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A belt sander is often easier to use than regular sandpaper. This is quite large equipment, unsuitable for a cramped workshop. If you lack space for storing a belt sanding machine, you can choose

A drill is one of the most versatile tools for a small workshop. This is due to the possibility of installing various equipment on it for drilling, grinding, milling, and polishing. Many of these attachments are so simple that they

Large propane torches are used to heat steel parts, used for laying overlay roofing and melting non-ferrous metals. This is quite popular equipment in everyday life, which, if desired, is not difficult to do with your own hands.

I bought myself a mini circular saw.I decided to expand its functionality and made a saw guide. Now you can trim boards, bars 4 cm thick, as well as furniture panels up to 50 cm long. You can trim at 45 and 90 degrees.

When working with steel wire and thin reinforcement, you can use homemade lever scissors, which have a very easy-to-make design. This is a powerful working tool, for assembly it is enough to have welding, a grinder and a drill.

Plastic cans from construction primers and car fluids can be used to make drawers for a workshop or garage. They are installed under the top of a workbench or any table, and are used for storage.

Everyone has at least one or more old screwdrivers that are lying around idle because there are new and more convenient ones. At the same time, it’s a pity to throw them away, since they are made of high-quality metal. These screwdrivers can be used with

A broken vacuum cleaner is often used as a donor for valuable spare parts. One of its most useful parts for subsequent use is the speed controller. It can be dismantled, modified and used as a separate universal

The convenience of working in a workshop or garage largely depends on the organization of tool storage. When every thing has its place and is accessible, then everything is done faster and without nerves. The most convenient for storage is hanging

A drilling machine is a useful thing, but expensive and bulky, so for most workshops a drill stand is better suited. You can make such a device yourself from old shock absorbers and unnecessary scrap metal.

A universal puller for disassembling connections with guaranteed tension (pulleys, bearings, bushings, etc.) will come in handy in a home workshop. You can make it from a bottle-type hydraulic jack, spending a little time and effort.

Not being able to find and buy a pulley of the required size, you can make it yourself. To do this, you will need to cast an aluminum blank and grind it, which can be done even without a lathe.

It is extremely difficult to make a sharp bend in a thin-walled copper tube with a small turning radius, especially if it is important not to deform its cross-section. And if the pipe needs to be wound into a coil, then even a pipe bender will not help. In this case, you can

Any tool periodically requires sharpening, including the teeth of a circular saw, otherwise they will spoil the material being cut or may break during operation. To prevent this from happening, you can make a machine for sharpening cutting elements

If you have a screwdriver and do not have a drill, you can make an attachment that allows you to replace it. It is clamped into the screwdriver chuck and uses it as a drive. The result will be a completely working and convenient tool for fine work, although

Using thin sheet metal for cladding, or making decorative panels out of it, for reinforcement it is necessary to extrude a relief on its surface, which acts as a stiffener. It prevents the sheet from being pushed through when pressed lightly, to

With the advent of almost every drill, screwdriver or drilling machine, making holes is done exclusively by drilling. The presence of such a tool made it possible to abandon the old techniques that were used before its distribution.

Even old jigsaw files that are unsuitable for regrinding practically do not lose their original physical and mechanical characteristics. They are still hard and durable, quite elastic and resistant to external influences. Therefore they are still suitable for

It is very convenient to use a tool made for yourself, which is why many people prefer it. You can start collecting your arsenal of homemade equipment and devices by making a jigsaw for figure cutting. Its assembly is

If you have a lathe, you can turn various mechanical parts and decorative items from aluminum blanks. It is quite possible to prepare the blanks of suitable diameter and length required for this at home by melting down beer cans

A manual band saw for metal allows you to make a very thin, smooth cut, superior in quality to the result from a grinder. However, this is an expensive tool, the purchase of which is not practical for the average user. For household needs

A common situation is that the blender is working, but its attachments are broken, and it is impossible to find and buy replacements for them. In this case, it can be converted into an engraver, which is done simply and quickly.

The manual circular saw combines the precision of a jigsaw with the high performance of a chain saw. These indicators can be further improved if it is slightly modernized, which does not require large funds, a lot of time and high qualifications.

An old manual sewing machine can be converted into a jigsaw.It has a cast body, so a homemade product made from it can surpass even factory jigsaws from leading brands in strength. Advantages of the sewing room conversion process