Want to explore the basics of electronics and recycling in one fun project? In this simple and creative DIY tutorial, we’ll ...

In this detailed tutorial, learn how to make a plastic bottle cutter at home with materials you likely already have. This simple DIY project is perfect for recycling enthusiasts looking to repurpose ...

Once you move past the fact that they both float, two-liter plastic bottles and sailboats share little in common. To David de Rothschild, this is good news. To his boat builder, Mike Rose, it is ...

But building things with oddly-shaped plastic bottles isn’t as easy as making things with lumber, bricks, or even plastic toys, and the last thing you’d want to do is set sail in a soda bottle ...

The students collect the bottles that keep the boat afloat and help Schultz glue them together. With 12 years of boat building experience, Schultz said they have the assembly down to just a few hours.

Here’s how to wash a boat the right way. Wash. Most boat soaps suggest several ounces of soap per gallon of water. That gets a good suds going and, when applied with a sponge or soft brush, does a ...

Imagine collecting thousands of empty plastic bottles, lashing them together to make a boat and sailing the thing from California to Australia, a journey of 11,000 miles (17,700 km) through ...

HOW TO BUILD A BOAT A Father, His Daughter and the Unsailed Sea By Jonathan Gornall. In my small town in Texas, most boys took shop class, where they sawed wood and bent metal.

After 3 minutes, remove the “bottles” from the calcium lactate bath using a slotted spoon and transfer them to a water bath to stop the reaction. And there you have it!

Join the IrishCentral Book Club this August as we read “How to Build a Boat,” which has been longlisted for the Booker Prize 2023, by Irish author Elaine Feeney.

STEP 1: Prep your bottle. Use a sharp utility knife to cut off the base of thebottle about 1 inch above the bottom, and then wash and try the bottle thoroughly.

To build the bar, the couple called in a pro, neighbor Tony Bayevich, who had inset bottles in the walls of Pappy & Harriet’s Pioneertown Palace and nearby Rimrock Ranch Cabins. Goff’s rundown ...