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Digging a narrow, shallow trench for laying curbs, laying cables or hoses takes a lot of time and effort. If such work has to be done frequently and in large volumes, then it makes sense to make a gasoline trencher.

The motor and gearbox from an old top-drum washing machine can be used to make a drill press. The use of these parts makes the assembly process very simple and cheap, since they are fixed on the mounting

Scissors are made from the same steel as knives. Thanks to this, fairly large scissors can be sharpened into a narrow blade, which is equipped with a Japanese universal utility knife. This tool is used for precise cutting of wood,

Empty walls in a house or apartment do not look the best, so they need to be filled. They can be hung with paintings, photographs or shelves.The use of the latter will not only decorate the interior, but also solve the problem of placement

It may be necessary to perfectly align very thick steel wire. How to do it? It would seem that the problem cannot be solved in a home workshop. Since it’s difficult to even bend a wire 4-6 mm in diameter, let alone straighten it...

To store and carry hand tools, you can make a box from a sewer pipe, and if you try, the homemade product will look no worse than an expensive factory case. This box is moderately spacious, so after filling

When assembling scaled-down models of ships and other equipment, it is necessary to make small parts from wood, the manual adjustment of which takes a lot of time. To speed up this process and achieve high accuracy of the resulting components, you can

A file, especially an old Soviet one, is made of hard steel, so if you turn it into an excellent cutter, the blade will hold an edge well. The whole problem is that, due to its hardness, the file is difficult to process, so if not

When it is necessary to make an element with an angle of 45 degrees from a profile pipe, then usually two blanks are butted at 22.5 degrees, after which they are welded together.This is a very simple and fast method, but not the most beautiful. In the case when it is necessary

By default, a hammer drill is a purely repair tool for drilling in impact mode, knocking out niches, grooves in walls and various dismantling works. However, its functionality is much wider; you just need to install the correct equipment, which

The bolt can be used not only as a fastening element, but also as a blank for the manufacture of various tools needed in the workshop. Let's consider 4 options for such homemade products.

When working with many soft sheet materials, trimming is usually done with a straight edge knife. Without proper skill, such a cut turns out to be curved, since the blade does not enter the material at a right angle. As a consequence, at the end

Winter this year does not particularly please us with frosty days. Especially in the southern regions. Slush and dirt on roads and sidewalks have not disappeared this year since the beginning of autumn. After a walk, or coming home from work, in warm weather, the shoes are covered

With a limited budget, balusters for balcony partitions and stair railings are usually made from profile pipes without the use of decorative forged elements. The result is a practical, but not the most beautiful design. To her

When you burn branches and leaves cut from the garden after a fire, a burnt gray spot remains on the area, on which nothing grows for a long time. Such bald spots look unsightly, so it is better to build a fire not on the ground, but in a portable one.

If you want to decorate the knife blade yourself with an inscription, pattern or small design, it is best to do this using the electrochemical method. It gives a greater guarantee of obtaining the desired result than mechanical engraving by an inexperienced master.

When repairing various power tools, such as an angle grinder, drill, screwdriver, hammer drill or jigsaw, it becomes necessary to change the bearing on the armature. Often he gets stuck and doesn’t want to act. In order not to bend anything, it is better

The godson turned 1 year old. I decided to make a gift for him - a busy board. Busy board is a toy for developing fine motor skills in children. As toys you can use: locks, latches, strings, various buttons, bells, sockets,

Having a home pool or garden pond, periodically there is a need to drain water from them, which requires a high-performance pump. If you wish and have time, you can do it yourself. Moreover, the homemade pump pumps water very

Tabletop metal shears are much more powerful than hand tools. They are quite capable of cutting 2 mm thick sheet steel, wire and thin reinforcement. Lever scissors of the lowest quality cost from $100, but a good tool costs several times more

Wood is a very beautiful and useful material for humans. The more wood products, the better for people. You can make them yourself and, if you are smart, they will also become a decoration in every home or apartment.

Bending reinforcement using means not intended for this purpose is physically difficult, time-consuming, inaccurate and unsafe. If you have some metalworking skills, you can make a modified reinforcement bender designed for bending any

Refrigerators of various designs are used to equip the distiller. The most convenient are flow-through devices that allow efficient condensation of steam into liquid in a small volume. Let's analyze the design of an inexpensive homemade

Drywall is a universal material that can be used not only for leveling walls and ceilings, but also in handicrafts. You can make a box of any size from drywall to store various small items. Let's try to make a box from