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In your home workshop or workplace, there is always a use for metal scissors. Such a factory-produced tool is expensive. But you can make them yourself from an old car spring with some handling skills.

In a home workshop or even at the workplace, a fairly simple bearing puller made from the remains of a profile pipe and bolts with nuts will not be superfluous. With its help it will be easy to press bearings out of their seats

If there is no centralized supply of hot water to your yard or summer cottage, and using an electric boiler to heat water and take a shower is expensive, you can make a “solar” shower from a PVC pipe and enjoy a pleasant and useful

You may need a spring in your home or work place, but don't have a suitable one locally. If you make a simple device from accessible and inexpensive materials, then with its help winding springs turns into a very simple matter.

Compared to conventional chain drives, bicycle models with cardan drives have some advantages. They have higher cross-country ability due to higher ground clearance. Due to the fact that the cardan mechanism is securely closed on all sides,

It is best to store home distillate in wooden barrels. Usually such containers are made from oak, but wood from other trees will also work. We will take cherries, which will give the distillate the aroma and taste of cherries. For cooperage you need some

Polypropylene pipes require soldering, so their connections are permanent, unless, of course, metal threaded fittings are used. The latter are quite expensive, so in some cases you can do without them, and simply make carvings on

The capabilities of a manual mechanical jigsaw are limited. They are slightly larger on a jigsaw. By making simple equipment from wood and plywood, you can expand the capabilities of the jigsaw and make working with it easier.

When working with polypropylene pipes, you can use many tricks. We offer a selection of ingenious solutions that allow you to make good use of even the shortest piece of pipe that would otherwise have to be thrown away. All of them

Round wood blanks are usually turned on lathes. Not every home workshop has such expensive equipment. But it can be replaced with a simple device made from accessible and inexpensive materials, which can be

To close the door from the inside, valves of various designs are used. Most of them are not original. If you have a little free time, you can make an unusual, but at the same time simple, trouble-free valve,

A solid fuel stove with fast heating, high heat output and efficiency will not be out of place in a garage or other utility rooms during cold seasons. It can be done by any adult with basic metalworking skills.

A significant expansion of the functionality and accuracy of woodworking equipment can be achieved by using special devices. Such factory-made accessories are sold in stores, but they are more often used for narrow purposes

In houses of the old housing stock you can still find a heating system or water supply system made of steel pipes. Their rusty, many times painted leads are difficult to unwind, so if necessary, make an additional line, for example, for a heated towel rail,

The more elaborate and modern a chandelier looks, the more expensive it is. Designer lighting fixtures sometimes cost tens or hundreds of times more than the actual price of the material spent on their production. Therefore, if you have free time and

Such a self-closing latch will be convenient for outbuildings, country houses, gates, etc. It can be made from scrap metal using simple tools and does not require any special knowledge, skills or experience.

For uniform irrigation and watering of plants in the garden, it is very convenient to use sprinklers, sprinklers or sprinklers. This method of watering does not require physical energy expenditure and when using a water timer, the process can be

People who are passionate about working with metal, after acquiring basic skills, try themselves in creating original things from metal.Tying knots from a round rod or rebar not only pleases the aesthetic taste, but also represents a practical

Modern door closers are expensive, rather complex, but often not very reliable designs. This unit is not at all difficult to make with your own hands from leftover materials based on a regular torsion spring for mere pennies.

Old cast iron radiators are obsolete for use in heating systems of modern homes. But don’t rush to sell them for scrap, as you can make a lot of useful things out of them. A striking example of this is the fireplace stove, which will

In some cases, in a household or country house, expensive factory-made hinges can be successfully replaced with homemade ones. Moreover, this does not require valuable materials and high qualifications of the performer.

It is better to feed poultry using a feeder, as otherwise most of the food will be trampled into the ground. This applies not only to chickens, guinea fowl and turkeys that are prone to raking, but also to ducks and geese. Build a simple feeder

Working with power tools and power machines is certainly very convenient and fast, but there are times when only manual equipment can help out, for example, when there is no electricity. For such cases, you can do the most necessary things in advance

In some cases, there is a need to smoothly bend wood material (MDF, chipboard, multi-layer plywood, etc.) most often at an angle of 90 degrees for the manufacture of new or restoration of used furniture, as well as for other applications