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When dismantling a headlight for maintenance, one of its fasteners often breaks off. This is unpleasant, but not a disaster, since everything can be fixed. Anyone can do this; it only requires a soldering iron and 20 minutes of free time.

Store-bought quick-release or wing nuts usually have only 2 hooking bits, but in many cases it is better if they are equipped with a round handle. In the latest version they are not found on sale so often. If you need exactly this

If you have a system for collecting water from the roof during rain into a container, for example, a metal barrel, you can create an automatic watering system without using a pump or consuming electrical energy. Any adult can handle this kind of work.

Many people cannot imagine outdoor recreation without barbecue or barbecue.When preparing them, purchased compact barbecues are very helpful. Unfortunately, they are made of very thin sheet steel, so they burn out quickly, and in a couple of seasons they become worn out.

Children love swings, but quality swings are not cheap. How to please the kids without spending too much? It’s very simple: just find an old car tire in the garage or take it from the nearest service station!

Very often, chips in the paintwork appear on the car body, especially the hood. Completely repainting it takes time and is quite expensive. If there is no money or desire to do this, then you can solve the problem with chips in another way.

Summer residents and gardeners often want to propagate an existing fruit tree that has proven itself well, but do not have the skills to perform grafting. Actually get new seedlings from the mother apple, pear, peach or any

When assembling structures from profile pipes, it is most convenient to use welding, but not everyone has it. In its absence, you can use various techniques to bend pipes and twist them with self-tapping screws. Such methods provide no less accurate and

If you don't have a waterjet or erosion machine that can quickly cut any hole in thick steel workpieces, then don't worry. This master class will discuss how to make a hexagonal

Cement pots, compared to plastic or ceramic ones, harmonize better with the flowers and plants planted in them. Anyone can make them, and the money savings are significant if you need a lot of pots on a regular basis.

In a small apartment or house there is a problem with free space, so all furniture should be as functional as possible. So, a bed with niches can be used as storage space. It’s not difficult to make it with your own hands,

Moonshiners and distillers, when setting mash or wine for fermentation, use water seals of various designs. Each of them has its own advantages and disadvantages, but the glass-type system is considered the most successful. It allows you to minimize

In various situations, it becomes necessary to withdraw large amounts of water from reservoirs. This can be done very quickly if you use a battery-powered submersible pump. It is not difficult to assemble such a pump with your own hands. With its help you can download

How nice it is to quench your thirst on a hot summer day with a glass of cold, delicious kvass. And of course, every person, remembering his “Soviet childhood,” knows the taste of kvass “from yellow barrels.” Many adults swear that there is such delicious food in stores now

When buying water, vegetable oil and household chemicals in PET bottles, you can collect a lot of handles from them. At first glance they are useless, but in fact you will find a use for them in every home. Let's look at where they can be useful.

Few people know that you can assemble a 220 V electric generator with your own hands. It's not as difficult as it might seem. You can make such a device at home using readily available parts.

The vast majority of car enthusiasts use bottle hydraulic jacks. They are reliable, compact, have a large load capacity, but are slow. To lift the car, you have to swing the lever dozens, or even a hundred times.

After laying fresh asphalt, or simply when driving in the heat, the bitumen torn off by the tread sticks to the car body. It sticks so strongly that it is impossible to wash it off even with a high pressure washer. However, there is a simple way to

To glue furniture panels you need a lot of powerful large clamps. They are expensive in the factory version, so even professional carpenters have to make do with homemade devices. We offer designs that are reliable and cheap in

Plumbing problems are known to anyone who has had to deal with a clog. The procedure for cleaning pipes, which is associated with an unpleasant odor and dirt from the work of a plumber, is now expensive. Therefore, we should conclude: the blockage is easier

There is always a job for a drilling machine in a home workshop, but it costs from 20,000 rubles. With some skill and perseverance, you can assemble it yourself, and it will be no worse than the factory one.

This life hack will be useful to absolutely everyone who in one way or another deals with paint or other viscous liquids: varnish, oil, etc. If your task is to pour some of the paint from a can into another vessel, then you can’t just do it, because

We have long been accustomed to using purchased cement as a construction binder. But this is not the only material available to us. An excellent binder can be made with your own hands from wood waste.

A small, low-voltage refrigerator will be a great helper on hot summer days.You can use it in a manish or place it on your desk at work. This mini miracle will preserve your food and cool your drinks at great speed. Collect