Fire Bricks and Other Refractory Materials: An Overview
Looking for more information on fire bricks for forge crafting? This comprehensive guide details everything you want to know about fire bricks. This guide includes their uses, material composition, safety dangers, alternatives, and more! Fire Bricks For Forge and Other Refractory Materials There are a number of different types of fire bricks you can buy. […] Read More
Where To Get Charcoal – Everything You Want To Know about Charcoal
Wondering where to get charcoal? Wondering what it is, what are it’s properties, and how it’s made? It’s possible to buy charcoal from a number of sources. Charcoal briquettes may be bought at many brick and mortar stores. Grocery stores often carry briquettes in their grilling sections. If you don’t want to make the trip, […] Read More
What Is Oil Made Of
What is oil made of? Like all fossil fuels, oil is made by applying heat and pressure to organic material in an anaerobic environment. The most commonly accepted theory states that oil is created from an accumulation of simple life forms (plankton) on the seafloor. This layer of dead plankton accumulates on the seafloor, […] Read More
Most Valuable Uses of Oil
Oil is a major driver of economics, politics, and daily life. In order to be an educated citizen, a person must understand the most valuable uses of oil. Oil is a huge part of the American economy. We consume, produce, and transform it in absolutely massive quantities. It’s so valuable that it has been a […] Read More
The Big Book Of Maker Skills Review
We live in a wonderful world of technology. Gadgets surround us at all times and make our life easier, more productive, and more comfortable. However, we also seem to have an absolute myopic fixation on digital gadgets. Computers, and the software that runs on them, are wonderful vectors for information and calculation. Hell, it’s thanks […] Read More
Material Science: What is Stress And Strain?
Put most simply, Stress = Load/Area. Stress tells us with how much force the atoms at a point within a solid are being pushed together or pulled apart by the load. There are primarily three different ways in which a load may be applied: tension, compression, and shear. Tension is when the material is pulled […] Read More
How To Swim Faster
Do you want to learn how to swim faster? You are not alone, many people want to swim faster but feel like they are wasting their time training inefficiently in the pool. Getting really good at swimming in not an intuitive process, and hard work will only take you so far. Luckily, with a little […] Read More