Metal crafts. Page 15

To make sure your garden hose lasts longer, it needs to be stored correctly. For this, it is advisable to have a coil. It will allow you to wind it up without any creases or twists, so that in the future it can be placed under a canopy where it will not be exposed to

One of the most effective sprinklers in terms of area coverage and droplet size are snails. However, they are made of such poor plastic that the device often does not even survive until the end of the season. In this regard, it is much better to do

A gas burner is usually used for tempering, hardening and casting metals, as well as installing welded roofing. This is quite bulky equipment, and in order to refill its cylinder, you need to go to a gas station. Much easier

If you need to dig or concrete columns, you must first prepare the holes. To do this you need a drill of a certain diameter. If you don’t have such a tool, you can make it yourself. It's much easier than digging holes with a drill

Having little free space in the garage or a cramped workshop, it is very difficult to equip a comfortable workspace there. The workbench has to be placed under the wall, which, when working on it, forces you to turn over heavy workpieces, since you can approach them from the other

When fighting overgrown weeds, an ordinary hoe flies off from their rhizomes with a ringing sound. For such work, it is necessary to use a stronger and wider tool, capable of chopping hard roots in one movement. You can make it from ordinary

During the summer rainy season, you have to mow the growing grass in the area every couple of weeks. To do this quickly and effortlessly, you need a lawn mower. If you have a free electric motor, for example, from a washing machine, you can assemble it yourself.

When cleaning out storage bins in a garage or workshop, you often come across worn out tools that have not been used for a long time. Often, such finds can be put to good use by converting them into the necessary devices. By finding old taps you can use them to make

The steel used to make valves is highly hard but not brittle. Therefore, the old valves remaining after engine repair can be used as blanks for the manufacture of various tools.

Almost always, when working with a profile pipe, connections are made using electric welding, rivets or mounting perforated angles using bolts and metal screws. However, there is another very reliable way,

To bend the strip into rings or arcs, a special bending machine is required. It is simply necessary when making hoops for wooden barrels and various decors for forged products.

Exactly from the coffee shop: many of us will be surprised to read such a headline. And all because such jars, designed for 3 kilograms of grains and measuring 20 cm in diameter and 35 cm in height, were not available to everyone. But if you try, especially

To water the garden and lawn, it is convenient to use a snail sprinkler, since it scatters small drops and covers a large area. Unfortunately, this device is made of brittle plastic that loses strength under ultraviolet light, causing

Profile pipe is the most popular material for the manufacture of frames of various machines, fixtures and metal structures. When working with it, welding at a right angle is almost always required. This can be done in different ways, in

To make a collapsible connection for gates, balcony railings and fences, you can use a regular square profile pipe. It's simple, but the finished result will amaze with its unusualness and apparent complexity.

After cleaning the garden, a lot of leaves and branches remain, burning of which in the area is undesirable, as it leads to the formation of burnt spots. For these purposes it is better to use a special oven. It does not touch the ground, so there is no flame in it

A belt sander is often easier to use than regular sandpaper. This is quite large equipment, unsuitable for a cramped workshop. If you lack space for storing a belt sanding machine, you can choose

Forged grille is one of the simple but beautiful products of artistic forging. It looks solid, reliable and tasteful. It can be used on fences, gates, gates, railings, balcony railings. To make a grid from the strip

If it is necessary to drill a large diameter hole in wood, a crown is required. Moreover, the larger the hole needed, the more expensive the cost of such a crown. If the need for this tool is one-time, then there is no point in buying it. In this case

A brazier made from a propane cylinder is almost eternal. Due to the quality and thickness of the metal, it does not burn out and lasts for decades. You can cook such a grill in different ways. If you want to get a simple and reliable design without frills, spending on it

Many gardeners have seen or even managed to use the Tornado hand cultivator. This is a rather unusual garden device for loosening the soil and fighting weeds with a deep root system. The device is useful, but not that much

For heating garages, workshops or temporarily heating a house under construction, it is convenient to use a potbelly stove. It takes up little space and allows you to quickly reach a comfortable temperature. The factory-made potbelly stoves are very light, so after

The decorative wire twisting technique is widely used to make door handles, wrought iron gate decorations and staircases. At first glance, such elements are very difficult to manufacture and are made exclusively by blacksmiths or on special

When working with steel wire and thin reinforcement, you can use homemade lever scissors, which have a very easy-to-make design. This is a powerful working tool, for assembly it is enough to have welding, a grinder and a drill.