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How to easily secure a hand-held power tool

There is a great need to fix the angle grinder in a stationary state. For example, sharpen a drill if you don’t have a stationary sandpaper at hand. I'll show you how to make an incredibly simple stand on which you can attach not only an angle grinder, but also

How to repair a small hole in drywall

Drywall material is simply wonderful; you can use it to build walls or level them without any problems. Very easy to cut and process. But unfortunately, for all its advantages, drywall does not have the proper strength. From this he

How to glue plastic securely

You will definitely use this trick if you didn’t know it before. We will talk about how to very reliably glue plastic or plastic parts with ordinary second glue, using one small secret, which is more than 10 times

How to reliably connect wires without soldering

I think many people have had to connect two stranded wires together. And most often, people simply twist the cores together. A wire connected in this way has low strength and with a small force the twist can unwind, and

How to remove polyurethane foam

Surely you have encountered such a problem as frozen polyurethane foam. Window or door installers often deal with this problem, as they constantly work with foam. But if they already have sufficient knowledge of the application and

How to properly shorten a bolt

Good advice and a useful trick on how to shorten a bolt, stud or screw. The fact is that if you cut the threads in the usual way, you will no longer be able to screw the nut back onto the threads. All this happens due to the fact that the threaded turns are wrinkled.

How to drill a hole in a tile with a regular drill bit

Let's imagine that you are faced with the task of hanging a toilet paper holder. The toilet is tiled, which makes the task much more difficult. What should I do to carefully drill a hole without breaking the tile? I'll show you the way

How to unscrew the eccentric of a mixer

Anyone who has ever changed a bathroom faucet from an old one to a new one has probably encountered a problem: how to unscrew the faucet eccentric and replace it with another one. The matter is certainly not tricky, take it and twist it, but with the wrong approach, especially

Kitchen faucet repair

Nowadays it is difficult to imagine a kitchen sink without a convenient, modern faucet. This device allows you to adjust the temperature of the water in the tap to the desired value. Although lever-type faucets are becoming popular, many people use

Add stripper to pliers

It’s very simple to make a convenient device for stripping wire insulation (a stripper) from pliers. The pliers will not lose their function, but rather gain new ones and become more useful. The stripper will be universal, that is, it will strip

How to repair a hole in slate

Where the holes in the slate come from, when there are no trees or tall buildings nearby from which something could fall, remains a mystery to me personally. And yet it is a fact. Nowadays there are many varieties of different adhesives for sale.

Restoring a completely rusty kitchen cleaver

I am sure that many of you have found antique knives, forks, dishes, etc. in your life. So I, sorting through the rubble in an old barn, found a kitchen cleaver, or rather its blade, since the handle had long rotted. It was in a terrible and almost unusable condition.

Sharpening a kitchen knife on a homemade machine

A friend asked me to sharpen a knife that had been used in the kitchen for 3 years for a variety of tasks: chopping frozen meat and poultry bones. The blade made of steel 95X18 did not withstand the tests, and several chips appeared on the cutting edge, and the first 50 mm from

How to drill a bearing

Hi all! I decided to show a test of a carbide drill, which can be purchased for about $1. It is popularly known as a “feather” (feather drill) and was originally intended for drilling tiles and tiles. In practice already

How to get rid of house aphids

Aphids are a headache for many summer residents. And not only summer residents, our indoor “green pets” can suffer the same misfortune: just open a window or window in the summer. In most cases, the root cause of aphids is domestic

How to repair a hole in an interior door

Hollow interior doors require more careful handling, due to their lightweight design, compared to solid ones. Well, if you didn’t protect such a door from impact, say, when moving furniture, then a good one will certainly appear in it.

Thin soldering iron tip

If you decide to repair broken headphones, a Bluetooth headset, or any other device that has a thin and small microcircuit, you will need a soldering iron with a thin tip. But sometimes it happens that it is this very sting, due to

How to drill a file

How to drill a hardened file into a light one? A very simple method that will be useful to you in life. A little trick of using a tool for other purposes or not quite for its intended purpose. A short master class on drilling hardened steel.

To prevent meat grinder knives from becoming dull

An incredibly simple tip, thanks to which your meat grinder will serve for a very long time without sharpening the knives. It is enough to follow the simplest rule when reassembling the meat grinder, which will save the cutting edges of the knives from becoming dull.

Mini septic tank for a summer residence

Not every building in a dacha village can be accessed by a sewer truck, due to very dense buildings and the presence of an area cultivated for crops, and waste always needs to be drained somewhere. Everything is clear with the toilet: wooden

Care and sharpening of a straight razor

In our time of modern, multi-blade, electric and even electronic (smart) razors, the fashion for such a tool as a straight razor is returning. After purchasing it, for those who want to start using this wonderful tool for the first time

Simple antenna for digital television

The antenna is designed to receive digital television channels in the DVB-T2 range. It has a very simple design and repeatability. Can be used as a home or outdoor antenna. Good for long-distance reception.

How to patch a hole in a polycarbonate greenhouse

Polycarbonate, as a material for a greenhouse, is undoubtedly the best option. Lightweight, holds heat well and is relatively inexpensive. In any case, cheaper than glass. But polycarbonate has one significant and significant disadvantage: it is very fragile

How to remove dents on wood

Using the method we will discuss, you can remove dents not only on ordinary untreated wood, but also on varnished furniture, parquet, etc. In general, the method is widely applicable to almost any wooden surface, which is good news.

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