4 useful ideas for the home handyman
Sometimes, with your own hands, with virtually no effort, you can make something very useful that is not even always sold in the store. This collection contains 4 great ideas that will definitely come in handy. Be sure to use these tips!
1. Engraver holder
If you don't have a sandpaper ring holder for your engraver, cut a small blank from the hot glue stick.
Drill it lengthwise and put a screw and washer on it.
Tighten it to the other side with a nut through the second washer.
Now you can put sandpaper on this holder. If you tighten the nut, the glue will expand and the sandpaper will stick.
2. Restoring threads with cotton wool and glue
It happens that the hole in wooden blanks is damaged, causing the self-tapping screw to not hold in it. In this case, press cotton wool into it and fill it with superglue.
After this, the screwed-in screw will not go anywhere.
3. Drill metal with a self-tapping screw
If you do not have a drill of a suitable diameter, you can use a metal screw. Clamp it directly into the drill chuck.
A new self-tapping screw will drill through almost any metal.
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4. Grip for hard-to-reach places
To make the grip, you will need a damper adjustment cable from the car.
At one end you need to crimp a sleeve with wire pliers.
The cable is laid through a thin, rigid hose. On the reverse side, a sleeve with a finger hook and a spring are put on it.
After which it is connected to the handle for adjusting the damper.
The length of the hose should be such that the tongs come out of the tube when you press the handle. This way, if you press it, they can grab what they need, and when released, they can lock that thing, allowing it to be pulled out.
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