Metal crafts

It is difficult to mow tall and thick grass with a brush cutter and a cutting tool made from a reel with wound fishing line, since the grass is wound around the reel and it gets jammed. Therefore, it will have to be dismantled.

In the summer heat, plants in the country or even the grass on the lawn near the house quickly burn out without regular and sufficient watering. Let's look at how to organize it without wasting water and at the same time protecting plants from burning out under the scorching rays of the sun.

A bench vise is considered a stationary tool. But sometimes moving it makes the work easier and easier. Any person can make a mobile vice without loss or limitation of functionality, and this does not require expensive materials and

The need for a side folding ladder along the wall arises where there is little space and you have to use it from time to time. The number of steps and their sizes are determined by the total height of the staircase and its horizontal projection.

This transformation of the grinder allows it to be equipped with the functions of a portable circular saw with an adjustable depth of cut depending on the thickness of the wooden workpieces. Almost any adult who knows how to do this can cope with such work.

Like all tools, a factory manual riveter wears out over time and becomes unsuitable for further work. Should I buy a new one? But this is a considerable expenditure of money! Therefore, let’s make it with our own hands from scrap materials and continue

Some round threaded connections (pipes and fittings, oil filters, large lids on containers, etc.) are difficult to unscrew and tighten securely due to the lack of suitable tools. In such situations, a universal

Often, in case parts made of aluminum alloys, due to inaccurate alignment of the parts being connected or simply a lack of skill, threaded holes are damaged when screwing in fastening bolts or studs. Restore the damaged

One of the common methods of transmitting force in the form of torque from the drive shaft to the pulley is using a keyed connection. If the pulley is machined, then it is necessary to cut a keyway inside

In a home workshop, a small cable winch with a gear drive for lifting and lowering loads would be quite useful. It will save a lot of effort and time. It can be made from the simplest and most affordable materials and parts. And with such

Digging a trench for laying pipes in the ground with an ordinary bayonet shovel is not very rational. The trench turns out to be too wide, the volume of excavation work increases, unnecessary physical effort is wasted, etc. If you make a special shovel, which

To heat the garage, you can use a stove made from a 200-liter iron barrel, which will be both efficient and economical. To make it you need some skills in working with metal.

6 mm steel wire rod is a fairly durable type of rolled metal, the manual deformation of which is a difficult operation. Moreover, when obtaining a mesh from it, you will need many initial elements with the same type, but

On lathes, in addition to mechanical processing of mainly metal workpieces, it is possible to perform many other operations, in particular, carry out the process of end friction welding or perform pipe rolling using thermomechanical

When working, a swinging lawn mower has to be suspended almost all the time, which leads to rapid fatigue of almost all the muscles of the body and you have to rest more often, i.e., work becomes unproductive. Turning a rocking tool into a pushing one,

Finding an equivalent replacement for a gear whose teeth have broken for some reason, if, moreover, it is from a mechanism from previous years of production, is quite difficult, since the seat size, width, diameters (cavities,

The proposed potato digger, unlike the original version, is made with an adjustable angle of attack of the ploughshare and short rods. As a result, it can work on any soil and provide less resistance. Therefore, the walk-behind tractor can

Trees and bushes in a yard or summer cottage regularly require care and pruning. The resulting branches and twigs, if you do not dispose of them, will quickly lead the area to an impassable place. To prevent this from happening, you need

Widespread aluminum stepladders are comfortable, lightweight and functional. They are available in various sizes, and buying them is not difficult - they are available in all construction stores. One problem is that such products have serious limitations on

Factory latches are not always suitable for gates or utility room doors due to the non-standard nature of the latter, and they cost a lot of money. For these purposes, you can make a simple design, quite original and reliable door latch

An order for the manufacture of metal jewelry, in particular baskets, can be placed externally, but this will be very expensive. But you really want the fence around your house or gate to be not only reliable, but also beautiful! If a little

Of course, one ring of acceptable quality can be made without special equipment, but this will take a lot of time, physical effort and materials. With some special devices, bending rods into rings becomes faster and easier

Such a device can be purchased in a store, but you will have to pay a tidy sum. To save money, it can be made from old bicycle parts and scrap metal. This will not require cash costs, scarce materials and

To cook a small package of semi-finished product or several skewers of shish kebab on a large grill, you need to spend a lot of firewood. This is irrational economically and organizationally. For such cases, you can make a compact grill from used