When using a chainsaw, it's important to know when and if you need to add tension to your chain. Not doing so can result in a loose chain that can not only damage your machine, but cause serious injury to you or others. So in this tutorial, you'll be finding out how to add tension to your chainsaw easily. Good luck, enjoy, and be careful!
If you bike chain is skipping, and you aren't sure why, you could have a worn-out cog issue. This is especially likely if you cogs are substantially older than your chains. This video will teach you how to assess your cogs for wear. which will help you determine whether you need new ones or need to take other steps to get your bike riding smoothly again.
When you are getting started in crochet, one of the most important things to master is the chain stitch. This video will show you how to get started in crochet, with hook holding styles, how to create a slip knot and how to make a chain stitch.
In this tutorial, learn how to half double crochet. In this video, Mikey is using this technique to make a baby hat, but you can apply it to many other projects. This shows you how to half double crochet starting from a completed chain. You will chain up two and then proceed across the chain as shown. This will make your crochet tighter and a little more professional looking.
See exactly how to chain sew half square triangles to make a quilt block. When you have a large number of quilting block you may find that they don't line up exactly. Watch this instructional quilting video to several quilting patches together at once, in a chain formation.
Crochet a Tunisian knit stitch with a long crochet hook. Begin with a chain of forty loops. This instructional crochet video demonstrates how to do a Tunisian knit stitch with a six row example. The Tunisian stitch is also known as the Afghan stitch, traditionally used for crocheting blankets.
Storm water runoff can cause damage to the foundation of your house as well as to the environment through soil erosion and water pollution. A great solution to this problem is a rain chain. This tutorial teaches you how to make and hang an unique rain chain from recycled material.
This tutorial video will show you how to throw a floating ring off a chain in tatting. Tatting is also known as the art of making doilies. Revive this long lost art by making a floating ring today!
Add more personal touches to your handmade crochet items. This how to video is a tutorial on how to embroider crochet projects using chain stitches. You can embroider just about anything with the chain stitch. Watch and learn.
One day, you may find yourself in an emergency situation where you need to undo the chain lock of your home's front door, or somebody else's front door. Maybe someone forgot the unlock it when exiting the back door. Maybe you're grandfather is having a heart attack. Maybe your wife is cheating on you. Whatever the reason, it's fairly simple to break in by undoing the chain lock.
Taking the chain off of you bike for cleaning is an arduous task, especially since you usually don't explicitly have to do it. It just seems like a good idea. That's because it is. This video features a professional bike mechanic detailing the process of removing a bike chain using a master link in preparation for cleaning. Most modern chains have a master link, so you should be able to do this yourself.
How to make a double crochetIn this video we are about to see how to make a double crochet. It is done by chaining two chain stitches. In this case it is of seven chain stitches to get four double crochet. Take the yarn over the hook. Insert the hook into the fourth by skipping three chain stitches. Do yarn over and pull through first loop. Now yarn over and pull through second and third loop is well. Extra chain stitches move over and count as our first double crochet. Do it again that is ya...
In this video tutorial, viewers learn how to attach a giant slider to a zipper chain. This task is very simple and fast to do. This zipper is for large materials that can not be enclosed with the regular sized zipper. The slider is removable and able to reattach to the zipper chain. It is very convenient and makes the zipper look more neat. Just set the slider on the top of the connected teeth track and pull it up. Then twist each side and pull down. This video will benefit those viewers who ...
Basic and simple steps yet elegant in making Crochet Headbands. Start with a chain of two, put the hook through the first chain, wrap the eye over and pull it through, wrap the eye over and pull it through once, and wrap the eye over and pull it through twice. Continue to make 54 foundation single crochet. Connect the two ends together. Work the shell and single crochet in the same space as the opposite side. If you want to add flowers. Chain three slip stitch in the loop. Complete five chain...
Looking to break out of your same old jewelry making routine? In this three-part jewelry making tutorial, learn how to make the Russian St. Petersburg stitch! This stitch requires a lot of patience, but the outcome is a beautiful V shaped necklace and worth your time and energy.
Attention jewelry makers! When making your own unique jewelry designs, one must learn how to secure the end crimp beads with crimping or chain-nose pliers. Crimp beads can be used for finishing off your strung jewelry or as "stoppers". In this tutorial, learn how to hone your jewelry-making skills!
This tutorial is aimed at those who have at least some moderate experience with crochet. Here, you'll learn how to join two granny squares together using a five chain, flat braid continuous join method that will make your project lay flat all the way around.
In this tutorial, we learn how to crochet a Bellevue granny square. Start by adding the slipknot to the crochet hook. Work a chain of four and join with the beginning chain. The first two rounds are going to be a traditional granny square. Chain, pull up, then work three double crochets. Continue doing this for all of them. Chain two, then work three more double crochets. Work the last three double crochets and you will have the base of the granny square complete. Continue doing this, but end...
Learn how to make your own jewelry starting with a gold anchor and plastic gold chain necklace by following the steps Kandee outlines in her tutorial. You will need a drill, some attachments for it, a gold pendant, gold chain, and clasps to connect your necklace. To begin, create your pendant by gluing an anchor charm to a plastic square pendant. Once you have created the pendant, drill holes in the upper portions of the pendant. Then connect the gold chains on each side of the pendant using ...
