Lifehacks and useful tips. Page 39

More and more powerful electrical appliances are appearing in our homes: coffee makers, kettles, air conditioners, boilers, etc. All this significantly increases the load on the home power supply network. The first thing that reacts to an increase in circuit current is

This is the most common method of opening doors with mortise locks with inserts if you have lost the key. This method is used by special organizations providing relevant services. Emergency services usually immediately knock down the door, since

All owners of manual meat grinders, if they have not already encountered it, will definitely encounter a similar problem when the meat grinder has sharpened or new knives, but it does not chop or cut the meat, but instead chews it. Such a defect as you possibly can

There are quite a few ways to remove a piece of a broken pin or bolt. But this method can be called traditional or classical. Here you will not need any initiative or ingenuity, but all you need to do is simply carry out a certain, long-standing

Those who were engaged in plumbing, various repairs of cars and motorcycles, probably found themselves in a similar situation when they had to drill out a washer exactly to the required diameter. It would seem, take it and drill it out, what’s the problem? But not everything is like that

If you have ever encountered drilling stainless steel, then you know very well that it is quite problematic to drill through this metal just like that. It is necessary to have certain knowledge and experience, because unlike ordinary steel,

If your uninterruptible power supply for your computer after several years has ceased to support the load after a power outage, then most likely its battery has failed. This is the most common failure

There are many times in life when failure takes you by surprise. And basically, a person is not ready for it. For example, it just so happened that the key in the lock broke off and a piece remained inside the lock cylinder. What to do? Well, of course, if the piece sticks out

An incredibly simple rack that can be made in a short amount of time will help you bring order to your shed or garage. Mounted on the wall, all your rakes, shovels, hoes and similar tools will be clearly stored without getting in the way

After I learned this method of incredibly quickly cleaning a soldering iron tip from carbon deposits, the question immediately appeared in my head: “Was it possible to do this?” Before that, like most radio amateurs, I took sandpaper and manually cleaned off the carbon deposits from

A broken stud is one of the common defects that a car enthusiast may encounter. Studs are used in many parts of the car. But if you don’t have a car, this does not mean that you will never get into this situation, because it will break down

How to recognize a musical composition heard on the radio, included in a selection of unlisted tracks on YouTube, heard in films or videos, in order to add this composition to your playlist? How to find out what songs are stored on your computer

If your grinder cutting disc breaks, you shouldn’t throw it away right away. I'll show you how you can make a cutting attachment for a drill or screwdriver out of it. With which you can easily cut plastic or thin metal. Eg,

I will show you how easy it is to cut a thread on a water pipe for an ordinary home craftsman, without any skills in this matter and with a minimal set of tools. For example, when replacing a central heating battery, as in my case. This is not the case

When cutting threads in duralumin or aluminum, a mishap may occur and your tap will break, leaving a piece of debris inside the hole. Drilling tool steel out of duralumin-aluminum is incredibly difficult and means that the entire hole will be broken.

I'll show you how to make a simple drill from an ordinary nail, with which you can drill steel, wood, plastic, etc. Yes, you read everything correctly, with this drill you can drill thick steel of about 5 mm. Ingenuity is always a good thing

If you need to make a critical connection of wires, but you don’t have a soldering iron at hand, or there is no way to power it, then this little trick will come in handy. After all, chance doesn’t choose when to take you by surprise and you need to be prepared

This is the fastest and easiest way to organize your cabinet where pots and pans are stored. Typically, most housewives have a set of three pans. If you store them individually, it takes up an incredibly large amount of space, but if you store them

Hello friends! I will show you how to weld aluminum without argon, using a regular inverter. The entire process will be completely identical to the electric arc welding styles, with the exception of one small change. With this method you can easily

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

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

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

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

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