MACGYVER How-To Videos & Articles

Follow these macgyver tutorials to learn all about macgyver with WonderHowTo's collection of free how-to videos and articles, like Make a potato powered clock MacGyver style, Make a MacGyver guacamole sauce, and Make a toothpick launcher with a clothespin and string.

You'll also find several great weapons tutorials in the Weapons category.

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How to make a potato powered clock MacGyver style

Make a potato powered clock MacGyver style

In this video we manage to power a clock with nothing but two potatoes. In order to make this you will need two potatoes, a triple A battery ...more

B+ 10:19
Curated 9 months ago by bird crick | Comments 0
Views 3,589

How to make a MacGyver guacamole sauce

Make a MacGyver guacamole sauce

Learn to cook like MacGyver, well not really. Watch this how to video as our host shows you how to prepare a delicious avocado dip inspired ...more

C+ 9:14
Curated 1 year ago by rmansur | Comments 0
Views 236

How to make a toothpick launcher with a clothespin and string

Make a toothpick launcher with a clothespin and string

There's nothing more cool than making little weapons out of ordinary ...more

A 1:14
Curated 10 months ago by rmansur | Comments 13
Views 28,983

How to make an arc welder with a car battery & pocket change

Make an arc welder with a car battery & pocket change

The quarters, because they are mostly copper (over ninety percent ...more

A 0:54
Curated 10 months ago by bird crick | Comments 9
Views 13,915

How to photomatch a chair component in SketchUp 6

Photomatch a chair component in SketchUp 6

Alright MacGyver, for this week's assignment, you're going to need a picture of a chair, and SketchUp. And maybe some duct tape. We're going ...more

A- 7:20
Curated 1 year ago by Pigeonchicken | Comments 0
Views 2,386

How to make your own projection silk fabric screen

Make your own projection silk fabric screen

This is for all of you Go-Go Gadget MacGyver's out there. A step-step video example of how to build a projector screen from scratch. So ...more

B 8:11
Curated 1 year ago by reyes_leonor | Comments 0
Views 5,056

How to grow stem cells with a plastic toy

Grow stem cells with a plastic toy

Watch this video to grow stem cells with Shrinky Dinks. For the third time, a professor at the University of California, Merced, has ...more

B 7:23
Curated 1 year ago by rmansur | Comments 0
Views 340

How to make a really simple pen gun

Make a really simple pen gun

This video tutorial will show you how to make a really simple pen gun than is quite powerful and has a range of twenty feet. Just imagine ...more

C 1:13
Curated 1 year ago by priyankpatela17 | Comments 0
Views 4,226

How to pick a Masterlock with a Swiss Army knife

Pick a Masterlock with a Swiss Army knife

This video conning tutorial from someone who has seen too many episodes of MacGyver shows how to break into a Masterlock with the help of a ...more

C- 0:51
Curated 1 year ago by rmansur | Comments 0
Views 2,333

Make an arc welder with a car battery & pocket change

Make an arc welder with a car battery & pocket change

Stuck behind bars? Held hostage by a guy with a flamethrower? Thanks ...more

Tools & Equipment Wonderment
By bird crick | Comments 10
Views 1,500

Hack a cell phone into a remote detonator

Hack a cell phone into a remote detonator

Consider this fantastic hack a safety tutorial for DIY pyrotechnics. Come on. We've all orchestrated reckless backyard explosions. Why not ...more

Explosives Wonderment
By bird crick | Comments 43
Views 1,220

Build a Redneck roller coaster

Build a Redneck roller coaster

Genius or retard?  Such an impossibly fine, fine line. Imagine if MacGyver got hit by a hillbilly stupid stick. Extremely amusing. And yes ...more

Customization Wonderment
By bird crick | Comments 0
Views 118

Light Fires with Toothpaste

Light Fires with Toothpaste

The WonderHowTo Awards winners are in. The votes have been tallied. Despite all of these devastating wild fires, pyromania thrives ...more

Science Wonderment
By bird crick | Comments 0
Views 87

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Superhero Mountain Climbing Car

I'm not sure about the who, what, where, when or how...but man, this mountain climbing car is cool. More car customizations/mods: (HowTo).

Stunningly Slooooowwww Card Flourishes

Dimitri Arleri delivers a set of jaw-dropping card flourishes, performed at a slow pace to "an unidentified piece of ambient opera." Magicians, get ready to be inspired. Hint- the best ...

Go Go Sailor Moon! (and Beauty Guru Michelle Phan)

OK, so Halloween is over. However, I couldn't resist posting Michelle Phan's Sailor Moon/Manga makeup tutorial. Michelle makes amazing beauty tutorials (don't miss her Lady Gaga look!). Also... the ...

Knit the Periodic Table

Science geeks everywhere: the ultimate knitting pattern. Creator apinnick made this amazing sweater displaying the Periodic Table of Elements for her husband, a microbiologist working in the ...

Ignite Prey and Light Cigarettes With a Laser Burner

Looking for an (explosively) fun Thanksgiving project this week? Something that involves fire and lasers? Check it out. YouTube creator StyroPyro lights ten matches in 9 seconds with a modded laser ...

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