagonal up cable chops. Presented by Real Jock Gay Fitness Health & Life. Benefits Strength and flexibility—you have to have both. This exercise strengthens your shoulders and legs while developing your reach and coordination. Muscles ...more
Learn how to do single arm cable reverse pulls. Presented by Real Jock Gay Fitness Health & Life. Benefits Athletes love cable machine exercises because they mimic the continuous movement patterns they use while playing sports. The single-arm cable reverse pull provides conti ...more
Learn how to do single cable squats and rows. Presented by Real Jock Gay Fitness Health & Life. Benefits The single cable squat and row works the legs and back in unison, training strength, coordination and balance. Muscles Worked Back Legs Starting Position Set up a cable ...more
Starting from scratch, this tutorial for the 3-D modeling software Modo 401 3D shows you how to create low-resolution, low-poly background pieces that nevertheless look professional and polished for your setting. Use multiple instances to populate a background easily and quickly.
Learn how to do hold a squat while doing a power single cable wide pull down. Presented by Real Jock Gay Fitness Health & Life. Benefits For this exercise you'll stay in a deep squat as you do wide pull-downs with controlled speed and powerful force. Doing pull-downs while in ...more
Learn how to do standing cable curls. Presented by Real Jock Gay Fitness Health & Life. Benefits Isolate and build! Using the cable machine to work your biceps ensures you maintain resistance on both the curl up and return. Muscles Worked Biceps Starting Position Attach the ...more
Learn how to do a single cable handle high, alternate swim stroke, with a wide pull-down, and squat. Presented by Real Jock Gay Fitness Health & Life. Benefits For a back workout that hits your muscles from multiple angles, alternate swim strokes with pull-downs, using a cabl ...more
Learn how to do single cable rope power overhead skull crushers. Presented by Real Jock Gay Fitness Health & Life. Benefits Strengthen your triceps with this standing single-armed cable version of the skull crusher. Use power and speed as you mimic a baseball throw with a foc ...more
Learn how to single leg single cable swim strokes. Presented by Real Jock Gay Fitness Health & Life. Benefits You may have done swim strokes before with the cable machine, but this version asks that you do them on one leg. The added balance challenge pushes this back exercise ...more
Learn how to do neutral grip pull ups. Presented by Real Jock Gay Fitness Health & Life. Benefits People who are concerned that they lack the upper body strength often avoid this exercise at the gym, but there’s no need. You can start out by using the Gravitron machine, which ...more
Learn how to do speed tricep dips on a Gravitron. Presented by Real Jock Gay Fitness Health & Life. enefits Tricep dips are one of the oldest and greatest tricep-building exercises in the book. Doing them on the Gravitron machine allows you to take a percentage of your body w ...more
Learn how to do Smith machine inverted palms down pull-ups with release/re-catch at top. Presented by Real Jock Gay Fitness Health & Life. Benefits This inverted variation uses speed and power on the inverted pull-up to work the back muscles and the core. You'll pull up with ...more
Learn how to do single palm-up inverted pull ups on a Smith machine. Presented by Real Jock Gay Fitness Health & Life. Benefits You get to keep your feet on the floor for this modification of the classic pull-up, but it's plenty hard even so. Positioning the pull-up bar low, ...more
Learn how to do Smith machine inverted pull ups. Presented by Real Jock Gay Fitness Health & Life. Benefits Talk about versatile! We love the Smith machine for the many exercises you can do on it. One such exercise is the Smith machine inverted pull-up. This simple variation ...more
Learn how to do single arm pec decks. Presented by Real Jock Gay Fitness Health & Life. Benefits This variation of the standard pec deck asks you to do the exercise one arm at a time—helping you further isolate and focus on the center valley of your chest while still working ...more
Learn how to do single arm rope press downs. Presented by Real Jock Gay Fitness Health & Life. Benefits Single-arm rope press-downs isolate and work the triceps muscles. The trick is to use proper form so you don't pass the resistance to your shoulders and biceps. Muscles Wo ...more
Learn how to do cable rope power overhead skull crushers. Presented by Real Jock Gay Fitness Health & Life. Benefits This exercise forces you to keep tension in the cables throughout the range of motion, engaging your triceps from start to finish. Use a cable machine and a do ...more
Learn how to do a single cable scissor squat and row. Presented by Real Jock Gay Fitness Health & Life. Benefits The single cable scissor squat and row works the legs and back in unison, training strength, coordination, and balance. Muscles Worked Back Legs Starting Positio ...more
Learn how to do cable squats. Presented by Real Jock Gay Fitness Health & Life. Benefits Cable squats aren't just a great leg exercise; they also activate your core, providing a more full-body workout. Muscles Worked Legs, Core Starting Position Set both arms on a dual cabl ...more
