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Having broken another Chinese stationery knife at work, I realized that buying one knife every day was not an option for me. I noticed the cost of good knives and was unpleasantly surprised... Normal companies, such as OLFA or Kraftool, cost from 1000

My mother-in-law told me this secret after I complained that my jeans were fading after washing. She offered me an almost free product to preserve color not only on denim, but also on other things that lose their color when

If you need to make complex cuttings of plexiglass, plastic or sheet acrylic, it is very convenient to use a hot cutter. It passes through these materials like clockwork. You can make such a device in literally 5 minutes.

With the appearance of slush on the street, the carpets in the car turn into a continuous layer of dirt.It eats away so much that dry vacuuming does nothing. They can only be washed with products that produce foam, which removes and lifts dirt.

It is possible and necessary to clean spark plugs from carbon deposits. Of course, some don’t bother and buy new sets. But what if the candles are really expensive and non-standard. You can easily clean them yourself in 15-20 minutes and save a significant amount. AND

The ideas for turning projects are truly endless. It would seem that you can’t come up with anything new, but turners never cease to amaze. This idea is to make a ten-start thread, the nuts on which can be screwed in any direction.

Many of us have more than once encountered the problem of washing winter clothes. The sleeves of a light down jacket have darkened and frayed, ugly dirty lines have appeared on the fabric, and sloppy stains have appeared somewhere on your favorite jacket. Is it possible to return

Removing ice from the windows after freezing rain takes a lot of time, so you have to get up early in the morning to prepare the car for departure. It is necessary to remove ice from both the windshield and the rear, side, as well as headlights and

Jet thrust is the most powerful of all that still exists. You can clearly demonstrate its principle of operation on a homemade model.This is a completely safe device, as it runs on gas for refilling lighters, so it can be assembled in

A spicy appetizer made from fresh fish will fit perfectly into any menu, be it a modest Lenten table or a hearty holiday feast. It looks very appetizing, is easy to prepare, and pickles quickly. After a couple of hours you can already put it on the table. Or

It happens that you just can’t open a jar with a screw cap. In order not to ask for help, you can open it using one of the suggested methods. Some of them will help you open a jar without any effort at all.

The leather interior of a new car looks expensive and beautiful, but over the years, white cracks appear on the seats, which looks completely unsightly. Reupholstering with new leather is an unjustifiably expensive solution, since ordinary paint solves the problem.

Juicy, crispy cabbage, shredded into thin strips, mixed with bright carrot shavings and doused with a sweet and sour marinade is the most popular vegetable appetizer in the autumn-winter period. In terms of usefulness, it is not inferior to fresh vegetables, and

For quick and accurate cutting of metal workpieces, it is convenient to use a miter saw with a broach. Since this is not a cheap tool, you can simply make a special stand for installing an angle grinder on it. Such a device is practically

The LA4440 microcircuit is a very attractive element for electronics because it has a simple switching circuit, low supply voltage and low cost of purchase. It can be used in stereo mode or bridged both channels

To grill a whole carcass on the grill, you need to turn it often or even continuously. This way nothing will burn and it definitely won’t remain raw on one side. In order not to twirl a skewer near a hot grill, you can make an electric spit.

The problem of storing tools and hardware is acute for most garage or workshop owners. To put all your stuff on shelves, you need to spend a lot on the material for their manufacture. If the funds for arranging a worker

It's good to live in a warm climate. Poke a stick into the ground and it will bloom. But what about those who live in a harsher region, but want to have beauty in their dacha or near their home? I want to share with users of the “Do it yourself - with your own hands” site how I plant

A remote control system for water supply can be useful in many areas of everyday life. A classic example: watering a garden or filling a container. To show how easy it is to do this, let's assemble this setup and control the water supply

When assembling metal structures from profile pipes, a welding machine or mounting angles and screws are used. The lack of all this at hand is not a reason to abandon the plan, since connections can be made in another way. You

If you forgot to change your regular glass washer to a winter one in time, and ice appears in the tank, then do not rush to remove it and warm it up indoors. Make yourself this simple heater and you can always melt ice right in the tank. If he

Tender, juicy, fragrant and aromatic lard with meat layers is loved by many. But not everyone knows how to cook boiled pork chops. Pre-marinated pieces of lard can be easily simmered in spices and your own juice if you use

With the onset of snowfalls and frosts, the wiper blades freeze and become covered with ice. As a result, they do not clean the windshield, but scrape it uselessly. Using this tip, you can very cheaply protect your wiper blades from

When rewiring polypropylene pipes, the old fittings have to be thrown away, since it is no longer possible to solder them to the new pipe. This is very sad, because American ones, taps and mud pans are not cheap. Using this method, you can