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If the silicone or liquid nails remaining in the can are not reliably isolated from contact with air, then they dry out in the cone of the plastic nozzle and form a very strong plug that cannot be squeezed out with any gun. Reuse them

When restoring cars and motorcycles, the problem arises in finding original lenses for headlights. If you can’t buy them, you can cast the lens yourself. It's not cheap, but it's the only way out of the situation. This method

To quickly identify faulty spark plugs, you can make a device that is very simple and inexpensive to manufacture. With its help, used and defective spark plugs are calculated, which do not produce a spark and must be replaced.

In 2019, the transition of Russian television to digital format ended. This circumstance caused a lot of trouble for owners of old TVs.They had to buy new TVs or special set-top boxes that would enable the new

I suggest you get acquainted with a quick and easy way to remove any marks from any stickers. This life hack can be called safe, since chemistry is not involved in this method at all, which is sometimes extremely important.

I decided to make a birthday present for a friend. As you know, all men remain children at heart. The boy turned 35 years old, he is interested in airsoft, and I decided that a table lamp in the shape of an AK-47 would be perfect as a gift.

The handle of a knife is made of durable wood, PCB, fiberglass, carbon, horns or animal bones, etc. But we will look at the most unusual combination of materials.

Mackerel in soy-tomato dressing will decorate your holiday table. Fish prepared according to this recipe becomes spicy, aromatic, with a slight sweet and sour tint. The fillet remains juicy after baking and remains dietary,

It is not necessary to buy a factory-made milling cutter if there is a need for such a device, because it costs a lot of money. You can make it yourself from a household drill and the simplest materials.

The very first thought when a shovel handle cracks is to replace it. This is the ideal solution, but due to laziness or attachment to the old cutting, it can be reliably repaired in 5 minutes. If there are remains of water plastic pipes, do not even

This interesting method can be used not only when you don’t have a corkscrew at hand, but also to surprise your friends and acquaintances. All you need to have to open a bottle is a simple pocket gas lighter. And if

To repair and assemble microcircuits, a soldering gun is required. It allows you to solder and desolder miniature SMD components by heating the solder locally in a selected area. In its absence, you can get out of the situation temporarily or on a permanent basis.

It is very convenient to use a plastic shovel to remove snow because it is lightweight and the snow does not stick to it. However, it is almost impossible to find a high-quality tool in a store that would serve well for at least a couple of seasons. But there is a way out, having

When making homemade grinders, sharpening machines or other homemade products, you need to drill the motor shaft. This is not a problem if you have a lathe, but with a hand tool it is extremely difficult to make a hole straight. In most cases it

In the design of this grinding machine, an important place is given to rollers or rollers. The drive roller sets the abrasive belt in motion, the tension roller picks up the slack, the driven rollers hold and impart uniform tension to the abrasive belt.

The good thing about pickled cabbage is that you don’t have to wait several days for it to be ready, as is the case with sauerkraut. You can eat pickled cabbage in pieces after 24 hours. A crispy, tasty appetizer can be served at the holiday table. Except

With the onset of winter, an irresistible desire arises to mechanize the snow removal process, since you can’t shovel much with a shovel. Having enough free time and desire, you can temporarily upgrade the motor mower engine for snow removal, and

An extremely interesting and useful video that has already received more than 8 million views on YouTube. In it, the author makes a working version of an internal combustion engine from a conventional refrigerator compressor. Moreover, the top cover

To prevent raindrops from rolling off the windshield and not interfering with your view, it must be degreased or an anti-rain product must be applied. The first method is labor-intensive, and the second is expensive. The most profitable and simple solution is to make an anti-rain

The base is the part of the foundation protruding above the ground and is one of the most important elements of the building, which must be reliably protected from external influences and at the same time look aesthetically pleasing, since it is always in sight. It can be easily and at minimal cost

Curbs pose a serious danger to car rims. Light alloy products suffer especially badly from them. If a crack or crease occurs, you must contact a specialist. Defects such as scratches, abrasions and

Have you ever had a situation when you need an outlet, but nearby, from a source of electricity, there is only a light bulb. So this situation happened to me. One of the fastenings on the trash can broke off. I took the tools and realized that the length of my

An old thermos can be useful for a lot of things. For example, as a container for something. For both liquids and solids. Or, as a last resort, you can leave it for good stainless steel that might come in handy someday. Exactly like this

If you are going to fulfill your manly duties: “drive in a nail,” then first you need to drill a hole in the wall for it. To avoid getting caught in the wiring and receiving a fatal electric shock, you need to make sure that this