Do-It-Yourself

Welcome to the Wikibooks Do-It-Yourself Kit (DIY). Contained here are some of the coolest projects you'll ever find, from how to make your own biodiesel to canning your own food, to building a railgun!

Introduction and Preparation

• Introduction - Why build things yourself?
• Basic tools - Tools you'll need for many of these projects
• Safety - General safety measures
• Difficulty and practicality - Which projects can I do myself?
• Common procedures

Projects

Consumables

• Biofuels:
  • Vegoil
  • Bioethanol
  • Biobutanol
  • Biodiesel
• Reusable menstrual pads
• Soap and Shampoo
• Shoe polish
• Wine

Weaponry

• Gauss gun
• Railgun
• Sword

Fixing Things

• Fixing a dishwasher
• Unclogging drains

Polishing and Improving

• Clean jewelry
• Faux marbling
• Field stripping m16
• Home staging
• Polishing silver
• Household seismic safety
• Wooden reed care

Miscellaneous/Uncategorized

• Bodkin point
• Business card box
• Campfire
• Drone
• Homemade hydroponics wick system
• House insulation - Installing insulation in your house or other building
• Levitation and antigravity
  • Ionic wind thruster
• Pottery
• Tablet stand
• Upgrading your car audio
• Wooden boat
• Breed siamese fighting fish
• Canning
• Satellite dish installation How to install a satellite dish, including free-to-air digital satellite
• Printing onto calico fabric using an inkjet printer

See also

• How To Assemble A Desktop PC
• Building an antenna
• Automobile Repair