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How to make a beautiful Christmas tree from plasticine
Plasticine is a universal material for children's creativity. It has a plastic shape and bright colors, which allows you to develop motor skills and show the child’s imagination. On the eve of the New Year, we invite you to make crafts from plasticine
How to fix a rip in a jacket in a couple of minutes without a needle and thread
Sewing up a torn jacket with a needle and thread is not the best solution, since the seam remaining after this is obvious. You can often close the gap with a decorative patch, but it can look awkward if the hole is located in the wrong place.
Budget-friendly pork knuckle roll
Natural meatloaf, which is superior to store-bought sausage in many respects, is prepared in the most basic way and literally for pennies, because pork knuckle is inexpensive. In addition, the preparation of pork knuckle can be done much earlier
How to make a 100 W amplifier on a chip in half an hour
It’s quite possible to make a powerful amplifier on a single LM3886 chip, mounted mounted, in 15-30 minutes.When using a good power supply, such an amplifier will easily produce up to 100 W of power per channel of clear and high-quality sound.
How to clean and restore car spark plugs. Advice from an experienced driver
Over time, car spark plugs become overgrown with carbon deposits; as a result, they need to be changed after a certain maintenance interval. But there is no need to throw them away. You can clean off carbon deposits and put them back into operation, thereby saving money.
How to make cool tuning of car headlights yourself
Perhaps one of the most spectacular ways of tuning a car is modifying the headlights. If you put bi-xenon on the low beam, then the high beam reflector can be used as a projector of a logo, picture or inscription. With this modification
How to make an original screwdriver from Soviet coins
This idea came to my mind completely by accident, but not without reason. The child urgently needed to disassemble the toy to replace the batteries. I rushed to the closet, but the screwdriver was not there. I found a bit for a screwdriver. I took a screwdriver, but the battery was dead....
Welding machine made from a battery and an accumulator for welding thin metal and more
The 12V battery voltage is enough to melt thin metal parts when the contacts close, causing them to weld together. Using a battery, you can assemble a mini welding machine. They can cook various thin-walled
How to make a powerful cordless vacuum cleaner
To clean the car interior and collect scattered screws and nuts, it is convenient to use a cordless vacuum cleaner.You can buy it, or assemble it yourself, since many of the necessary parts can often be found in a garage or workshop. If
How to mark a pipe for precise cutting for welding a 90 degree elbow
In the absence of a miter saw for metal, cutting a pipe at 45° in order to weld a 90° elbow from it is very problematic. If you do this with a grinder, then very precise markings are required. You can do it using a regular sheet of paper.
Lifehack: How to remove old stains and yellowness on souvenirs
Have you decided to clean up your home? General cleaning is a long and difficult job that takes a lot of physical strength. Particularly annoying are the “nice little things” bought during a trip to cities and countries, or given by friends as a souvenir.
Fragrant basturma on the festive table
Prepare a delicious meat snack for your family - basturma. This dried meat with spices is perfect for a snack, and, of course, for a holiday table. Basturma is prepared from beef tenderloin. It can also be prepared from any other meat.
Anodizing and painting aluminum at home
Anodizing helps strengthen the aluminum surface and make its color permanent. It consists in creating a special oxide film that can hold an organic or mineral dye in the pores. It provides protection from
How to make a pump from an old car strut
The front shock absorber strut remaining after the suspension repair can be converted into a hand pump for inflating tires.This is a simple, indestructible tool, yet quite compact to carry with you in a backpack. The main thing is that its production is almost
How to make a Christmas tree from branches
As soon as parents find out about the exhibition of crafts in the kindergarten, they immediately begin the creative process. How they want to make an original product that will stand out from all the others. As a result, the child will be able to receive a diploma or
How to quickly grow onions on a windowsill: personal experience
Fragrant and juicy onion leaves can improve the taste of many dishes. And in order to always have vitamin greens at hand, every winter I grow onions on the windowsill, as well as many other leafy vegetables (garlic, parsley, arugula,
How to make a silent magnetic lock - door lock
The spring or magnetic tongue of an interior door operates quite noisily. This, combined with turning the doorknob, can sound too loud, especially in the quiet of the night. To avoid waking up the whole family every time you open the door at night, put
How to make regular fabric waterproof
To avoid getting wet to the skin when caught in the rain, clothes can be made waterproof using the old cheap method. To do this, you just need to soak it in special solutions made from natural, safe ingredients. Treated fabric will retain flexibility
Life hack: how to remove lipstick from clothes
Cosmetics and lipstick often stain our clothes. But, if powder or foundation can be easily washed in a washing machine, then with lipstick the situation is different.It is easier to remove caustic lipstick from synthetic fabrics than from cotton fabrics. But, I'll try in detail
How to make a night vision device from ready-made modules
You can assemble a very simple night vision device yourself without even knowing the basics of electronics. All modules are purchased, they can be purchased on AliExpress (links in the article) or another site. All that remains is to solder them together according to a simple block diagram and
Successful DIY clamp design
A clamp is used to tighten hoses on fittings, attach fencing mesh and perform other tasks. It can be used to tighten the wire clamp very tightly. There are many variations in the manufacture of this instrument, but few
A quick way to blue steel for the lazy
To protect a steel product from corrosion, it can be coated. Blueing has good abrasion resistance, which is superior to paint, and most importantly, it does not thicken the product. Thanks to this, even threaded elements, such as
How to clean a camping pot from soot and deposits the old-fashioned way
Cleaning an aluminum pot from soot after cooking over a fire is a very tedious task, and not always successful. After one use, you can still try to restore the original shine and cleanliness of the pot, but if it has been used more than twice, then
How to make a blind area for a separate building
The use of a blind area in the construction of a separate standing building is an important engineering point. The blind area of a technical building performs certain functions.Positive ones: this gives strength to the structure or wall of the structure; This