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How To: Make What You Need, Hunt, Trap, etc.
A Neighborhood Experiment - Making Our Own Charcoal
DIY Projects for Storing Emergency Supplies and Other Things
Practical Blacksmithing
Vol 1
Practical Blacksmithing Vol 2
Practical Blacksmithing Vol 3
Practical Blacksmithing Vol 4
Scrounging Metal and Survival Blacksmithing
Boat-building and boating
(1931, c1911)
Fishing Boat Designs 1 Flat Bottom Boats
(FAO Fisheries Technical Paper No 117 Revision 1 (1974))
Fishing Boat Designs 2 V-bottom boats of planked plywood construction
(FAO Fisheries Technical Paper)
How to Build Paddles
Your Cabin in the Woods
by Conrad Meinecke (how to build it and fill it)
Camp Life
in the woods and the tricks of trapping and trap making; containing comprehensive hints on camp shelter, etc (1881)
Scouting for Girls
1920
The American Boys' Handybook of Camp-Lore and Woodcraft
(1920)
Trail Craft;
an aid in getting the greatest good out of vacation trips ([c1922])
101 Uses for Ammo Cans
(must login to download)
Box Furniture & How to Make It
1909
Building a Seismograph from Scrap
Build Your Own Seismograph
(must login to download)
Cabinets and Bookcases
(Must login to download)
Cleaning, Repairing & Reconditioning Wood Furniture
Fence Building in the Scottish 1700s
Friction Lubrication Fats and Oils How To Make Them
A practical treatise on friction, lubrication, fats and oils, including the manufacture of lubricating oils, leather oils, paint oils, solid lubricants and greases, modes of testing oils, and the application of lubricants (1916)
How to build a Storage Chest
How To Build Bath Wall Cabinet
How To Build Boston Bookcase
How To Do Things
A compendium of New and Practical Farm and Household Devices, Helps, Hints, Recipes, Formulas and Useful Information The Farm Journal 1919 (click on the 'gear' icon in upper right corner of document to download)
Mission Furniture: How to Make It Part I
Mission Furniture: How to Make It Part II
Mission Furniture: How to Make It Part III
Oil Wax Finish
The Unofficial MacGyver How-to handbook
(must have a Google login, then click on down arror in upper left corner to download)
Ancient Egyptian Paint & Make Your Own Casein Glue
Home Made Toys
Making Tin Can Toys
1919
Native American Crafts 2
- Central Cree and Ojibway
Native American Indian Crafts
(including homemade clay)
300 Things a Bright Boy Can Do
1914
Brewing and Distillation
With practical instructions for brewing 1849
(Click on the gear in upper right corner to download)
How To Make Liquor With Fruit And Berries
Fire Making - How to light a fire
(Do a search on "
FIRE MAKING HOW TO LIGHT A FIRE SurvivalRing.org
", click on the link and it will download)
Angling A Practical Guide
(bottom fishing, trolling, spinning, and fly-fishing. With a chapter on sea fishing (1867))
Deadfalls and Snares
How to Clean a Whole Fish
How To Hunt North American Big Game
1946
Life in the Backwoods
a Guide to Successful Hunting Trapping of all kinds of animals (1875)
Packing and Portaging
1912
Science of Trapping;
describes the fur bearing animals, their nature, habits and distribution, with practical methods for their capture ([c1909])
Survivorman Challenge-Traps & Snares
(must login to download)
Tracks and Tracking
1909
Walden or Life in the Woods
Tanning Deer Hides and Small Fur Skins Guide
The Making of Leather
(1914)
A Bibliography
(history)
of Cordage and Cordage Making
