In addition to its main purpose, a regular bolt and nut can also be used as a material for the manufacture of various devices. Let's look at a few of these homemade products that may be useful.
Screwdriver attachment for twisting wire
Taking an M8 or M10 bolt, you can drill 3 holes in its head with a thin drill at the same distance from each other. If you insert a piece of wire into the holes and bend their edges, then the remaining tails can be tightened with a nut.
Now if you fix the free ends of the wire and install the bolt in the screwdriver chuck, then when it rotates, a neat twist is formed. Due to the fact that the wire is clamped with a nut, it can be pulled towards you at the same time as rotation, resulting in a perfectly even twist.
A wire braid can be used as a decorative element for crafts. Also, such a nozzle will help to make twisting when installing wiring in junction boxes.
Removable cable holder
To fix the steel cable in the absence of a special clamp, you can get by with a regular bolt. It needs to be drilled lengthwise.
Then make a longitudinal cut from the end of the bolt with a grinder to a depth of 5-10 mm.The width of the cut must correspond to the cross-section of the cable.
From the side of the bolt head, a cable is inserted into the hole. At the exit, it bends and retracts so that the double end is wedged.
If it is necessary to secure the cable into a wooden surface, a hole is drilled in it, and a thread is cut into it with a pin clamped in a screwdriver. Then the bolt with the cable is tightened. If fastening to metal is required, then you can also cut a thread in it with a tap, or simply weld a nut to screw the bolt to it. The deeper you tighten the bolt, the stronger the cable tension will be.
Hammer from a perforator
For this homemade product you need a nut and an old worn out or broken drill bit from a hammer drill. The shank of the drill is cut off. Then a nut is welded onto it.
The resulting attachment is installed on a hammer drill and used as a hammer for driving nails. This homemade product will help out when installing plank floors and roofing work. This hammer can also be used to hammer fence posts very quickly. Only for this, between the post and the striker you need to use a rigid lining such as a steel plate or cutting a board.
