How to Tie the Knot in a Frog Button

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The frog button, or Mandarin button, is a type of knot used as a fastener on traditional Chinese garments. On qipao, a particular style of dress, the frog was pushed up through a loop button hole on the opposite side of the top. In many instances, elaborate looping was stitched directly to the shirt

How to Make a Model Car Wind Tunnel

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In real life, cars are often tested in a wind tunnel to test their aerodynamics and speed. For model cars and Pinewood Derby cars, the same method can be applied to measure how fast your model can go. Building your own wind tunnel can be challenging but rewarding. You'll need a few basic wood-crafti

Why Are My Strawberries Rotting on the Vine?

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Strawberries are a simple crop to grow. As perennial plants, they are hardy against harsh winter environments and thrive in the sunshine. Well-drained plants with fertile soil ensure a healthy batch of strawberries, and they are able to produce fruits between three and four years until they need re

Making Jewelery Boxes

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Create beautiful jewelry boxes that you can decorate any way imaginable. Recycle shoe boxes into fancy boxes that are ideal for storing necklaces and bracelets. Use pyrography to decorate a plain wood box into an elegant jewelry box. Embellishing a plain shoe box is a simple way for kids to make the

How to Stain Stair Treads

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Stairs treads withstand some of the heaviest foot traffic in the home, but many homeowners are choosing to stain their stair treads rather than cover them with carpeting or runners. The look is more sleek, contemporary, and the surface is easier to clean and resistant to stains. Proper preparation,

The Value of a 1960 Silver Quarter

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The value of a 1960 Washington quarter depends on whether you are considering the coin for its silver content or its collector value. The 1960 Washington quarter was made of 90 percent silver and 10 percent copper. According to Coinflation.com, there were 29.16 million 1960 quarters produced by the

How to Make a Mannequin Salsa Bowl

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Sometimes decorating for a party can be even more fun than having one. You can get creative and make decorations that will wow your guests. One fun idea to try is a mannequin salsa bowl. You can paint your mannequin head to fit any party theme or occasion, and it's definitely a conversation piece.

How to Smoke a Tobacco PIpe

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The tobacco pipe is one of the oldest known continuously used artifacts known to civilized man. A calming and meditative hobby, smoking a tobacco pipe can be fun, especially once you begin to build your own collection of different pipes and tobaccos. With a little practice, you too can master and pe

How to Make a CD Storage Rack

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Whether you are a music lover, a film buff or a gaming enthusiast, it may become increasingly difficult to store your CD cases in an accessible location that is also aesthetically pleasing. A simple solution is to build an adjustable CD rack which slides to perfectly accommodate the CDs you want ava

Steam Locomotive Components

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The dvent of the steam locomotive forever changed the American physical, industrial and demographic landscapes. Harnessing new possibilities for steam-power, these workhorses traversed the continent at previously unheard-of speeds, delivering people and materials and rescheduling the pace of modern

What Do I Use for a Base of a Windmill for a School Project?

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Windmills play an important roll in the collection of renewable wind energy. If your school project is to create a windmill, it is helpful to understand what windmills look like so that you can make your design outline as accurate as possible. Come up with the best material for the base of your wind

Silverback Gorilla Information

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Mature male gorillas are called silverbacks because of the silver-gray hair that grows on their backs and shoulders when they reach adulthood, between ages 10 and 12 years. Gorillas are the largest living primates. They live in groups of around 10 individuals--although sometimes as many as 40 animal

What Constitutes Low Barometric Pressure?

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Air pressure is the result of air molecules colliding with each other -- the more collisions, the greater the pressure. Barometric pressure refers to a weather measurement tool known as a barometer that reads air pressure. Scientists use a barometer to determine the average air pressure at sea level

How to Calculate Solar Charging Times

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Whether you are using solar battery cells for a small-scale school project or for a commercial-scale project to power a small town, knowing the solar charging time can help you determine how long the solar cell panels will need to be exposed to sunlight. Since each solar cell has the ability to gene

Lamps in Flint Glass Collecting

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How to Find a Star in the Night Sky

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Stargazing is at least as old as civilization itself, yet the night sky still holds that same fascination to modern observers as was felt by the first astronomers thousands of years ago. Locating a particular star amongst the thousands might seem an impossible task, but a number of tricks can help a

How to Make Photographic Backdrops

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Having a backdrop that does not distract or take away from your photographs is an important part of portrait photography. Since buying a premade backdrop at a specialty store can be expensive, many photographers opt to create their own. Creating your own backdrop gives you a greater range of options

How to Cut Burl Wood Veneer

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Incorporating veneer into your woodworking projects can really show off your talent and creativity, especially if that veneer is a beautiful burl. Burl veneer can be very expensive to acquire and quite fragile to work with. As a woodworker you probably encounter gorgeous and unusual pieces of burl.

How to Wrap Stained Glass With a U-Channel Came

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U-channel came is used to wrap around stained glass, providing a finished look for the project. When the stained glass pattern includes shapes, it may seem difficult to create a snug fit with a tight joint. Circles and diamonds are two shapes that fall into this group. Yet there are techniques to wr

How to Calculate Freezing Point

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A solution always freezes at lower temperature than the corresponding pure solvent does. The magnitude of the decrease of freezing point depends on the concentration of the dissolved substance and on the cryoscopic constant, which is a unique characteristic of each solvent. As an example, calculate