Knots, Splices and Rope Work
(although this is available via gutenberg.org and archive.org, it is text format only. Where I got this PDF version is a mystery, so here it is)
Ropes Knots & Related Equipment
(must login to download)
The Shell Combined Book of Knots and Ropework
(must login to download)
The Household Cyclopedia Over 10000 Useful Domestic Arts & How-tos
1881
Engineer course - GEOLOGY
Apple Box Oven
Cardboard Box Ovens
Cooking On An Open Fire
How To Make An Upesi Stove
Hay Box Cooker
A Low Cost Fuel Saving Technology
Pot In Pot Refrigeration without electricity
15 Brilliant Uses for Toothpaste
(must login to download)
Homemade Production of Bleach Disinfectant
(must login to download)
Natural Bed Bugs Control Secrets
(must register to download)
Clearing Land with a Backhoe
Practical Farm Drainage:
Why, when and how to tile drain (1882)
Make Your Own LED Light
Aladdin Kerosene Mantle Burner Oil Lamp Enjoyment Manual
Basic Map & GPS Skills
Topographic Symbols
(do a search on "
FM 21-31 TOPOGRAPHIC SYMBOLS survivalring.ORG
" click on the link and it will download)
Map Grid Readers Tool Set
(blank forms for making a map grid)
Don't know where I got this from so here it is
Terrain, Maps, and Direction
MCWP 3-11.3
Abstract weaving-Pin weaving
Dyes and Dyeing
Fiber to Fabrics
Handloom Construction-
A Practical Guide for The NonExpert
Home Dyeing with Natural Dyes
1935
How to Darn Socks
How To Make Baskets
1901
How To Make Indian and Other Baskets
1903
How to Make Shoes
1882
How to Repair Shoes
1912
Jute and Linen Weaving
1914
Loom Knitting Basics
More Baskets and How To Make Them
1903
Rug Weaving For Everyone
Sewing Machinery
1881 (click on gear in upper right corner to download)
Spinning Wheel Free Woodworking Plan to Build It
The Basketry Book 12 Lessons in Reed Weaving
1914
Weaving Plain and Fancy
1907
Make Your Own Parchment
(for notes or maps)
Homesteaders Solutions to Farming Problems
(Must login to download this great Powerpoint presentation on homesteader farming tools)
The American House-Carpenter;
a treatise upon architecture, cornices and mouldings, framing, doors, windows, and stairs. Together with the most important principles of practical geometry (1852)
Basic Small Scale Mining
- A Handbook for the small scale gold miner on mining and prospecting equipment and supplies.
(do a search on "
BASIC SMALL SCALE MINING - GPEX.ca
", click on resulting link
www.unep.org/.../UNEP%20Tech%20Doc%20APRIL%202012_120608
... to download document)
Cold Process Soap Making
Guide to Essential Oils
(used in soap)
How to make Lye
American Agriculturist
Volume 25 1866 (
contains measuring lye strength
)
(click on gear in upper right corner of document to download)
American Agriculturist
Volume 37 for 1878 (
contains how to make lye
)
(click on gear in upper right corner of document to download)
Soapmaking No Boil Method
Soapmaking
The Art Of Soap Making:
a practical handbook of the manufacture of hard and soft soaps, toilet soaps, etc., including many new processes, and a chapter on the recovery of glycerine from waste leys (1884)
Making Soy Wax Candles
The Candle Making Handbook
Basic Meteorology -
Aerographer's Mate Module 5
How to use Radiological Survey & Dosimeter to Find the Best Shelter
MP-72
Land Navigation Handbook
(can't seem to find this 66 page guide online so here it is)
How to Make LYE the Key Ingredient to Soap Making
Where's The Lye?
