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Even if you have the meager set of simple tools, with some persistence you can remove the pulley pressed onto the electric motor shaft and replace it with a drill chuck. The result is a tool similar to a drill press or drill.

A belt sanding machine can be used for sharpening knives, axes, chisels, sharpening blades, turning workpieces, removing rust and solving dozens of other problems. This is an indispensable equipment, but for a small workshop

What do a useless pump have in common with a perfectly working grinder? It seems nothing: the first one is only good as scrap metal, and the second one will serve its intended purpose for a long time. But let's not rush - this unit can become the basis for manufacturing

Over time, after numerous brush replacements, wear appears on the armature commutator. This causes the power tool to spark and work less stably. To solve this problem, the collector needs to be machined. This is best done on a lathe.

You will have to pay a lot of money for a factory new press. But you can make it yourself using a jack. This will not require anything scarce or expensive, except perhaps some time and hard work.

To give an untreated board a perfectly smooth surface, sanding is required. If you do this with regular sandpaper or a hand sander, the surface will be smooth, but not even. To simultaneously achieve the correct plane and remove

If an electric jigsaw moves to the side when cutting and the cut is made at an angle, then it is not necessary to return it to the store or start disassembling it to find out and eliminate the cause. This may take a long time, lead to new defects or

When working with woodworking tools, to keep the workshop clean, you need to connect a vacuum cleaner to it. If you do this directly, the vacuum cleaner may break due to a large amount of dust and shavings; in addition, its filter will

It is not necessary to buy a factory-made milling cutter if there is a need for such a device, because it costs a lot of money. You can make it yourself from a household drill and the simplest materials.

When making homemade grinders, sharpening machines or other homemade products, you need to drill the motor shaft. This is not a problem if you have a lathe, but with a hand tool it is extremely difficult to make a hole straight. In most cases it

In the design of this grinding machine, an important place is given to rollers or rollers. The drive roller sets the abrasive belt in motion, the tension roller picks up the slack, the driven rollers hold and impart uniform tension to the abrasive belt.

Sometimes thick steel wire is used to make parts. To make it easier to make something out of it, it must be very even. Aligning it manually using a mechanical method is incredibly time-consuming and labor-intensive. Below is almost

Over time, the battery of a cordless screwdriver wears out, so you have to charge it more often and for longer. In order not to change it, you can switch the tool to mains power, thereby ensuring its uninterrupted operation. If there is a block

Making an inscription on metal can sometimes be interesting.Especially when giving a gift to a loved one, so that he is happy and, most importantly, does not forget who gave him the gift and why. You don’t want to get involved with high and dangerous voltage, and it’s dangerous, but

The practice of stick welding is one of the many methods of electric arc welding. In this case, the electrode is placed along the line of contact of the parts and then an electric arc is ignited, after which the process proceeds

Breakage of a tool is an extremely annoying and unpleasant incident, especially if it breaks during work. However, this is not a reason to immediately throw it in the trash. It never hurts to try to repair it first. In this

The price of a factory sandblasting unit starts from 10 thousand rubles. But you can assemble it yourself, spending 10 times less money. This device easily cleans surfaces of rust, scale, old paint, etc. By changing performance

The multifunctional tool (MFI), or, as it is also called, the Renovator, appeared not so long ago and quickly became popular among the craftsmen. And there were many attachments for it for different purposes, materials and tasks. And if it’s enough for a grinder

Sharpen knives and scissors, bolts and screws, any small parts. An excellent machine for the home workshop. The price of a factory mini-grinder starts at 25 thousand rubles.But you can make this useful tool yourself, spending a minimum of money.

Throughout my life I have come across many connections of profile pipes. At different angles or bevels, with and without stops, with inserts and simple joints. But it struck me with the simplicity and originality of the approach. That very case when everything ingenious before

Even a factory-made portable table saw costs several thousand rubles. In order not to waste money, such a tool can be made from an angle grinder (angle grinder) and at the same time its technical and operational characteristics will be

This master class will teach you how to make tools such as a screwdriver, awl, chisel and much more from available materials from scratch in almost a matter of minutes. Very often there is a need for a specific screwdriver for

When making wooden products, you often have to join parts at an angle of 90 degrees. In order not to waste time on installation and subsequent control of the accuracy of the connection, we will make a simple clamp that will ensure the speed and accuracy of such an operation.

Having a bending machine in your home workshop will be quite useful. It can be used to bend thin sheets of tin and aluminum for a variety of needs.