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Welding turned round welded hinges for gates and steel doors has some specifics. If they are fixed skewed, the gate or door leaf will not be able to be removed, it will creak and open poorly. To avoid this,

It is inconvenient to perform the same type of work processing many identical parts in a vice. Their screws take a long time to tighten and unscrew, which wastes time. To clamp and remove workpieces faster, you can use homemade

Owners of cars, motorcycles and cyclists often have to inflate their wheels; doing this manually is long and tedious. An air compressor comes to the rescue, which can be assembled from a working car unit. As

Wing bolts and nuts, also known as daisies, are part of many applications that require fast tightening of threads without the use of wrenches. They are found on sale only in specialized stores, so when

When removing the head from the cylinder block, broken pins occur. This is a common problem that can be solved in many ways. The easiest way is to use an extractor to unscrew broken bolts, but it doesn’t always help. In such

If you suddenly need to quickly make a handle for a tool, then this master class is for you. I love working with wood, but not everything can be done with hand tools. I assessed my capabilities and decided to make a simple lathe from those available to me

The motor and gearbox from an old top-drum washing machine can be used to make a drill press. The use of these parts makes the assembly process very simple and cheap, since they are fixed on the mounting

Scissors are made from the same steel as knives. Thanks to this, fairly large scissors can be sharpened into a narrow blade, which is equipped with a Japanese universal utility knife. This tool is used for precise cutting of wood,

When assembling scaled-down models of ships and other equipment, it is necessary to make small parts from wood, the manual adjustment of which takes a lot of time. To speed up this process and achieve high accuracy of the resulting components, you can

When it is necessary to make an element with an angle of 45 degrees from a profile pipe, then usually two blanks are butted at 22.5 degrees, after which they are welded together. This is a very simple and fast method, but not the most beautiful. In the case when it is necessary

An unbalanced grinding wheel on an emery surface causes strong vibrations. As a result, the machine practically bounces along with the table when starting and stopping. To remove such runout, you need to balance the emery wheel, which can be done in

Having an electric motor from a washing machine, you can make a table saw, but to do this you also need to assemble a shaft for installing a saw blade. It must be centered and have at least 2 bearings. Its assembly or

By default, a hammer drill is a purely repair tool for drilling in impact mode, knocking out niches, grooves in walls and various dismantling works. However, its functionality is much wider; you just need to install the correct equipment, which

To carry out large-scale sanding jobs, you need a sandblasting machine with a large sand capacity, which will allow you to not have to stop every couple of minutes to refuel. Equipment of this level is clearly overpriced, despite

The bolt can be used not only as a fastening element, but also as a blank for the manufacture of various tools needed in the workshop. Let's consider 4 options for such homemade products.

When working with many soft sheet materials, trimming is usually done with a straight edge knife. Without proper skill, such a cut turns out to be curved, since the blade does not enter the material at a right angle. As a consequence, at the end

There is no better method for cleaning rust from metal than sandblasting. Sand strips away rusty deposits to clean steel, and does this in a matter of seconds. Having a compressor at home, you can make a sandblasting gun for it

The drill is a very convenient tool for performing precise grinding, cutting and drilling work, especially if it is powered by a battery. However, the cost of such a tool in a stand-alone version is quite high, so if desired,

Tabletop metal shears are much more powerful than hand tools.They are quite capable of cutting 2 mm thick sheet steel, wire and thin reinforcement. Lever scissors of the lowest quality cost from $100, but a good tool costs several times more

When purchasing burrs, thin drills, and other consumables for a drill or engraver, we often, along with these goods, also acquire the headache of how and where to store such a miniature tool. When purchasing a set, for example, a burr, along with

High-speed 12 V motors can be used to make various power tools, including a homemade lightweight cordless angle grinder. The cost of its assembly is quite low, since many parts can be removed from

The engine from an old washing machine has enough power to assemble a quite convenient grinder on its basis. However, most of the existing schemes for such homemade machines involve turning and welding. If such equipment

Unsystematic storage of drills, countersinks, punches, bits and other similar products is associated with many inconveniences: it is difficult to immediately find the right tool, it takes a lot of time to find it, they are subject to damage from contact, etc. Any

Ready-made belts for grinders are more expensive than cloth-based sandpaper of the same area, so in order to save money, it makes sense to glue them yourself. This can be done no less reliably and smoothly than in factory conditions. Proposed