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How to quickly chop onions - chef's advice

Not even all experienced housewives know how to quickly chop onions correctly. In addition to making your eyes water while slicing, the pieces turn out uneven, and at the end of the job there is a lot of vegetable waste left behind. There are several secrets that will help solve everything

How to make a homemade laser pointer for a drilling machine

Positioning the workpiece relative to the tool, in our case, a drill, is a responsible and difficult operation. To make it easier and more precise, you can assemble a homemade laser pointer based on two linear lasers

6 amazing experiments: electricity, magnetism, etc.

Physics is an exact science with its own laws, which can be demonstrated through spectacular experiments. Let's look at 6 interesting experiments. 1. Generating electricity from temperature differences...

How to install a drill chuck on an angle grinder and why it might be useful

This need quite often arises when you need to drill a hole in a place that is difficult or impossible to get to with a conventional drill. If you install a drill chuck on an angle grinder, then thanks to the angle gear, you can

Very simple homemade DVB-T2 antenna with amplifier

If there is no DVB-T2 television signal of sufficient strength, it becomes necessary to use an antenna with an amplifier. Such equipment can be easily assembled with your own hands from purchased parts, the cost of purchasing which will be about 1 dollar.

How to disassemble and lubricate a drill chuck

A conventional turnkey jaw chuck on drills and screwdrivers often begins to jam after prolonged use. It becomes more difficult to tighten and release the drill bit, which is caused by corrosion of the internal clamping mechanism and its subsequent

How to easily clean a frying pan from carbon deposits without chemicals

A frying pan is used more often and more intensively than other utensils for cooking. It mainly fries foods at high temperatures. Therefore, even with the most careful handling of these kitchen utensils and constant washing after each

How to turn a chainsaw into a hedge trimmer, homemade removable equipment

When the land is not taken care of, all kinds of weeds, shrubs and trees grow wildly on it. Moreover, even cultivated plants begin to run wild - one can no longer expect any benefit from them, but they create many problems. Removing such “game” manually

5 useful screwdriver attachments

The desire of the owner of an expensive screwdriver to use it with greater benefit and efficiency is understandable and justified. Various attachments help in this regard, significantly expanding the capabilities of the tool.

How to make a super grill from a used washing machine drum

In a non-working automatic washing machine, the stainless steel drum is usually well preserved. It can be successfully used, for example, to make a wonderful functional grill.

How to soundproof a stainless steel sink

These irreplaceable stainless steel products fully meet their purpose, are easy to maintain, can be cleaned with ordinary detergents, and are not afraid of aggressive environments and high temperatures. But they have one acoustic drawback, which is annoying

How to quickly make a 1000 liter watering container for almost free

To water garden and garden plants, you must use warm water. To increase its temperature, various tanks are used in which the water is heated in the sun. Such tanks are not cheap and large, which makes it impossible to deliver them

How to seal a flexible hose

Flexible hoses today are available in almost all household plots; they are used for watering plants, washing cars, laying temporary water pipes and other household needs. Sometimes there are situations when completely new hoses appear

7 Effective Methods to Control Ants

Summer is a great time for country picnics, but they don’t always go as pleasantly as planned.One of the reasons is that the ants have occupied the table and it is impossible to drive them away from it. If you have such problems, we recommend using

How to beat a coconut

Of course, everyone has seen a mysterious southern nut called coconut on store shelves. In various travel shows, you can see the main character drinking coconut milk, or using a beautiful nut shell as a cocktail glass. You,

How to quickly make a device for sharpening drills

Not only the speed and quality of drilling, but also safety precautions depend on the sharpening of the drill. Only professional toolmakers can manually sharpen a drill by eye; everyone else will either make the wrong angle of the cutting edges, or

How to remove worn wedges and reattach the ax head to the ax handle

Over time, the ax head begins to weakly adhere to the ax handle, mainly due to its drying out and reduction in volume. Driving in additional wedges is not enough here. It is necessary to disassemble the ax and reassemble it, after removing the old

How to sharpen hair clipper blades

Ideally, the blades should be sharpened after each use, but this is usually done when cutting pain occurs due to the fact that the blades are dull and do not cut hair, but pull it out.

How to make a solar-powered pump for watering your garden

I once bought a centrifugal pump for watering my garden in order to pump water from a nearby well.And I thought, why run a 220 V network to the well and waste electricity when you can convert the pump to low-voltage power and

How to cut potatoes into spirals with a regular knife

An incredibly tasty and amazing side dish can be made from ordinary potatoes. Please your household with an interesting addition to the table. An appetizing, crispy spiral will definitely decorate any holiday table. This dish is prepared very simply and quickly.

Design and principle of operation of a screw wood splitter

Chopping wood with an ax is one of the most difficult jobs that owners of solid fuel boilers and stoves face every year. Preparing fuel for the winter or just for a bath turns into an ordeal that lasts for weeks. For relax

What to make from leftover soap?

Soap is rarely used completely. When there is a small piece left, people prefer to buy a new block. After all, soap is inconvenient to use. But it’s a shame to throw it away, so several old pieces may accumulate at home. From such crumbs it is quite

How to easily make a precise cut in a pipe

When making various homemade products, sometimes it becomes necessary to drill round pipes. It is quite difficult to perform such an operation using conventional twist drills, since this will require painstaking preliminary

6 useful screwdriver attachments that few people know about

Using different accessories, a drill and a screwdriver can be turned into a universal tool that can be used to perform very unusual tasks.Let's look at 6 attachments that few people use yet.

Egg pancake soup recipe

How to restore rusty garden shears without disassembly

11 tricks and life hacks for handymen and electronics

How to make a powerful 12V vacuum cleaner from plastic bottles

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