Manufacturing, handicraft, process industries

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Blacksmithing

Blacksmithing transforms metals in its physical structure by heating and hammering.

posted on 1/1/70

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Metalworking

Making a living from a small-scale metalworking depends on being able to make products that customers want. This is partly based on technical skills and partly on understanding customers.

posted on 1/1/70

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Pipe bending

This brief describes a pipe-bending tool that you can make with only a small number of tools. It was originally field-tested in Malawi, Zimbabwe and Botswana.

posted on 1/1/70

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The Donkey Plough

This Technical Brief covers the construction of the donkey plough, developed for use in Sudan.

posted on 1/1/70

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Wheelbarrow

Plans to make a wheelbarrow.

I am into welding and fabrication edu...

posted on 24/9/11

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Clay Tile Manufacture

A guide to clay tile manufacture, covering tools, factory siting, operations, budgeting and financing the project.

your manuals are very educative, simp...

posted on 2/1/12

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Evaporative Cooling - The Clay Refrigerator

This document provides some guidelines on making a ceramic or clay pot in pot evaporative cooler.

posted on 1/1/70

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Natural Dyeing of Textiles

This technical brief looks at types of textiles, equipment, dyes and mordants for home dyeing and very small-scale commercial dyeing.

posted on 1/1/70

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A Woodworking Bench

This technical brief shows how a woodworking bench with vice can be made without the use of steel components.

posted on 1/1/70

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Non-poisonous Timber Protection

This Technical Brief outlines the means of protecting timber including proper felling and seasoning and by good construction practices.

posted on 1/1/70

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Woodworking: a small-scale business

Running a successful woodworking enterprise is dependant on many factors, some of which are covered in this Technical Brief.

posted on 1/1/70

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A Simple Retort / Una Retorta Simple

How to make and use a simple retort for separating gold-mercury amalgam.

posted on 1/1/70

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Gypsum Processing and Use

Gypsum is used as a building material, making writing chalk, as a soil conditioner and to make moulds for pottery.

I think we need to realize that Gypsu...

posted on 27/10/11

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Appropriate Paper-Based Technology

There are many ways of making things out of waste paper and card, but they are not usually referred to as technology.

posted on 1/1/70

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Making Small Paint Brushes

There are three types of paint brushes suitable for small-scale manufacture, each using similar materials and similar techniques.

I need to go thru it and if and where...

posted on 17/11/12

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Paper Making

Paper making is a good example of how small industry can be developed to make use of local resources and cater for local markets while keeping capital investment down.

we should recycle paper

posted on 4/12/11

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Soap Making

This Technical Brief describes the procedures needed to make a variety of simple soaps and includes a number of recipes for different types of soap.

posted on 1/1/70

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