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It is not always possible to make an ideal hole in thick rubber, even with a drill or a probe, since rubber itself is not a very good material for processing. There is one simple (to the point of disgrace) life hack for drilling any rubber

Budget extension cords do not differ in quality, and branded extension cords are expensive. It’s better to make it yourself, and from inexpensive materials and components. If you are careful, such a product will turn out to be quite reliable and durable. Do

Workpieces made of bearing or tool steel are difficult to drill. Despite their hardness, this can be done with the most common inexpensive concrete drill. To do this you just need to sharpen it a little.

When working with wood, wood glue is primarily used, but many things can be done with superglue. It will be indispensable when correcting defects in parts, as it hardens in a matter of seconds. Let's consider options for its use.

It is almost impossible to drill hardened, high-speed or alloy steel with conventional drills, and those designed for this are very expensive, require constant correction and also fail. We will use it for drilling the above-mentioned steels

Due to the small width of the file, an electric jigsaw is considered convenient for sawing along curved trajectories and, for the same reason, of little use for straight cuts. If you don't use the guides, it starts to move to the side. But having supplied

When the knives of a jointing machine become dull, the quality of processing and productivity drops. Only an experienced craftsman can sharpen such knives correctly, since the sharpening angle must be maintained along the entire length. But if you make it from sandpaper and MDF sheets

An edge router with a standard soleplate is limited in functionality. But by making removable soles, you can greatly expand its functionality. This work can be done by any adult with the skills to handle plexiglass tools.

It is not necessary to buy factory latches in the store for a gate in a farmstead or country house, as well as for the doors of outbuildings, especially when you need several of them. You can make the latches yourself from leftover metal that is no longer good for anything. With this

Many tools have a universal Svenson square among their tools. There is a scale on all its sides, and complex shaped grooves are made in the body. Each of these elements has its own purpose. The design of the tool is so well thought out that with its help

Although the effectiveness of cutting metal with a plasma torch is beyond doubt, cutting out a perfectly straight circle with it is not at all easy. This requires decent qualifications and time. But if you make a simple device based on magnetic

When saw blades lose their sharpness, they reduce not only the speed, but also the quality of the cut. Therefore, they need to be sharpened periodically. If you do this simply with a file under the roof, then you will not be able to achieve much improvement in sawing. With a disk sharpened in this way, you can

Kitchen blenders have a common problem - their knives, buttons or body break. As a result, when the engine is running, the device turns into a useless pile of garbage. If the blender can no longer be used for its main purpose, then you can use it

When sharpening drills, the main thing is the accuracy of setting the required angle and adjusting the feed. Without experience, it is impossible to sharpen a drill by hand. But by making a special device from available and inexpensive materials, anyone can handle sharpening drills.

In residential areas, it is very important to provide access to fresh air. However, when ventilating in the cold season, a significant loss of heat occurs. As a result, heating costs increase. To minimize heat loss during ventilation,

In a home workshop, a manual wood router would be useful, but in a hardware store it costs from several thousand rubles. To save money, it’s not at all difficult to turn an ordinary universal drill into a router. And you don't need expensive ones for this.

When working with wood, you often have to deal with minor difficulties, such as unscrewing screws with a damaged head, screwing them into larger holes than necessary, and other troubles. Most of them can be solved simply, you need

A jet or rocket stove is superior in many respects to other types of solid fuel stoves and is quite competitive with them. It is beneficial to use it in a country house or in a small garden house. This oven is simple,

Grinding and sharpening is a very uninteresting, lengthy and painstaking task, unless of course you work on a belt grinder. This is perhaps the most convenient machine for such tasks. If you have an angle grinder, then you can make one for it

At a dacha or farmstead, a chain-link mesh may be needed for a variety of purposes. In order not to spend money on the purchase, we will make a simple machine with a manual drive for weaving it from steel wire, which will save a lot of money. Metal for

A belt grinder is the most convenient universal option for grinding and sharpening. It can be used to process flat parts, make bevels on knives, and sharpen almost any tool. In the factory version, such equipment is cumbersome, and

We will test cutting discs based on cutting speed, safety, efficiency for various types of work, width of the cut compared to the thickness of the disc, force applied to the tool when cutting and price.

Carpentry is always a creative process. Absolutely any problem can be solved in different ways. Let's look at 5 useful homemade tools and attachments with which you can do many tasks faster and better, saving a lot of time.

To assemble and join floor boards, door panels, long wall shelves, etc., the workpieces must be compressed along their entire length and with the same force. Purchasing something like this in a store will cost a pretty penny. If desired, some