Posts Tagged ‘vintage diy plans’

Homebuilt periscope diy woodworking project

Homebuilt periscope diy woodworking project

Periscopes… they’re not just for submarines anymore! Now you can be the biggest peeping tom in the whole neighborhood with your very own homebuild periscope you can build in your own backyard using these vintage diy plans. Snoop on your neighbors like snoop doggy dog… Just a couple of mirrors, some scrap lumber and this [...]

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Make a walk-behind homebuilt tractor out of old car parts diy plans

Make a walk-behind homebuilt tractor out of old car parts diy plans

Don’t send that old car to the crusher! Recycle it the green way by turning it into a walk-behind farm tractor. These free vintage plans show you how.
Homemade garden tractor has 4-cylinder power, differential,
dual transmission, starter, variable
tread and hand-controlled brakes.
Built from a few pieces of pipe,
pipe fittings and old auto parts
including the engine, this powerful
garden [...]

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Turn your farm tractor into a forklift vintage diy plans

Turn your farm tractor into a forklift vintage diy plans

Wow can you really turn a tractor into a forklift? Check out these great vintage plans to find out how to build this unique attachment yourself for pennies on the dollar!
An easy-to-assemble fork lift adds a lot of muscle to any yard tractor, letting you hoist, load, and stack bulky items that would otherwise be [...]

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Toboggan sled diy woodworking project

Toboggan sled diy woodworking project

Just in case the globe doesn’t warm in time for next winter, you can enjoy the big snows the old fashioned way… by riding down the hills on your very own homemade toboggan just like great granddad did… and getting a splinter in your rear! And in case it crashes you can always use the [...]

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Table saw and radial saw extension table diy woodworking plans

Table saw and radial saw extension table diy woodworking plans

One of the great advantages of a
radial-arm saw is the ease with
which you can make cuts on long pieces
of material. But this feature is like a
seed: You must nurture it to make it
wholly operational. You must provide a
long enough platform for work support.
Contractors, who use machines outdoors
and have no space limitations, do this by
adding roller-type [...]

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60 mpg homebuilt super scooter diy plans

60 mpg homebuilt super scooter diy plans

Yo check out this sleek mini-bike with the art deco style that
you can build in your garage in just 1 weekend. For one-third the price of a commercial unit you can build this 60-plus miles per
gallon motor scooter.
Made mostly out of scrap angle iron you can salvage
off old bed frames, the Super Scooter can be [...]

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Hydroplane hydrofoil model boat diy kit project

Hydroplane hydrofoil model boat diy kit project

Ever want to make something and then stick it on the lake,
watch it speed and fly away never to be seen or heard from again until
you see some bird has made a nest out of the broken twisted wreckage?
Well, now you can by building the model boat from these plans and letting it loose on [...]

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Bending machine tool diy project

Bending machine tool diy project

With a little help from this homemade metal bender you can bend metal just like Superman! HERE’S A METAL SHAPER FOR YOUR SHOP.
If you are sick and tired of looking around your shop and seeing a lot of straight metal, then stick it in this swell bending machine from 1955 and you can BEND IT [...]

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Limestone spreader farm truck equipment diy plans

Limestone spreader farm truck equipment diy plans

Spread dirt, crap, limestone, magic dust, agent orange, rubber ducks or whatever else floats your boat with this antique homemade spreader right off old macdonalds farm with a oink oink here and a cluck cluck there.
This here piece of old timey farm equipment probably doesn’t have the computer chips that todays advanced computer-controlled crap spreaders [...]

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1901 touring car replica kids electric car diy plans

1901 touring car replica kids electric car diy plans

Don’t forget to add the ooogah horn when you build this homemade electric car for the kids next birthday.
These are free plans for a ANTIQUE AUTO Half-Scale Replica of 1901 Touring Car.
THIS DELIGHTFUL LITTLE CAR of the
horseless-carriage age will let the younger
drivers of the family whiz around
the neighborhood at a sizzling 5
m.p.h. with three chums [...]

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