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.
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.
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