Instructables

Just signed up for the premium membership and paid my $50 only to discover that the downloads for the projects i am interested in do not include plans or instructions; only several pictures of the stages of the build. Diving deeper I find that the builder will sell you plans for 25 pounds sterling (about $50 Canadian). I feel ripped off. Instructables seems to be a site for people to show off their builds and sell plans rather than a site where you pay for access to a variety of plans, which is how they market it.

Christmas this year is really bad for most people and I know it is the most depressing Christmas season ever. I like how this site has many DIY projects on turning old electronics and scraps into works of art and great gifts. Some of these projects are really better than what you could buy at a store. I highly recommend this site for everyone in our horrid economy.

Recently I have been trying to be busy with my hands and have taken a great interest in electronics. I liked it since high school. There are many tutorials and schemes on the site, but at the first moment of registration I did not know that the service wasn't free. I am not against payment, but they need to be more open with their prices, and not inform the user after registration like a bummer surprise

Offer a set of greenhouses and homemade designs very instructive and interested me. It is a greenhouse built on the Stromberg Starplate system. I chose this system among other prefabricated kits because the construction is carried out on the ground and attracts attention. Thank you for your ideology.

How To instructions found here - Lots of DIY instructions... from halloween costumes and decorations, to taxidermy, to building your own trebuchet. Interesting reading, even if you don't want to actually try anything.

1. The editor is painful to use. You get the idea Instructable's staff doesn't use their own system (if they did, the editor wouldn't be so rough around the edges).
2. It regularly loses formatting. You have go back and reformat it (only to lose the formatting after some days). It's like there's some wiki nazi insisting that you have to format it *their* way.
3. They add keywords (spam) that have nothing to do with your instructable.

I found your site looking for information on building a floating deck. It shows an option to download a pdf. I hit the pdf... no, but wait you need to build an account. Ok. I hit the pdf again, but wait you have to verify your email. Ok. I hit the pdf again, but wait you have to pay for it. This is fine if you would have been clear from the beginning. But I should have been made aware of the cost before giving you my information. Then I would have been able to make an informed decision. Not cool.

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Intriguing site that will walk you through a plethora of projects that will keep your brain moving. Learn how to build robots, cool things out of paper, and a slew of other things here.

The advertisements are there, but they don't prevent you from enjoying the content.

Very useful for keeping you involved with your kids and making them think as well. Users create step by step instructions on how to complete cool projects and you complete them, comment on their work, and go to the next project. Simply awesome.

REASONS TO USE:
[1] Gets your mind moving
[2] Makes for entertaining weekends
[3] Tons of content

REASONS TO LOSE:
[1] Minimal advertisements
[2] You don't like building things.

I have found many a great idea for stuff ranging from food recipe to moding [that's modifying] a dryer to making shampoo to electronics. The vast majority of "Iblers" are just plain folks from bored kids playing with Knex to MIT grads thinking outside the box and sharing it.
A treasure trove for curious minds

I've been using Instructables for a long time and it's just the best for every maker out there. I've made numerous (alot) of things from it and have taken up a ton of tips. The Community is friendly and tips and tricks for EVERYTHING is here. Best part is, because it's getting a lot of traffic there's always new projects every day and advice is quick when needed.

After working with Instructables.com for 5 years I've determined that the vast majority of projects posted and featured on the site a complete junk with respect to the technology category. The site has mostly been overrun with authors that are promoting PCB manufacturers, or authors that are publishing articles of junk science (aka free crystal energy). The editors can't distinguish the difference between good science and bad. I've worked with the community leader and he admits that editorial oversight isn't what it used to be but doesn't offer any solutions. Instructables.com is basically dead as far as I'm concerned. Review the articles at my site www.netzener.net and compare them to any of the technology articles on Instructables.com and you will see what I mean. Over 90% of the articles published on Instructables are basically "look what I made" vanity posts that do not include enough information for anyone to replicate the work. And even when they do, it's obvious the author has not a single clue how the project they present actually works. Instructables is crap, and they know it.

Instructables is brilliant. Ever wanted to know something? Here is where it is. Detailed instructions on how to do pretty much anything. That and an amazing community. Join!

I absolutely love this site, probably my favorite on the web, if you've never visited, and like to make things, like I'm talking just about anything, this is the site for you.

This website contains contests on different crafting. I especially loved the homemade bracelets. Great for Families. There is so much to do on this one website.

Great site for finding project ideas and easy plans. After snooping around for a while for free, I upgraded to a paid account and do enjoy the benefits!

The site is so amazing for DIY made, I like this site very much, you can share and learn more jewelry making, and can get more fashion elements from the world, super like this site, I can get more fresh ideas for my beaded making

This is a huge and ever-growing database of fun and occasionally serious projects. There are some really capable crafts people, electronics fans and assorted hobbyists here, and the chances are that you won't be able to emulate most of the devices that result from their incredible, dare I say geeky, skills. However, for many people I don't think that will be a major concern as it's also incredibly good fun to just surf around the site looking at what smarter, richer and more talented people seem to be able to find the spare time for. But if you want to roll up your sleeves and have a go at one of the projects, they're well illustrated and broken down into clear steps which aren't difficult to follow, and the sheer range of ideas - from a paper airplane to a "cacophonous event" makes this site hard to leave once you've got into it.

Lastly, this definitely isn't a site exclusively for adult male nerds - there's something for everyone in the many categories. Even kids will get something from looking at the videos of weird and wonderful devices, even if you do have to discourage them from borrowing your office laser pointer to make a music and light show.

Looking for a cheap way to make a killer Valentine's day gift? The DIY for Vday ideas on this site are very good and think it will beat a $80 vase of flowers any day of the week.

I found Instructables.com after searching for a solution to a problem I was trying to solve. After a search online, I found a solution that was reasonably close to what I was trying to achieve and believed it would work. The potential solution even had a link to eBay with a part that I knew I would need. And then I noticed the link to a pdf, that I could download. Cool! I clicked the link and was notified I'd have to upgrade to a premium membership - up until then, I hadn't even noticed I was on Instructables site. The least costly price to upgrade is $15 for 3 months... Errr... But, Ok - I paid the fee. Then downloaded the pdf. Well, the pdf had zero actual instructions - it consisted of step 1, and step 2, with a bunch of poorly taken pictures, with no instruction what-so-ever. And the part that was linked - isn't even used. It was a complete waste of $15 bucks. The only possible redemption might be if a find another 'instructable' with actual instruction - but searching the site has proven to be somewhat of a pain in the azz. So, word of caution - just because the site promotes instructions to various projects, the quality of the instructions you receive is solely dependent on the "teacher," who could be clueless.

I have used probably 1 in 50 but those I used have had a very large impact