May 132013
 

Farrimond Friction Hitch ~ WiltshireMan on YouTube has a very nice video on making the Firrimond friction hitch knot. It’s a great knot for raising tarps or hammocks because it enables you to adjust the tension of the line quite directly by simply sliding the location of the knot anywhere along the cord or rope.

Apr 262013
 

YouTuber Mikey Sklar takes a four or five year-old dead sealed lead acid battery (small one), removes the seal plate, uncaps the six cells and fills with each cell with “rain water.” After giving the battery a small charge using a “pimp” charger, Mikey demonstrates how you can use a handheld voltage meter to check how each