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The DIY Tailor: An Easy Way to Fix Holes in Your Jeans and Other Garments
Hey ManMakers! We're spending this week in the workshop creating some new projects, and so, in addition to new content and cool inspiration, we'll be sharing some classics from ManMade's all-time...
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How to: Build a Survival Hut from Grass
I'm consistently blown away by the ingenuity of mind behind PrimitiveTechnology. We’ve featured his work before, and if you haven’t seen him, he’s created a series of wordless YouTube videos in which...
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The Process: A DIY Wooden Cheeseburger (Free Downloads Inside)
A few Christmases ago, when I first got my band saw, I made my [now] wife this wooden cheeseburger for her office desk. The whole thing was made from old wooden flooring and other scraps, and each of...
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How to: Make Your Own Typographic Illustrations and Artwork
Everyone likes a nice motivational quote with a fine adventurous backdrop and some nice typography that reminds us to get outside. And now, you can make your own without having to become an excellent...
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The DIY Tailor: Three Common Broken Zipper Problems and How to Fix Them
There are two basic principles to the ManMade approach to style and dress: fit is everything, and buy high-quality, universal items that will last. In order to help you hold on to those investment...
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29 Ways to Stay Creative
You know how when you're an artist or creative type, you're just so bursting with ideas that you can't possibly even write them all down, let alone execute them all?Yeah, I don't either. The truth is,...
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Shop Skills: How to Clean Your Saw Blades
Maintaining your shop tools starts with keeping those blades sharp and well lubricated. Here's a quick overview on how to tune up your cutting edges. A few times a year, I take a break from working...
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Make This: Super Simple DIY Overhead/Downshoot Camera Rig
If you've ever tried to use a standard tripod to create a perfect, 90° overhead shot for photography, filmmaking, or animation, you know how frustrating it can be.Even with a boom arm, the tripod legs...
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Five Classic Personalized Gifts for Men
When I think back on some of the gifts I've received in my life, the best gifts are very often the things I would never purchase for myself, yet the ones that I end up being very glad to have. And...
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How to: Make Your Own Folding Camp Stool
I never pass up an opportunity to share a full-on, start-from-scratch DIY furniture project, especially one that means you get to spend more time hanging out outside. This cool folding camp stool...
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Seven Modern Classic Books to Put Hair on Your Chest
Alright, so you’ve built the bookshelf, now it’s time to fill it out with some masculine reading material. Rather than attempting a comprehensive list of books all men ought to read, this list is...
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Idea to Steal: Use Firewood as Decor
Simple idea, tons of texture...Ok, so minus all the sheepskin and cowhide upholstery, I dig this look, and it can totally be DIY'ed at home. For starters, the antlers on the wall are wooden plaques...
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Creative Space on a Budget: A Music Studio Gets an IKEA Makeover
Harry Love is a professional musician, DJ, and collector. Which means...he had a lot of records. Like a lot of records. Records in his studio, records in the hallway, records in the bathroom, records...
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How to: Choose the Right Lumber for Your Next Woodworking Project
I'm in the midst of an apartment decoration overhaul (look forward to some fun posts on that soon) so trips to the lumberyard are becoming a more regular part of my day (and I'm loving it). Whether...
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Guess What, ManMakers. I Bought a House!
This post is brought to you in partnership with Kwikset My earliest memory is of a pillow fort. Or perhaps, more accurately, a blanket tent. My first post-crib sleeping situation was this great set of...
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How to Make: Crazy Tasty Spiced Pumpkin Butter in Your Slow Cooker
You know those little pumpkins you practically trip over in the supermarket this time of year? It turns out: they're good for more than just Instagram props. With, like, no work, they make a really...
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How to: Make a Silver Ring for 25 Cents
Instructables.comWhen my mom was a girl, her mother had a special drawer in her dresser that the kids weren't allowed to touch. One day they saw an ice cream truck come by and decided the root around...
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DIY Idea: Make a Chalkboard Wall-Mounted Home Organizer
Every home has those horizontal surfaces where it's all too easy to let stuff gather. They're just lying there, all flat and empty, asking to be filled with things that could likely go in they're...
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How to Stock Your Home Bar on the Cheap (Yes, We're Naming Bottles)
Look, we love a solid cocktail bar. It's an awesome experience to meet up with some co-workers for happy hour, or connect with a friend or date over something shaken or stirred and served in a quality...
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Building a Bookshelf From a Single Sheet of Plywood
Steve Ramsey's Woodworking For Mere Mortals is one of my favorite YouTube channels. Not only is he funny, he's honest. This is a great example of a simple idea and the challenges you face in the middle...
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