Workshop. Page 2

In a home workshop, a small cable winch with a gear drive for lifting and lowering loads would be quite useful. It will save a lot of effort and time. It can be made from the simplest and most affordable materials and parts. And with such

The technical equipment of modern homes and especially kitchens is increasing every year. Often, kitchen appliances and mechanisms operate under high or, conversely, low pressure (under vacuum). The gaskets used in them wear out over time.

The bushing in the angle grinder, which we are going to press out of its seat, performs the function of a bearing, that is, in fact, it is a sliding bearing. It takes heavy loads and wears out over time. To install a new one

How to straighten a spring using a vice and a welding machine.We connect the mass and the electrode holder to the ends of the spring, heat it until red and pull it out into a slightly wavy wire. First, clamp one end of the spring in a vice.

A screw jack can be assembled from available and inexpensive materials and mass-produced products. To make it, you need at least basic skills in working with metal and the ability to handle universal metal tools.

Sometimes, due to inaccuracies and errors in the installation of metal connection elements or incorrect calculations during design, a fairly wide gap can form between the end blanks. To avoid having to redo labor-intensive work again

Superglue flows out from the cut tip in a thick stream, which leads to excess consumption of glue and does not improve the quality of joining the parts. Having bitten off the tip of the medical needle with a side cutter, and having removed the burrs with a file, we put the needle on the plastic

If your home workshop does not have a bench vice, then performing some operations with metal will be difficult or even impossible. Buying this bulky mechanism in a store will require a lot of money. Get out of the situation

If you regularly use a gas burner with piezo ignition, you have probably encountered a situation where a gas leak occurs.Indeed, defective cylinders sometimes occur. But most often, leakage occurs through no fault of the cylinder. What

There are a great variety of options for attaching an ax head to a wooden ax handle using various devices and additional reinforcing parts and materials. But until now the method of joining the parts of an ax in the way that was used

To heat the garage, you can use a stove made from a 200-liter iron barrel, which will be both efficient and economical. To make it you need some skills in working with metal.

A wooden ax handle made of any type of wood begins to dry out over time, its fibers become denser and compressed, and nothing can be done about it. This is the nature of wood structure. As a result, the ax head becomes loose on the handle and, it would seem,

In order not to bother with the water jacket inside the stove firebox for intermittent heating of the garage, you can get by with a stainless steel heat exchanger wound around the chimney, the ends of which are connected to the heating radiator. This kind of work can be done

Combustion products and remains of hot metal fall and stick to the internal surfaces of the gas-conducting elements of the welding torch, located in the active zone of the welding process. Over time, this inevitably leads to a violation of the correct

Even experienced, highly professional welders are finding more and more new opportunities to improve, facilitate and speed up welding work, as well as their use for other purposes. Below are 5 life hacks involving the welding process that will help

Sometimes a master encounters difficulties in his work that cannot be solved with the help of expensive purchased tools and devices. Below are 15 life hacks that will help you get out of a difficult situation and improve your work processes.

Widespread aluminum stepladders are comfortable, lightweight and functional. They are available in various sizes, and buying them is not difficult - they are available in all construction stores. One problem is that such products have serious limitations on

You can buy factory pipe benders in the store, but they are expensive and not always reliable. On the Internet they offer entire machines for bending pipes, the production of which requires a lot of time and various materials and products. Meanwhile there is an opportunity

Processing metal workpieces with a grinder or a drill in the air is not only inconvenient and unproductive, but also dangerous - you can damage your hands. Having made a rack with a simple design from leftover metal and some available products, work with

The need for copper plating of metal surfaces at home is associated with certain technical or aesthetic needs. Even a high school student can carry out this simple experiment if he chooses the right one.

Storing a standard ladder when it's not needed requires a lot of space. This creates some inconvenience, especially if there is little of it. By making a folding wooden ladder, you can get rid of the disadvantages of a conventional one.

Such a device can be purchased in a store, but you will have to pay a tidy sum. To save money, it can be made from old bicycle parts and scrap metal. This will not require cash costs, scarce materials and

You can expand the functionality of any manual jack – mechanical or hydraulic – by giving it the capabilities of a mini-press. This does not require special knowledge, professional skills or high costs.

In some cases, products and materials unsuitable for their intended purpose can become the basis for making life hacks that are useful in the home and at work. Below are 6 such transformations, some of which you will clearly take note of.