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How not to leave the forest without mushrooms. Advice from a professional mycologist

To collect full baskets of mushrooms, you have to comb hectares of forest. This makes your legs and back tired and wastes a lot of time. In fact, mycologists have long identified the places where mushrooms grow at every step. Knowing these secrets, you can immediately

How to forge a cutter from a bearing ball

The bearing ball is made of very high quality steel, so if you forge a cutter from it and apply the correct hardening, the cutting edge of the tool will hold its edge perfectly. At first glance, the implementation of the idea of ​​a blade made from a ball is very

How to make a triangular hole in thick steel

A special stamp is used to make shaped holes in thick sheet steel. He pushes them through using pressure. Such a factory-made tool is usually equipped with a hydraulic drive, which is why it costs an incredible amount.

How to organize the storage of garden tools so that it is pleasant to look at

For organized storage of garden tools, you can make a rack from the remaining scraps of sewer pipe and boards. With it, each tool will be in its place, and you won’t have to look for it for a long time.

There will be no flies left on your site if you make this flytrap from one and a half rubles

In the summer, as soon as you set the table outside in the shade, green flies immediately appear out of nowhere and begin to circle over the meat dishes. To forget about this problem, you can make an extremely simple trap and equip it with bait, from

How to easily replace a broken zipper slider

This method of repairing a zipper is as simple as a corner. Even a person who does not have such skills can cope with it. Moreover, it is suitable both for repairing zippers on the pockets of a bag or backpack, and for repairing shoes. In this specific

How and with what to quickly repair holes in slate so as not to have to redo it later

After an abnormal hail storm or falling branches, holes and cracks appear on the slate, through which water then leaks. If completely re-covering a damaged roof is not an option, then you can very quickly seal the holes with repair waterproof

How to make a very cool knife handle from plastic waste

HDPE plastic is an excellent raw material for recycling at home. It melts easily, practically does not smoke, and after cooling it acquires the necessary rigidity and density. All this allows it to be used for manufacturing

How to use bottles to purify cloudy water until crystal clear

Those who like to travel far from civilization would do well to make a solar water filter. With its help, you can obtain clean drinking water from a puddle or from the sea.

8 signs that will help you choose a sugar watermelon with almost 100% probability

To buy a ripe and very sweet watermelon, you should use several proven tips when choosing it. The more requirements it meets, the tastier and more sugary it will be.

You will forget about flies if you make this flytrap from a PET bottle in 5 minutes

If there are a lot of flies in the room where animals are kept, their number can be significantly reduced by placing homemade flytraps. You can make one such trap in 1-2 minutes, and it can work almost forever.

After this home cleaning, your spoons and forks will shine like new.

It is extremely difficult to remove brown deposits and indelible dirt on the handles of cutlery. Regular detergent is useless in this regard. You can restore the cleanliness and shine of forks and spoons by boiling them in a solution of soda and salt.

How to make young trees bear fruit

If young fruit trees still do not begin to bear fruit, then it is necessary to do some simple pruning of the branches. After it, the next year the garden will bloom and produce the first fruits. This method will also help stimulate an adult tree if it

The chef shows how chicken is cut in the best restaurants

To make a chicken dish tasty and beautiful, you need not only to use an excellent recipe, but also to properly cut the carcass into neat pieces. If you have a sharp knife, this is not at all difficult.

Hidden, extremely useful features of WhatsApp that not everyone knows about

Millions of people communicate every day and most often use various applications in the form of instant messengers for these purposes. One such application is WhatsApp. And, despite the fact that many users have been using it for a long time

How to choose the perfect watermelon with 100% probability, advice from an agronomist who knows his business

When buying, you want to select the sweetest and most ripe watermelon possible, which is not always possible. Popular tips for determining ripeness often contradict each other, or only work on certain varieties. Let's consider why

How to make a powerful juicer from a washing machine

The drum from the washing machine is made of stainless steel, which allows it to be used as a base for assembling a centrifugal juicer capable of pressing fruit juice on an almost industrial scale. The resulting

How to make a hand grater

Feeding farm animals requires large volumes of grated vegetables to be prepared daily.If we are talking about ducks, geese, chickens or one pig, then this can be done quite successfully on a homemade feed cutter with a manual

How to properly cut a braid so that it mows itself

Mowing grass is considered one of the most labor-intensive types of physical work. If, moreover, the braid is not cut correctly, then this process turns into one continuous torment. With regular use of the scythe, the edge gradually wears off and needs to be

Drill attachment made from an old grinder for sawing wood

For quick and convenient pruning of branches, you can make a lopper based on a gearbox from a broken grinder. This is a useful homemade product for a large garden, especially if you need to do sanitary pruning of the upper crown.

How to clean a bucket of fish in 15 minutes

Have you caught a lot of fish and want to quickly clean everything without the scales flying in different directions? There is a very interesting way. The idea is certainly not new, there are already many similar methods on the Internet, so we decided to repeat what we saw and clean the fish quickly

How to preserve vegetables without canning: vegetable cubes are a godsend for the housewife

In the summer, while cheap vegetables are available in abundance, in addition to canning them, you can make bouillon cubes for freezing. Later they are used as a semi-finished product in the preparation of soups, sauces, etc.

Sharpen drills on sandpaper in 1 minute

For most, the most affordable option for sharpening drill bits is to use sandpaper.It is not as convenient to use as special sharpening machines for drills with adjustable angles, but with the right approach you can achieve quite

How to easily sharpen a step drill

Step drills can be turned perfectly on a lathe, but not everyone has one, and it is not profitable to pay a turner for such work. If the workshop only has emery, then the drill can be adjusted using it. However, the specificity of emery allows this to be done

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How to make a tool box from PVC pipe

How to make homemade kvass “like from a barrel”

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