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Build A DIY $40 Generator From A Lawnmower

Build A DIY $40 Generator From A Lawnmower

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Have an old lawnmower collecting cobwebs? Don’t throw it away upcycle it into a cheap very powerful generator for your home. This generator can power TV’s, freezers and your Internet!

Build A DIY $40 Generator From A Lawnmower - Don’t throw away your old lawnmower, upcycle it into a cheap very powerful generator for your home. This generator can power TV’s, freezers and Internet.

Image Credit: cid2323, instructables.com

This whole project will only set you back about $40 in parts and if you don’t have a mower to make one check out Craigslist and see if people are getting rid of them or selling them for cheap. I actually have 2 old lawnmowers I could make into generators, I think I will be very busy soon.

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Build A DIY $40 Generator From A Lawnmower

Build A DIY $40 Generator From A Lawnmower

Image Credit: cid2323



Bonus: Root Cellar That Can Be Used as a Bunker

root cellar that can be used as a bunker

Do you remember the old root cellars our great-grandparents used to have? In fact, they probably built it themselves, right in their back yard.

If you want to learn how to build a backyard bunker like your grandparents had, without breaking the bank, then you need Easy Cellar.

Easy Cellar will show you:

  • How to choose the ideal site
  • Cost-effective building methods
  • How to protect your bunker from nuclear blast and fallout
  • How to conceal your bunker
  • Affordable basic life support options

Easy Cellar will also reveal how a veteran, with only $421, built a small nuclear bunker in his backyard.

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