The Modern Blacksmith
Farm Blacksmithing;
a textbook and problem book for students in agricultural schools and colleges, technical schools, and for farmers ([c1921])
Homemade 'Matchless' Metal Detector
Engineering Welding Handbook-
For Gas Shielded Arc Welding, Oxy Fuel Cutting & Plasma Cutting
Welding Design Procedures and Inspection
TI 809-26 supersedes TM 5805-7 dated 20 May 1985
Build a Smokehouse
How To Build And Operate A Sawmill
by Shertzer 1918 (select gear in upper right of document to download)
Boys Book of Indian Warriors and Heroic Indian Women
by Sabin 1918
(full of great how-dis-they-do-it's)
Harper's Camping and Scouting;
an outdoor guide for American boys; (1911)
Trail and Camp-Fire:
the book of the Boone and Crockett club; (1897)
Scout Engineering
(rope bridges and much more)
How to Make an Instant Improvised Lamp
(must login to download)
Build a Rope Bridge
Building a Solar Food Dryer
(A Cookbook for Building a Solar Food Dryer)
Built-in Basics
O'Malley Fine Woodworking (Must login to download)
DIY Knock-Off Wood Locker
DIY Meat Cure Box
Farm Roads Fences and Gates
by Scott 1883 (click on gear in upper right corner of document to download)
Hand Made Furniture And How To Make It
How To Make a Rope Wick Applicator
How To Build Blanket Box
How To Build Corner Cabinet
How To Build a Sofa Bed
How To Make Common Things for Boys
1895
(click on gear in upper right corner of document to download)
Making Plastics With Milk and Vinegar
Outdoor Handy Book
for playground, field and forest 1914
Pioneering Projects Big And Small
The Book of Woodcraft
1912 (Scouting, Indian of North America, Camping, Outdoor Life, Natural History & more)
The Technique of Furniture Making
Thoughts on Oil Finishes for Wood
User's Guide to Plywood
Workshop Equipment:
How to Make Planes, Cramps and Vices: Seven Woodworking Tools by Aaron Moore 1987
How To Play Chess
Making your own Natural and friendly Paints
The Art of Animal Drawing
The Golden Book of Chemistry Experiments
Toy Making At Home
1915
Building a Home Distillation Apparatus
Old-Time Recipes for Home Made Wine, Cordials and Liqueurs
from fruits, flowers, vegetables and shrubs 1909
How to Make a Firebed
How to Make Waterproof Matches
Making the most efficient Firebrick
out of waste paper as an alternative to firewood cooking
Boys Book of Hunting and Fishing
1916
Sample Survival Lesson plan for children-Plan Making Traps and Snares
Identifying and Preserving Wildlife Tracks
Making Fishing Rods
1960
Portable Duck Trap
Rabbit Live-Trap 1
Rabbit Live-Trap 2
Steel Traps
Describes the various makes and tells how to use them--also chapters on care of pelts, etc. ([c1907])
The Complete Outdoorsmans Handbook
A Guide to Outdoor Living and Wilderness Survival 1976
Furriers Friend and Advisor
on Dressing and Tanning of Fur Skins and Hides 1922
Basic Knife Sharpening
Basic Book of Knots and Lashings
Fishing Knots
Knot Book
Knotting And Splicing Ropes And Cordage 1912
(click on the gear in the upper right corner to download)
Ropes, Knots, And Hitches
(firefighter)
The Ashley Book of Knots
(do a search on "
The Ashley Book of Knots
" click on the "
daniellee.googlecode.com
" link and the file will download)
600 Miscellaneous Valuable Receipts
(recipes),
worth their weight in gold 1867
Camp Stoves and Fireplaces
1937
Clay-based Technologies Manual
(water cooler, refrigerator, oven)
Ways to Keep Food Without Refrigeration
(free tips and tricks that work even in the tropics)
Refrigerant Piping Design Guide
AG 31-011
Cardboard Box Oven by Scoutcraft
Animal Fats and Oils -
A Handbook Their practical production, purification and uses 1898
How To Make Pottery
1904
Unusual uses of Ivory soap
1916
Uses for Vinegar, Baking Soda and Salt
Tried and Tested Uses for Health and Home
Land Clearing, Alternative Techniques for Removing Trees and Bushes
(must login to download)
Make Your Own Light Bulbs
A Practical Manual Of The Compass
1916
How to Avoid Getting Lost
How To Identify The Stars
1919
Land Navigation Handbook
Map Reading & Navigation
FM 3-25-26
Navigation
Orienteering Field Expedient Methods
Native North American Woven Textile Fabrics
1910
Easy to Make Pin Cushion
Guide to Dyeing Yarn
(Do a search on "
Spinning Daily Presents Guide to Dyeing Yarn
", select
spinningdaily.com
link and document will download)
How to Make a Pincushion Cuff
How to Make Curtains Drapes and Soft Furnishings
(must login to download)
How to Make Period Clothing & Accessories
for a Mountain Man Rendezvous, etc.