CyclingSecrets will show you how to lubricate your bike chain. First, start with a good quality lubricant a good one will keep your chain clean. Hold the bottle securely and apply the lube while cycling the bike around. Keep cycling the pedal around for a while so you get the lube all worked in the gears so it gets worked in good. When you have run through enough times you just wipe of the chain and bike with the excess oil.
Learn to crochet with these easy to follow how-to video tutorial. This particular video demonstrates how to crochet a single crochet base chain. It is very simple to do, start by making a basic slip knot and chain two. Insert your hook into through the back, yarn over and pull through. You now have two loops on your hook. Yarn over once to make a chain and yarn over a second time to complete the single crochet.
In this tutorial, we learn how to crochet a left handed magic heart potholder. This will only take you a total of around seven rounds to finish from the beginning. Start out with a chain one and then do six half double crochets in the loop and join. For round two, you will do a chain one and then two half double crochets between each previous half double crochet before joining. Round two will be 12 half double crochets in total. For round three, you will chain one and then do two half double ...
Want to learn how to crochet? The first step in learning how to crochet is the chain stitch. To get started with the chain stitch you will need a medium sized hook and some yarn. Watch and learn how to hold the hook and yarn to start crocheting the basic chain stitch.
In this step-by-step beading video, you are shown how simple and easy it is to make a very intricate and ancient style of chain mail (with jump rings), the Byzantine Chain Mail Weave. Learn how to assemble the Byzantine chain mail weave by watching this video jewelry-making tutorial.
Watch and learn how to correctly care for and maintain your motorcycle chain. Avoid chain "fling" and keep your chain in perfect condition for thousands more miles! This video applies to all Ducati Motorcycles.
This tutorial video will teach you to make Temaki sushi, also known as Japanese hand rolled sushi. Ingredients for Temaki Sushi
Daylight savings time is here. On November 7th, everyone and everything turned back the clocks to standard time, but how well you adjust to the new time is up to you—
Porphyra umbilical. Most know it as laver, a type of edible seaweed found along the Wales coastline, and also other areas in the United Kingdom, Europe and Asia. Porphyra umbilical is best known for the Welsh delicacy of laverbread.
If you're playing Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine and you're looking into earning the 'Chain of Death' achievement or trophy on the Xbox 360 or PS3 respectively, look no further than this walkthrough. To unlock it, you'll need use the Vengeance Launcher to kill 10 enemies with 5 rounds in a row.
You can also make this person sized spiderweb out of chain for extra sturdiness. Aside from the rope or chain, you will also need a solid frame (either wood or metal wil work) and 24 eye bolts to run everything through.
The Byzantine pattern is a variation on the box chain pattern, it just has two extra links per unit. This tutorial shows you how you can make a string of chainmail using this beautiful pattern, that you can eventually turn into jewelry.
Tired of carrying that purse around while you are trying to have a conversation or dance the night away? How about a cute little handbag to swing around while you maintain your social life.
Learn how to model a dynamic 3D chain with Cinema 4D. Whether you're new to MAXON's popular 3D modeling application or are just looking to get better acquainted with Cinema 4D and its various features and functions, you're sure to enjoy this free video software tutorial. For more information, and to get started creating and rendering your own 3D mushrooms, watch this 3D modeler's guide.
This video from accredited Maya instructor Andrew Klein of the Art Institute of San Francisco will teach you how to use just one of the innumerable powerful features of Autodesk's Maya 3D modeling software. It covers how to use a spline IK and a dynamic hair curve to drive a joint chain and geometry for wiggly objects like hairs and antennae. Hair is a really tough thing to model well, so watch this video and master the art.
This Blender 2.5 video tutorial offers a lesson in how to create an easy chain with nothing more than a single link, a array modifier and a curve modifier. Then see the process of using the freshly created chain in a simple scene. Whether you're new to the Blender Foundation's popular open-source 3D computer graphics application or are a seasoned digital artist merely on the lookout for new tips and tricks, you're sure to be well served by this free video software tutorial from the folks at C...
Wire hearts are cute, friendly jewelry pieces that are as versatile as they are attractive. Composed simply of a bent and twisted piece of wire, they can be shaped into bookmarks, earrings, necklace chains, and bracelets.
Looking for an easy way to solve rate-of-change problems? Use the chain rule! From Ramanujan to calculus co-creator Gottfried Leibniz, many of the world's best and brightest mathematical minds have belonged to autodidacts. And, thanks to the Internet, it's easier than ever to follow in their footsteps (or just finish your homework or study for that next big test). With this installment from Internet pedagogical superstar Salman Khan's series of free math tutorials, you'll learn how to calcula...
Know your knots! With this free video tutorial, you'll learn how to tie a simple chain jeweler's knot. Chain knots are attractive knots and are used in a lot of jewelry projects. The knot is easy to tie provided, of course, you know how to go about making it. For an easy-to-follow, step-by-step overview of how to tie this useful crafter's knot in a minute's time or less, watch this free video knot tyer's guide.
Puff Stitch Demonstration.
Another basic hand embroidery stitch, the chain stitch is used to outline and to fill spaces. It's a fun stitch to work, and always looks great! Watch this video from Needle 'n Thread to see how it's done.
