Hidden features of impact screwdrivers
An impact screwdriver, the butt of which fits a wrench, allows you to unscrew tightly tightened screws and screws due to the fact that when the impact screwdriver works together with a wrench, the torque increases.
A screwdriver serves the same purpose; at the base of the handle there is a transverse hole into which you can insert the shaft of a second screwdriver and get something like a wrench.
A similar problem is also solved by a screwdriver with a hexagon at the lower end of the handle for a wrench.
Implicit functions of the elements of stationery knives
Many people do not understand the notch at the front end of the butt of a utility knife blade. One of its functions is to remove cut or whole insulation from wires when stripping wires.
The removable tip of the office knife handle not only provides convenience in working with this tool, but is also designed to safely remove a dull segment of the blade.
What secrets does the wood hacksaw handle hide?
The lightweight and comfortable plastic handle is securely fixed to the working part of the wood hacksaw using 2 screws. The edges on it are outlined involuntarily, but at certain angles.
This allows you to quickly and accurately create 90 or 45 degree angles on the workpiece using a hacksaw.
Side, but useful functions of a measuring tape
If the pencil writing on the surface of a wooden piece turns out to be incorrect or there is no longer a need for it, then to remove them it is not necessary to reach into your son or daughter’s pencil case for an eraser.
The body of a construction tape will perfectly replace a school eraser.
The free end of the measuring tape is equipped with a hook in the form of a metal plate bent at a right angle, which prevents the tape from ending up inside the body, and also ensures that the zero of the tape is accurately aligned with the edge of the product being measured.
An oblong hole in the hook allows you to accurately fix the beginning of the tape, for example, using the head of an unfastened screw or screw, and the teeth at the end will help measure the required distance on the workpiece.
How to use holes under locks to drain water to lubricate their mechanisms
The small hole in the padlock body is mainly intended to drain rain or melt water from it.
But it can also be used to lubricate the lock mechanism through a suitable tube, for example, with WD-40.
How to turn a welding clamp into a lift
We remove the fixed stop of the clamp from the force bar and strengthen it at the other end so that the stop is directed outward. We move the movable stop to the fixed one and get a full-fledged lift.
We rest the fixed stop against the floor, and place the movable one under a suitable element of the product being lifted and move it up to the desired height.
How cutters turn pliers into wire cutters
Pliers are a universal tool and can replace various metalworking tools and devices, including wire cutters, thanks to the cutters, the cutting edges of which move relative to each other around the axis of this tool when their handles are pressed.