Learn how to do speed single cable reverse flys. Presented by Real Jock Gay Fitness Health & Life. Benefits For this exercise, you'll focus on speed as you work cable reverse flys with a single arm in quick succession. Try not to let go at any point in the set—keep the weight ...more
Learn how to do cable reverse raises. Presented by Real Jock Gay Fitness Health & Life. Benefits You may not be able to see the backs of your shoulders when you look in the mirror, but that doesn't mean they don't need strengthening to balance out your shoulder development. U ...more
Learn how to do seated alternate cable rows on a stability ball. Presented by Real Jock Gay Fitness Health & Life. Benefits Get a great back workout by balancing on a stability ball as you perform rows with a cable machine. The stability ball makes you concentrate on maintain ...more
Patch and optimize Hellgate: London! Former PC Gamer editor-in-chief and hardcore Diablo fan, Greg "The Vede" Vederman, gives a step-by-step how to on getting optimal performance in Flagship Studios' action-RPG Hellgate: London. The Vede shows how to: - download drivers and ...more
Learn how to do low cable bent bar squat and curl holding the bar high. Presented by Real Jock Gay Fitness Health & Life. Benefits The constant cable tension in this combo bicep and leg exercise serves a dual purpose, providing excellent resistance for both your curls and you ...more
Learn how to do a low single cable squat power cross punch. Presented by Real Jock Gay Fitness Health & Life. Benefits Squat, twist and punch. Squat, twist and punch. This combination exercise works the legs and the shoulders by combining one of the greatest leg exercises—the ...more
Learn how to do double handle low-cable speed squats and rows. Presented by Real Jock Gay Fitness Health & Life. Benefits Your back and legs are interdependent muscle structures, so why now work them simultaneously? Use a cable machine to add resistance to a squat; follow wit ...more
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This video on typhoon preparedness comes from Andersen Air Force Base in Guam, where typhoons are common. The key to surviving a typhoon or other disaster is preparation. Stock up on enough food and supplies to last your family for about a week. Routinely check expiration date ...more
This video tutorial demonstrates tips for how to organize your home office when you are visually impaired. Here a rehabilitation specialist is helping a visually impaired person. The person who is visually impaired should know what is visually important to him/her. Mostly thes ...more
The "cable single-arm pull-down" will really improve your biceps. If you want huge biceps, Men's Health will get you there with this arms workout. Attach a stirrup handle to the cable of a lat pull-down machine. Grab the handle with your right arm so your palm faces left and ...more
Systm is the Do It Yourself show designed for the common geek who wants to quickly and easily learn how to dive into the latest and hottest tech projects. We will help you avoid pitfalls and get your project up and running fast. Search Systm on WonderHowTo for more DIY episode ...more
Systm is the Do-It-Yourself show designed for the common geek who wants to quickly and easily learn how to dive into the latest and hottest tech projects. They will help you avoid pitfalls and get your project up and running fast. In this DIY episode, see how to build a firewa ...more
Learn how to do alternate hand kiss wide grip pull ups. Presented by Real Jock Gay Fitness Health & Life. Benefits Show yourself a little love with this pull-up that ends with a "kiss" to the back of your hand. This kiss is the reward for the extra hard work your lats will ne ...more
Learn how to do rope hammer curls. Presented by Real Jock Gay Fitness Health & Life. Benefits Two-handed rope hammer curls are a great way to target the brachialis portion of the biceps. Muscles Worked Biceps (brachialis) Starting Position Stand facing a cable machine and a ...more
Learn how to do standing cable chest flys. Presented by Real Jock Gay Fitness Health & Life. Benefits Chest flys develop the pectoral muscles for a broad, strong chest. Muscles Worked Chest Starting Position Stand in front of the cable machine with a handle in each hand and ...more
Learn how to do a standing power cable chest press with alternate front lunge. Presented by Real Jock Gay Fitness Health & Life. Benefits Add difficulty to the standard cable chest press by doing it with power out of a forward lunge. Not only does this add a leg-strengthening ...more
Too lazy to even stand up to exercise today? No problemo, because you can complete an entire circuit of exercises without ever leaving your chair! Take a look at this fitness video for the how-to on doing seated barbell calf raises. All it requires is that you sit on a flat, ...more
Tired of carrying that purse around while you are trying to have a conversation or dance the night away? How about a cute little handbag to swing around while you maintain your social life. In this video, you'll learn how to make a silk chiffon handbag inspired by a BluGirl h ...more
The FG-42 machine gun is one of the many brilliantly-designed weapons the Nazi war machine produced during its misguided attempt to take over the world. If you want to make a WWII battles set out of Legos, having some tiny versions of these guns will make your Nazi pieces much ...more