Even if you don’t have the tool or device you need for some task, you can often get by without it with an alternative homemade device. This collection contains ideas for making such devices, as well as various tips and tricks. They are all very simple, but they work 100%.
1. Machine for cutting PET bottles into strips
To unravel plastic bottles into ribbons, you can make a simple machine. To do this, drill a piece of board and insert 2 M6 or M8 bolts into the holes. It is important that the holes on the back side need to be widened to hide the bolt heads.
We put washers on the bolts to a height corresponding to the width of the required tape. Then we tighten them with a bolt, placing the blade of a mounting knife.
Now you can use the machine to cut the bottles into ribbons, having first removed their bottom. By changing the number of washers we make them narrower or wider.
2. How to drill without leaving dents with a chuck
If, when drilling soft materials, the drill falls into the hole, the chuck hits. As a result, a dent from it remains on the surface.You can prevent its occurrence by first placing a wine cork gasket on the drill.
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3. Spark plug glass cutter
If you don't have a glass cutter, you can cut glass using a piece of ceramic spark plug insulator. Just wrap it with a rag and break it with a hammer. Then select a sharp shard and use it to scratch the glass. Then break it.
4. Crimping for cable lugs
If there are no pliers, the cable lug can be doused with halves of a cut nut. It is placed between them, then installed in a vice. Now if you hold the vice, the tip will be securely crimped.
5. Template for complex trimming made from masking tape
A part of sheet material with a complex shape can be cut out using a template from masking tape. To do this, it is glued strip to strip in place. Its excess at the bend is cut off. Then the surface of parallel strips is reinforced with several perpendicular ones.
Now if you tear off the tape, you will get a template that exactly repeats the required shape. Just glue it onto the workpiece and cut it along it.
6. Quick grinding of the handle
To quickly process a wooden cutting, making it smooth, a crescent-shaped piece of glass will help. You can get it by hitting the glass with the head of a hammer. Such a fragment quickly scrapes off irregularities.
7. Dry alcohol substitute
In order not to buy dry alcohol tablets, you can make a replacement for them. To do this, soak wine corks in gasoline or strong alcohol in an airtight container for 24 hours.
After soaking, they will burn perfectly.
8. How to close a wine bottle
To prevent any leftover wine from spoiling, the glass bottle must be sealed tightly. To do this, place a cut neck from a PET bottle on top of its neck. Then heat shrink it with a hairdryer.
Now the wine can be closed and opened.
9. Compass from a ruler
To draw correct circles, you can drill the ruler markings. Then insert a needle and pencil into the holes and draw circles of the required diameter.
