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If you live in a rented or communal apartment, then you are probably faced with the fact that the toilet is most likely in a state of disrepair. When many people live in the same space, it is difficult to divide household responsibilities. The result is in

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

Absolutely anyone can prepare crispy chebureks like in a cheburek one at home. To do this, you need to knead a simple dough and properly prepare the minced meat. Chebureks according to this recipe can be fried immediately, or some can be frozen and then

A common toilet malfunction is the button sticking. After flushing, it does not return to its original position, and water from the tank continuously flows into the sewer. Such a breakdown can easily be solved with your own hands without replacing components.

It may happen that standard springs are not suitable for a particular craft or for replacing worn-out springs in any mechanism or device. For these cases, a device for winding springs of any length is very suitable, and when

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

In order not to be left without a harvest of winter and spring garlic, planting material must be thoroughly disinfected before sowing. We are talking about the disinfection of teeth, which are obtained after disassembling whole heads. Aerial bulbs or

To control various units in toy cars, a linear actuator (drive, actuator) is required. For example, to control the boom of a bucket on an excavator, you need some kind of hydraulic cylinder powered by

Traditionally, a steel hammer head is secured to a wooden handle with wooden or metal wedges. In this case, there is a danger of the handle splitting and the fastening becoming loose over time, as the wood dries out over the years. Let's do it

Stopcocks tend to leak from the stem. This can usually be fixed without replacing them. Moreover, the repaired faucet then works without problems for at least several more years.

It takes a lot of time to thinly roll out the dough for pita bread, tortilla or pizza, and your hands fall off after a couple of dozen pieces. In large industries, this is done not with a rolling pin, but with a hydraulic press, squeezing the dough ball into a thin

Ceramic blocks have a hollow cellular structure. Therefore, ordinary fasteners are not held in them. The block can only hold a chemical anchor, and only one installed strictly according to technology.

Many people make special bottle cutters that are used to cut PET bottles into ribbons. The latter are then used as rope, for weaving cords and various crafts. This tape is durable and also has heat-shrink properties.

Roses are usually propagated by cuttings.With this method, only a portion of the cuttings take root, so they need to be made more than necessary. In addition, it takes more than one season to grow a flowering bush from them, since the young plant takes a long time to develop.

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

In the household, sometimes it is necessary to connect a profile pipe to a round one or two profile pipes together. Almost any adult can do this kind of work if he has the usual tools and some handling skills.

It is very convenient when the door or gate latches itself when closed. For this purpose, there are many designs of locks on sale, but none of them can boast of such reliability as the proposed homemade latch. It's trouble-free

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.

You can power a powerful DC motor not only from a conventional battery, but also from a homemade battery of ionistors. There is a large selection of such 2.7 V supercapacitors on sale. When connected in series using

Potato chips can be prepared at home, but to do this, the peeled tubers need to be cut very thinly. Doing this with a knife is difficult and time-consuming. If you make a combine of the proposed design, then using it to cut potatoes into the thinnest

Silicone is an excellent sealant with a wide temperature range of use and universal application. In addition to its practicality, with proper skill it also allows you to obtain a high-quality seam that is beautiful in every sense. Let's sort it out

Moisture in the room condenses on cold surfaces, which are double-glazed windows. This happens not only in houses with poor ventilation, but even when the humidity is within normal limits. In this case, the problem is that double-glazed windows are much

Many people install fans in their exhaust ventilation systems. This provides effective forced air outflow, but is accompanied by corresponding noise and energy consumption. In fact, the operation of the hood can be improved more

Nickel, having high corrosion resistance, perfectly protects other metals from corrosion and gives them an attractive appearance. Assembling a galvanic installation for nickel plating in a home workshop is not at all difficult and does not require