(must login to download)
Indian Basket Weaving
by the Navajo School of Basketry 1903
Loom Weaing Foot Power
1920
Natural Dyeing Of Textiles
Self-Winding Foot Operated Spinning Wheel
1991
Shuttle Craft American Weaving
Spinning for Beginners
(Do a search on "Spinning for Beginners - Knitting Daily", select the www.knittingdaily.com link and document will download)
Animal Products
Their preparation, commercial uses and value
Liberty and A Living;
the record of an attempt to secure bread and butter, sunshine and content, by gardening, fishing, and hunting (1904)
How to Make a Shoe
(1882)
Shoe Making, Old and New
(1911)
The Manufacture of Boots and Shoes :
being a modern treatise of all the processes of making and manufacturing footgear (1902)
Pomeroy's Mining Manual for Prospectors, Miners and Schools;
showing where and how to search for gold and silver mines, and to make tests (1881)
Prospecting for Minerals
1908
Small-Scale Mining, The Practical Guide
Basic Plumbing Skills
All-Vegetable and the Stick Blender Soaps
Design and Development of a Pedal-powered Soap Mixer
Guide to Homemade Laundry Soap
How To Make Soap
Properties of Oils for Soapmaking
Soaponification Numbers for Lye
Small Scale Soapmaking A Handbook
Soap Making Trouble Shooting
The Handbook Of Soap Manufacture
1908
The Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry
(Lye strength testing)
Volume 7 1915
Candle Making
Candle Making by M. Bass
The Art of Manufacturing Soap and Candles
1867
(click on gear in upper right corner to download)
101 Best Ever Workshop Projects
2009 (must login to download)
Small Scale Recycling & Re-Manufacturing of Plastics
Make Your Own Reusable & Washable Swifter Replacements
Rendering LARD Cooking and Candle Makings Forgotten Skill
The tinsmith's helper and pattern book,
with useful rules, diagrams and tables (1912)
Metals Foundry I-Complete Lab Manual
(do a search on "
PRACTICAL # 1 - Pencilji
", click on the link and it will download from www.pencilji.com/download/69560552.pdf"
A Pocket Manual for the Practical Mechanic; The Carriage Makers Guide
(1886)
Carriage Hardware
(Illustrated catalogue and price list of carriage hardware, drop forgings, bolts, nuts, etc (1894))
The Harness makers' guide:
containing the lengths for cutting and making harnesses, bridle work, straps, &c., shewing the cost of manufacture (1907)
A practical treatise on Coach-Building,
historical and descriptive : containing full information on the various trades and processes involved, with hints on the proper keeping of carriages, &c. (1881)
Harness Making
1904
Bamboo Work;
comprising the construction of furniture, household fitments, and other articles in bamboo (1901)
How To Build a Wood-Fired Oven & Start a Home Bakery
From Log Cabin Chronicles and John Mahoney, For additional "Log Cabin" tips visit
http://www.tomifobia.com/
How to Build a Chicken Coop/Cubby Hole Sorage Unit
(Must login to download)
Do It Yourself Concrete Countertops
Making Concrete Countertops
Furniture Care and Handling
Green Charcoal & Biochar
Handy Farm Devices and How To Make Them
1909
Homemade Lime Spreader
How To Build A Bar
How To Build a Dobsonian Telescope
How to Make a Reflector Telescope
How to make a Telescope
Telescope, 4.25in Dobsian, Build Your Own
How To Build Murphy Bed
How To Build a Storage Ottoman
Making a super efficient Fridge from a chest freezer
New Ideas For Out Of Doors - The Field and Forest Handy Book
1906 (click on gear in upper right corner to download)
Practical Things with Simple Tools: A Book for Young Mechanics
(1916) (click on the gear in upper right corner to download)
Under Stair Storage
Understanding Wood Finishing
Wood Finishing Basics
Fun Craft Projects
Handbook of Drawing
with upwards of two hundred woodcuts and diagrams 1880
Kites: How To Make And Fly Them
1897
(click on gear in upper right corner to download)
The Boy Mechanic Volume 1
- 700 Things for Boys to Do
Toys Their Design and Construction
10 steps to better extract brewing
Home Distillation Handbook
(Do a search on "
Home Distillation Handbook xa.yimg.com
", click on the link and it will download)
The Theory and Practice Of Brewing
