DIY Plans Make Edible Playdough Toy Hobby Craft

Playdough is a very popular toy or plaything for millions of kids. It is also a very good modelling material for someone who wants to build a do it yourself realistic model of anything. Here are some first rate DIY recipes for playdoughs which are made with edible food materials and are as a result edible or at least non poisonous.Great for vintage plans and projects builders.

DIY OATMEAL PLAYDOUGH

2 cups oatmeal

1 cup flour

1 cup water

Mix the flour and oatmeal in a bowl and gradually stir in the water. Knead and add a little cornstarch or coffee grounds if you want texture.

DIY PEANUT BUTTER PLAYDOUGH

1 cup peanut butter

1 cup powdered milk

1 cup honey

1 cup oatmeal

Mix all togther and knead. Play with it or eat it.

DIY RUBBER LIKE PLAYDOUGH

2 cups baking soda

1 cup cornstarch

1 1/2 cups water

Mix all together.Boil over medium heat till smooth. Play with it when cool.

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How To Clean A clock

The following DIY instructions were published in The Boy Mechanic in 1923:

How to Clean a Clock [119]

It is very simple to clean a clock, which may sound rather absurd. For an amateur it is

not always necessary to take the clock to pieces. With a little care and patience and

using some benzine, a clean white rag, a sable brush and some oil a clock can be

cleaned and put into first-class running order. The benzine should be clean and free from

oil. You can test benzine by putting a little on the back of the hand; if it is good it will

dry off, leaving the hand quite clean, but if any grease remains on the hand, it is not fit

to use.

The oil should be of the very best that can be procured. Vegetable oils should never

be used. Clock oil can be procured from your druggist or jeweler.

All loose dirt should be removed from the works by blowing with bellows, or a fan,

or dusting with a dry brush; in the latter case great care should be exercised not to injure any

of the parts. Dip the brush in the benzine and clean the spindles and spindle holes, and the

teeth of the escapement wheel. After washing a part, wipe the brush on the rag and rinse in

the benzine; this should be repeated frequently, until no more dirt is seen.

When the clock has dried, oil the spindle holes carefully; this may be done with a

toothpick or a sliver of woodcut to a fine point. Oil the tooth of the escapement wheel

slightly, using a fine brush.

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Plans For Plywood Boats

Before fibreglass became the most popular boat material pretty well all do it yourself small boats were built from plywood or lumber. This is still the only really feasible method for the home boat builder to build a good boat from vintage plans.

Building a boat or canoe project from fibreglass requires the use of a mold to build the fibreglass hull on. These molds can be quite expensive so they are not for the person who is going to build just one DIY boat. The cost of the mold makes the total cost far too high. If you intend to build a number of boats the cost of the mold is less important of course as it can be spread out over the total number of boats.

Building a plywood boat is the easiest and least expensive way to build a boat or canoe from vintage plans. You can use ordinary exterior plywood from your local building supply store or lumber yard. A small dinghy project can even be built from just one sheet of plywood making it the lowest cost boat possible.

DIY plans for plywood boats were published in great numbers in the 1950s and 60s and many really good boats can be built from these vintage plans. They are just as good today as they were back then. You can obtain many of these plans free to download from my website Vintage plans