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Original do-it-yourself keychains

Keyrings are now sold at every turn. Some people wear them with their keys, some with a car alarm remote control, some just on their jeans, on a belt loop... But it’s much more interesting to wear a handmade keychain on, say, your keys.

Cold welded knife handle

A broken knife handle, or a dull blade, of course, is not the end of the world, but still, the event is quite unpleasant, and in order to avoid this unpleasant moment in the future at the most inopportune moment (for example, while going mushroom picking, or at

Potbelly stove made from old disks

Today I will tell you how I made a potbelly stove for my workshop so that I could work in it in winter, but without wasting electricity with oil heaters. For these purposes, I got 3 disks from the truck. One of them was smaller

Three ways to remove a rivet

Many industrial products use rivets as a way to securely and quickly fasten an assembly that will not be disassembled in the future. Rivets are often used to join thin sheet metals.If you need to remove a rivet and not

Simple brush with metal bristles

Many craftsmen consider the presence of such a brush to be a relic of the past, preferring modern tools. However, a real specialist understands the real advantages of such a product and always keeps it at hand. However, for some operations

The simplest device for sharpening knives at 30 degrees

I continue to sharpen the knife. I have already shown my homemade device for making descents (tapering surfaces of the blade). At the same time, I made a polishing disk, sewing several disks together so that they would not diverge. The next task was to sharpen

New handle for an old knife

Today I will tell you how you can make a new handle for an old knife if the original handle has fallen apart. I had a couple of shoe knives, one of which had a handle that cracked and split into two halves.

DIY Viking and Slavic shield

Hello, ladies and gentlemen, today we’ll talk about the round shield, which was used by both our ancestors - the Slavs, and the northern Scandinavian warriors, known throughout the world - the Vikings. I want to say right away that this is not a reconstruction, i.e. creation method

Simple 12V LED Tube Light

Probably, many have encountered the problem of going out into nature for the night and it’s dark around, because the light from a fire is not enough for a modern person to feel comfortable. For these purposes, you can make an LED

How to Make a Hole in Hardened Steel Without Drilling

In this simple way, you can make not only a round hole in hardened steel, but also a hole of any other shape without any extra effort. The chemical method will help you out and make the task easier. The method does not require expensive chemical reagents, everything

Anvil made from a piece of rail

One of the necessary attributes of a home craftsman is a small anvil. It will be useful to anyone who likes to do everything on their own: often you need to level some piece of iron, which requires a flat and heavy surface on which you can safely

DIY folding photo box

A factory-made shadowless photobox is a necessary thing, but quite expensive. For us, far from professional photographers, a homemade lightcube is quite suitable, which can be made from literally anything. Among the most inexpensive and simple

Heat exchanger for furnace

The heat exchanger is installed on the chimney of any stove and increases its output and efficiency by more than 2.5 times. This significantly increases fuel economy and reduces warm-up time. The essence of the work is simple: through the stove chimney, in addition to smoke,

Plasticine painting

An ordinary painting bought in a store will not surprise anyone. Then why not make a picture with your own hands from plasticine? If you wish, you can even depict your pet in the picture - a dog or a cat! Let's get started!

Making a manicure hand rest

Those who professionally provide manicure services understand how important it is to have a hand rest.This not only increases the prestige of the services, but also makes the manicure process more convenient for both the client and the master. Since lamps are different

How to revive a smartphone with a “dead” battery

A touchscreen phone is a fairly common gadget that almost every person has. However, its second most popular failure, after a broken screen, is battery failure. “Revive” a broken gadget

DIY wooden flower shelf

Indoor flowers are the main decoration of almost any interior. After all, they make the room brighter and more attractive. Literally any room, be it an office or an apartment, can be made cozy and stylish with the help of indoor plants.

DIY lightcube

To make a shadowless photo box, those who want to save money have plenty of simple and inexpensive variations - for example, from a cardboard box, from picture frames, from a laundry basket with mesh edges, and even from white PVC tiles for gluing

Selection of a working capacitor for a three-phase electric motor

To answer the question of how to choose a capacitor for asynchronous motors and how capacitors differ from each other, we will assemble a stand from a conventional three-phase motor with a power of 250 W. As a load we use a standard generator from

How to make a bear from a towel

Don't know what to give so that the present will really please you? I propose to make a surprisingly pleasant surprise from an ordinary towel. I will need a simple terry towel 50*30 cm and rubber bands (can be used for both money and

Making a wooden case

Some things need packaging. For example, if you want to give a valuable gift that costs a lot. If you simply give something wrapped in cellophane, it will reduce the value of the gift.

Floating shelves

One day my wife needed shelves in her combined bathroom. I didn't particularly like the plastic and metal products that were offered in the stores, so I decided to rummage through my stash in the garage. I liked a few scraps of wood,

Making a scratching post with your own hands

Many cat lovers are faced with the fact that their pets sharpen their claws on furniture, which is why it loses its appearance. Since cats have such a need, the best solution would be to purchase a special scratching post. It can be purchased at

How to unscrew a broken stud using an extractor

There are quite a few ways to remove a piece of a broken pin or bolt. But this method can be called traditional or classical. Here you will not need any initiative or ingenuity, but all you need to do is simply carry out a certain, long-standing

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