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To learn how to carefully lay a welding seam, you have to spend more than one pack of electrodes. When the arc flashes, it is almost impossible to see how the electrode goes and how correctly the seam is laid. Another way to learn basic welding skills

The designs of some bearing pullers are very unreliable. When used, they often slip off, resulting in hand injuries. The proposed puller design completely eliminates this outcome. It has a very simple and yet reliable

When working in a workshop, you often have to use life hacks to solve a particular problem. Many of them are very useful and effective. Let's look at 5 such ideas that you will want to repeat if necessary.

A vice is an integral attribute of a workshop, be it a metalworking or carpentry shop.Unfortunately, this is not a cheap instrument that may not be practical for an amateur to purchase. In this case, it is better to make a vice yourself. There are many

It is difficult even for a professional welder to weld large holes with an electrode alone, let alone an amateur. Therefore, if you are just starting to understand the basics of arc welding, then do not neglect various tricks to make it easier

When making various structures from wood, sometimes you need to drill a wide hole using a feather drill. If you have never done this, then 99 percent of the time you will ruin the wooden workpiece by chips in the holes. Of course this is not always

In order to very efficiently clean small metal parts from rust and paint deposits, you can make a small tumbling chamber. A drill is suitable as a drive for it, but any available electric motor can be used. This

Nothing can provide such powerful compression as hydraulics. That is why it is used in the designs of bending machines, car lifts, and presses. Let's consider how you can make a universal hydraulic drive from parts from a tractor,

The motor from a washing machine can be used to make a small, compact belt sander.The power of such a drive is quite enough for the homemade product to turn out no worse than a purchased grinder. This is really a real machine

In order for the weld seam during manual arc welding to be strong and neat, in addition to the axial and longitudinal movement of the electrode, it must also be moved in the transverse direction. There are many types of this electrode movement. Below

Quite often, when making metalwork structures, it is necessary to drill a bolt or stud lengthwise. This is done either using a drilling or lathe. But if this equipment is not available to you, you can drill a bolt in ordinary,

Amateur carpenters often fill their workshops with homemade tools and gadgets. Among these is a grinding drum for a drill. Those who have used it know that it is difficult to hold the drill even with two hands while processing wood. Nozzle

The presence of metal-cutting tools in a home workshop requires a sharpening machine at a price of several thousand rubles. With some skills of a metalworker and a novice electrician, you can make such a device yourself with minimal

From time to time you have to use your mind to come up with simplified solutions to certain problems.Some of them are easier, while others require you to rack your brains. We offer a selection of 11 ready-made solutions that will make your work easier.

Each master has his own secrets and life hacks, which he uses periodically. A novice carpenter learns this only with experience, irreversibly damaging cubic meters of good lumber. In order for everything to work out the first time, it is important to comprehend hundreds

Air purification in a carpentry workshop or a small stone processing workshop using industrial aspiration systems requires considerable investment. For tiny production facilities, garages and home workshops, ventilation can be done in a couple of hours, spending a couple of

The professionalism of a master depends not only on the level of skills when performing certain actions, but also on the ability to creatively resolve situations when there is no suitable tool or equipment. Such tricks and secrets have to be used

To turn beautiful handles for tools, chair legs, balusters for railings and other wooden products, a homemade lathe is enough. The cost of its production when purchasing materials from a metal receiving facility will be very low. IN

Not every carpenter has all the necessary tools. So many problems have to be solved by cunning, adapting other machines for this.Let's look at a couple of carpentry hacks that work great.

To process the edges of wooden blanks or insert various furniture fittings, you need a router. There is no point in buying it for those who use this tool occasionally. For amateurs, a homemade router is better suited. It's easy to

When making structures from profile pipes, they often have to be connected at different angles. Cutting by eye leads to large errors and the joints turn out flimsy and unsightly. Below is a very simple markup method:

In a home workshop there is always a use for a spot welding machine, but the simplest of them in a store costs from several thousand rubles. If you remove a transformer from an old microwave oven, you can make such a device yourself using

Elements twisted into a spiral from a steel strip serve both as part of the power structure of window and door grilles and as a decorative decoration. Making them using universal tools requires two people and frequent heating.

Straight arms and a little intelligence allow you to invent a variety of tools and devices to improve your life.We offer 3 ready-made ideas that are easy to implement. At least one of them may be useful to you in the near future.