An old washing machine in a backyard with young plants growing on top - Nara Bittencourt/Getty Images Got an old washing machine taking up space in your home? Big, bulky appliances like washers can be ...

There’s great potential in salvaging a motor from a broken appliance, but so often the part in question is very specific to its application, presenting a puzzle of wires to the experimenter. This was ...

An old washing machine sitting out amongst the weeds isn't cool. Repurposing the machine's drum into a smokeless fire pit is ...

Yes, this one is as weird as it sounds: The engineer behind the We Make Things blog (known only as “rxdtxd”) took the drum out of an old washing machine and made it into a giant coffee roaster coffee ...