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Making Your Own Signature Soaps ................................................................................................. 291
Medicinal Soaps ............................................................................................................................. 291
Homemade Toothpaste ........................................................................................ 291
Basic Baking Soda Recipe ............................................................................................................... 292
Clay Toothpaste ............................................................................................................................. 292
To Taste ......................................................................................................................................... 292
How Our Forefathers Made Snow Shoes for Survival ................................................ 293
Anatomy of a Snowshoe ....................................................................................... 294
Making Survival Snowshoes .................................................................................. 295
Using Your Snowshoes .......................................................................................... 297
How Our Forefathers Built Their Sawmills, Grain Mills, and Stamping Mills .............. 298
How the Overshot Wheel Works ........................................................................... 299
Making That Force Usable ..................................................................................... 301
Gears .................................................................................................................... 302
Belts ............................................................................................................................................... 305
For Reciprocating Saws .................................................................................................................. 306
Don’t Forget Lubrication ................................................................................................................ 307
Building Your Own Water Wheel .......................................................................... 307
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