Manufacturing, handicraft, process industries
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Blacksmithing transforms metals in its physical structure by heating and hammering. |
posted on 1/1/70 |
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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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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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This Technical Brief covers the construction of the donkey plough, developed for use in Sudan. |
posted on 1/1/70 |
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Plans to make a wheelbarrow. |
I am into welding and fabrication edu... posted on 24/9/11 |
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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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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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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. |
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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 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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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 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. |
posted on 4/12/11 |
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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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