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Do you like watching TV, but hate that steep cable bill...?  What if you were able to cut the cable TV umbilical cord and get all your favorite TV shows for really cheap and even free?  This how to article will take you step by step on how to do just that.  To be upfront, it does require some initial hardware investment.  But that cost can depend on your desired features. Overview: You can get most local and some other channels for free over the air with a HD TV antenna and tuner.  People have been doing this for years, but I will show you how to do it and not sacrifice the shows you like and want.  Depending on what cable channels you watch and what you like, there are many options to get what you want.  Also depending on what features you want, the up front cost could be very little (~$200) or more significant (~$600-$1,000), but in the long run you can say goodbye to the cable company! You can just get free over the air channels and no DVR o...

So we bought a property with 5 acres far out from the city.  Since I was a kid, I had always wanted a zipline.  I even tried it once when I was young.  I fashioned a rope from our porch to a tree in our yard and thought, I could use a metal hangar to effortlessly glide down.   Needless to say I ended up on my rear falling over 5 feet.  It was an epic fail. Fast forward about 30 years and I decided to make one for real.  Now I had been reading up on how to make one, best methods and the physics of it all.  The problem I had was, I live in the desert and my property is all dirt and no trees.  You see most of the examples I had seen were people with big massive trees on their property.  So I had to find another way. The Plan I read and read and researched and finally came up with a plan.  I had calculated the distance, height and method to address the tremendous cable tensions (for someone weighing 160 lbs, its about 2500 lbs of f...