Chain link fences are woven with a mechanism that is almost hypnotic to watch, so [Levsha] decided to build his own tiny hand-crank tabletop version to make tiny copper wire fences. Chain link ...

I have never had to crank start a car. I have churned butter, but only to be fancy and to go with some homemade bread (use your mixer.) Many things that were commonplace a few decades ago are odd ...

But what happens when there is no handy mains supply to recharge it from? Step in [Chleba], with a hand cranked generator. There are plenty of hand cranked generators to be found online ...