(click on gear in upper right corner to download)
How to Make Fire Sticks
The Dakota Fire Hole
Recycled Firebricks and methods used in Firebricks Manufacturing
Cleaning and Preserving Animal Skulls
Homemade Traps and Snares
(right click on the download button and select "save link as" which will download the document)
How To Trap and Snare
a complete manual for the sportsman, game preserver, gamekeeper, and amateur
Meat Hunter -
How To Feed Your Family With Your Gun
Ragnar's 10 Best Traps
Survival Fishing
(do a search on "
Survival Fishing SurvivalRing.org
", click on link and it will download)
The Hunter's Guide, and Trapper's Companion
1869
Animal Pelt Preparation
A How to Prepare Pelts Guide
Home Manufacture Of Furs and Skins
1916
Knife Sharpening Instructions
by Buck Knives
Fun With Ropes And Spars
Rigging Equipment
(ropes & knots)
Rope & Net Making Resources
Rope Making
Ropemaking Instructions
Ropes & Knots -
Fundamentals of Fire Fighter Skills
What Knot? Useful Knots for Scouting and Climbing
Formulas - Body Wash and Sprays
Foot Soaking Formula
The Formula Manual
Make your own recipes for almost everything other than food
How to Build 5 Earth Friendly Cooking Technologies
Design and Development of a Solar Powered Refridgerator
Oil Drum Stove For Cooking and Water Heating
Soda Can Stove Instructions
Wood Conserving Cook Stoves
A Design Guide
DIY Recipes for Eco-Friendly Cleaning
Laundry Tips & Practical Ideas To Save You Time and Money
White Distilled Vinegar is a popular Household Cleanser
Homemade Batteries
Homemade Incubator
Lighting in the Middle Ages
Pioneers Master Wick Making
(page 4 is about making wicks)
Finding Your Way with Map & Compass
How to get found by Civil Air Patrol
(do a search on "
CAP Scanner Course slides - South Dakota Wing
" from the results select same it will dowload the PowerPoint presentation)
Orienteering–The Fundamentals
A Method for Cutting Bottles, Light Bulbs, and Fluorescent Tubes
Cricket Loom Assembly and Weaving Instructions
Hand Weaving Supplies-A Guide to Using a Warping Board Weaving Shuttles and Other Weaving Tools
(enter your email address and get this free guide, it's worth it!)
How to Make Emergency Socks
How To Make Rugs
1902
(click on gear in upper right corner to download)
How to Mend and Patch Jeans
(must login to download)
Introduction to Spinning
basic ideas, tools and terms by Interweave Press
Low Tech, High Satisfaction Spinning with simple tools
(Search on "
LOW TECH, HIGH SATISFACTION Spinning with simple tools spinningdaily.com
" click on resulting link to download document)
The ladies' Work-Table Book:
containing clear and practical instructions in plain and fancy needlework, embroidery, knitting, netting, and crochet...
Barnett's Manual of Bicycle Repair
Guide to Four Wheel Driving
by Toyota
Practice and Science of Standard Barbering;
a practical and complete course of training in basic barber services and related barber science. Prepared especially for use by barber schools, barber students, barber apprentices, practicing barbers in preparation for barber state board examinations (c1951)
Approaching Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining Through the Lens of Human Rights
Prospecting for Minerals;
a practical handbook for prospectors, explorers, settlers, and all interested in the opening up and development of new lands (1921)
Basic Plumbing Professional Development Course
Basic Soapmaking Procedures
Hand Made Olive Oil Soap
DWCP Water Calculations in Cold Processing Soapmaking
Homemade Soap Equipment
(must login to download)
Making Soap
Soap Making-Practical and Artistic Chemistry
Soap Making-Traditional Methods
Soapmaking Where to Find Ingredients Etc
The Scientific American cyclopedia of formulas,
partly based upon the 28th ed. of Scientific American cyclopedia of receipts, notes and queries (1919)
(including lye leaching strengths)
Candlemaking - Technical Brief
How to Make Candles
(you'll have to fill out a little questionaire to download this for free, it's worth it though)
How Do You Make a Weather Satellite?
How To Make Your Own Perfume
Rope Wick Tips - Operation and Construction