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Surface saturation of steel with carbon increases its hardness and wear resistance. This process is called cementation. With its help, at home, you can significantly improve any steel tool made from a low-quality alloy.

To accurately weld any pipe structure, you need to be able to trim them correctly. At least half of the success depends on this. To properly trim a pipe, you just need to learn how to make the correct markings.

Many carpentry tools, workbenches and tables are equipped with T-tracks. This is a very convenient solution, but it is not always possible to find a special aluminum profile to implement it. In its absence, you can get out of the situation differently.

If you want to assemble a band saw with your own hands, use this design.It provides all the necessary adjustments, and most importantly has reliable components.

Motors from washing machines have average technical indicators, so the area of ​​their use for the manufacture of machines is not so extensive. For some projects they are weak, for others they are too slow. By applying this idea, you can make them more powerful

To sharpen drills on an emery machine while maintaining a consistent angle, you can make a special attachment template for this. With it, sharpening will take 1-2 minutes, and after that the drill will be able to cut into the steel like butter.

If your old tin snips don't work well, they can be converted into a more productive device. Improved shears allow you to cut thick sheet steel faster and with minimal effort.

For a small workshop, there is nothing better when each tool or machine solves several problems at once. Then even a very limited space will be enough to accommodate everything you need. By making this device, you can get

It is possible to bend and connect a profile pipe at a right angle without welding. This method will help out if it is not available during the manufacture of various frames and frames.

In order for drills to penetrate metal like butter, they need to be sharpened periodically in compliance with the recommended angles. For this, a simple homemade plywood jig will come in handy.

For a small workshop, a factory belt sander is too bulky. Instead, it is better to get a homemade attachment for an angle grinder, with which you can perform the same types of work.

To quickly cut profile pipes, it is convenient to use a template. It is simply indispensable when using a plasma cutter, as it allows you to guide the plasma torch directly along its edge, without the need for preliminary drawing with a marker.

For use on the road or in a small workshop, you can make a lightweight, compact mini compressor. It will be able to work with any equipment similar to large compressors, although it will have lower performance, but for many it will be enough

If it is necessary to prepare wooden round dowels, you need to prepare a special round pin machine for this. It can be made from ordinary steel strip.

The presence of a factory puller does not always allow you to remove bearings pressed close to the crankshaft cheeks. His lips simply cannot grasp the clip. In this case, you need to use an additional device in front of the puller that can be

Sharpening dull step drills is not at all easy, so many people prefer to replace them. In this case, the old tool can be converted into 2 useful devices for the workshop.

When disassembling an old refrigerator, a working compressor can be converted into a vacuum pump. The latter is useful for vacuuming vegetables and fruits in bags when freezing, stabilizing wood, when working with epoxy or installing an air conditioner.

When repairing flywheels, pumps, drive pulleys and other mechanisms, it may be necessary to remove a pressed-in bearing that cannot be reached with any hand tool. A homemade puller will help you get out of this difficulty.

A quality large roughing cutter for wood turning can easily cost $50 or more. Having no desire to buy this tool for that kind of money, you can make it yourself.

To obtain a reliable horizontal (and any other) seam, the electrode is moved in three planes at once: translationally in the direction of its axis, straight along the weld bead and oscillating across the seam. At first it seems impossible, but

If for any work it is necessary to use rods of non-standard diameter, you can make a special calibration tool to adjust thicker workpieces to the required size. With him it will take a matter of seconds, not

In the absence of a specialized puller, when dismantling bearings you have to use every possible trick. Sometimes knee-jerk work ends in the destruction of the bearing or deformation of the shaft from which it is knocked off. To avoid such

For those who do not have a workshop and have to work directly in the apartment, an important parameter when choosing electrical equipment is its noise level. Finding such a tool is not so easy, but much of what you need can be done with your own hands, to

Drill stands for drills, even in the factory version, are very far from ideal, since it is difficult to align the drill in them strictly vertically. If you need extreme precision, it is better to make the stand yourself.