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It is organizationally and economically advantageous for manufacturers of spice mills to produce them in a disposable version. The contents of the mill have run out and thousands of families have to buy new products. Therefore, they use all sorts of constructive tricks

“Power Bank” - also known as an external battery - will allow you to charge gadgets without connecting to an electrical outlet. And today we make a power bank with our own hands from an electronic cigarette. Why from her? The device includes a battery with a capacity of up to 1000

In today's project we will charge a mobile phone with candle fire. To do this, we use thermoelectric converters, the operating principle of which is based on the Peltier effect. And first, a little theory.

To properly implement our idea, we will need a standard sealed glass bottle of wine and a regular PET bottle with a thin neck. As a result, we will be able to store the wine much longer than the time indicated on the label after its

Sometimes, for various reasons, including when replacing the coolant, air pockets appear in the car's cooling system. This deficiency manifests itself in different ways. For example, when starting a cold engine, cars are bugged in the morning.

A mouse or rat in a private home is a very unpleasant event. Especially for those who love animals and are not ready to kill them. Modern methods will help you get rid of a rodent easily, using mousetraps and poisonous agents. But what if you’re not ready?

If you live in some northern region, where winter lasts six months, where daylight in winter is 4-5 hours, and snow falls with rare breaks, then this useful advice is for you! In the morning, before leaving for work, remove snow from the sidewalk on your

There are plenty of signs of a burnt-out muffler: from a changed sound to exhaust gases escaping from under the bottom of the car, which may end up inside the cabin, thereby making travel in the car impossible.

Tired of cooking regular meat or minced meat? There is no way to grill shish kebab or kebab? Try to make a very simple, yet tasty and unusual dish - homemade minced chicken shish kebab in a frying pan. With a wonderful sauce made from ordinary

It is absolutely not difficult to make a scraper for removing freshly fallen snow with your own hands from available and even waste materials, which will last at least 10 years. Its snow removal capabilities are an order of magnitude superior to both impractical and inconvenient

There are a lot of instructions on the Internet for setting up a SIM card, mobile communications and Internet settings on a smartphone. Let's take a closer look and discuss one option that helps increase the speed of mobile Internet and improve the quality of communication. Your

Let's consider a fairly simple method of installing heated floors in a bathhouse with heating from a sauna stove, that is, an additional source of thermal energy is not required for this purpose. The stove was also built without great expense, since for this

Blanks for the components of such a winch can be found among unnecessary metal trash. A few movements with a grinder, applying a couple of welding seams and a simple hand winch is ready. Due to its compactness, it will not take up much

We will talk about how to solve the problem if your smartphone suddenly stops charging. The first reason to check is the contact in the power connector. This is the most common malfunction associated with charging phones. And in 90% of cases our

Fried herring is a very tasty and inexpensive dish. Many people are scared by the specific smell that arises during the cooking process. Today I will tell you how to cook delicious fried herring with absolutely no odor.

In winter, the summer diesel fuel in a car often freezes after a frosty overnight stay and it is impossible to start the car in the morning. There are various ways to get out of this predicament, and one of them involves adding diesel fuel to the summer

We will demonstrate the proposed defrosting process on a pipe with a total length of 4-5 meters, bent at 90 degrees, specially filled with water, and frozen. To implement this process, we need a pump to pump washer fluid into

If in the winter cold it blows strongly from under a plastic window, then this not only leads to additional costs for heating the premises and a deterioration of the microclimate in them, but also creates a real threat of catching a cold, getting sick, and for these reasons children will have to

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

Let's consider the topic of magnetic heating. And first, a little theory. The effect of heating metals in an alternating magnetic field due to eddy currents was first studied back in the 19th century. Scientists Arago and Faraday studied this issue. And in more detail

Can a flashlight shine without batteries? Of course, if it is an induction flashlight, or as it is also called, a Faraday flashlight. Why Faraday? Because it was he who discovered the phenomena of electromagnetic induction, that is, the occurrence of electric current in

Plastic lids may be needed for various purposes: tightly sealing containers, closing technological or structural openings in machine tools, various mechanisms, vehicles, etc. Any adult can make them

Soldering of aluminum is carried out using tin-lead solder. But the process is complicated by the fact that aluminum is difficult to tin. Most often, aluminum flat surfaces or aluminum wires to aluminum or aluminum to copper are soldered. Cause bad

While flipping through a well-known online store not long ago, I came across the most curious thing: an organizer stand for a computer monitor.The thing seemed simple - a few planks and a handful of screws, but it turned out to be very useful and roomy.