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In a summer house, a good tool is very much appreciated. And since the work is carried out mainly on earth, today we will focus on a simple device that facilitates earthwork. With it, it will be possible to make holes for potatoes, planting trees or set up poles for a new fence.
How to make a garden drill from a saw blade

Will need


This homemade product is noteworthy for the fact that it is used for its manufacture. Namely, an unnecessary disk for sawing wood, with a diameter of 18-25 cm. These are used for circulars, small universal machines and grinders (angle grinders). The presence of winning tricks on it is not necessary.
How to make a garden drill from a saw blade

The stem or, more precisely, the shaft for the garden drill is designed to be fixed in a standard drill or screwdriver chuck, so its thickness should not exceed 13 mm. A calibrated bar or threaded coupler is suitable. You will also need several scraps of metal pipes falling into one another. We will fasten all the details by electric welding. So let's get started!

Step-by-step instructions for making a garden drill


We mark the disk into two identical parts. On this line with a grinder (angle grinder) we make a through slot from the center to the edge.
How to make a garden drill from a saw blade

The metal of the disk is elastic, and even if it is clamped in a vice and try to bend with a lever, it is unlikely to succeed.
How to make a garden drill from a saw blade

It is necessary to heat the slot area with a gas burner, since the heated metal is easier to deform.
How to make a garden drill from a saw blade

We bend the disk slightly by hand, giving it the shape of a drill.
How to make a garden drill from a saw blade

How to make a garden drill from a saw blade

Wood sawing discs have a center hole. Usually it is 16-32 mm. The diameter of our rod is smaller, so we need to solve the problem of fixing the drill on it. From the scraps of metal pipes we select such that they fit one into the other, and make short sleeves 4-5 cm long from them.
How to make a garden drill from a saw blade

How to make a garden drill from a saw blade

We put the sleeves in the center of the disk, and put it on the support so that it is strictly in horizontal projection. We weld their connection with electric welding.
How to make a garden drill from a saw blade

How to make a garden drill from a saw blade

Then you can insert the stem inside the sleeve, and also scald it by slightly extending the end from the disk by 5-6 cm.
How to make a garden drill from a saw blade

Having cooled the welding spot in a bucket of water, we clamp the fixture in a vise and sharpen its end with a grinder. He will be guiding while drilling.
How to make a garden drill from a saw blade

For more productive work of the tool, we sharpen the drill. We are finalizing it with a file.
How to make a garden drill from a saw blade

That's all, our garden drill is ready!
We insert the rod into the chuck, select the slowest gear on the screwdriver gearbox.
How to make a garden drill from a saw blade

And we go to our garden for drilling holes.
How to make a garden drill from a saw blade

Now, without any unnecessary problems, you can transplant any seedlings, etc.

Practical tips


If you decide to work with such a device manually, you will need to weld a transverse handle, about 30-40 cm long, to it for a good lever.
For a drill, it is not necessary to use a disk for sawing a tree. Who does not have such unnecessary in the household, you can cut a circle out of ordinary metal. In this case, it does not even need to be heated with a burner.
Well, and in conclusion, if such a tool is painted to protect it from corrosion and rust, it will last you more than a dozen years, because there is practically nothing to break into it.

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Comments (2)
  1. Guest Sergey Ivanovich
    #1 Guest Sergey Ivanovich Guests May 20, 2019 04:57
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    The idea is not new, but a trivial matter of up to 10 holes - then it will break. Ready screw 500x100 = 600r. We make a T-shaped collar from a 25mm pipe, weld to the screw and truncate - all things, work! And “appetite comes with eating” - there would be a mistress, and her rugged owner is most needed, but without other wives! There, both the columns and the holes will appear by themselves. The hostess answers the question "what to do", and the owner - "how to do" and not any disputes. As taught by V.I. Lenin: "Discussion together, but responsibility alone!"
  2. Guest Andrey
    #2 Guest Andrey Guests July 1, 2019 11:46 a.m.
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    In our clay near Moscow with stones and roots in the ground, this system will work for several seconds. here the cultivator wedges immediately. only shovel and only trash

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