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If the jointing machine begins to “drive” defects, then the problem is most likely in the knives of its working part. Sharpening them is not an easy task and requires high qualifications. But having made a simple but reliable device that any adult can do, with this

Onions collected at the end of summer or beginning of autumn can be stored until next autumn if suitable conditions are created for them. There are many methods to prevent its deterioration for a long time. Let's look at how to store it for a couple of weeks,

If you don't have a welding inverter, you can still work with profile pipes and join them in an alternative way. For this purpose, various fastening methods have long been invented, which are no less reliable than welding. Let's consider one of them.

If stored properly, garlic may not spoil for more than a year, but the average gardener can rarely create such a suitable microclimate for his harvest. Let's look at 4 options for storing garlic that are available to everyone. At least a few of them for you

The end of summer and autumn is the period of mass ripening of apples and pears. Fruits that fall to the ground are called carrion, regardless of what caused the fall: strong wind, characteristics of the variety, diseases or pests. Good apples that

There are times when it is necessary to remove a double-glazed window from a plastic window, for example, to wash it on the back side, or to gain access to the slopes, ebb, or air conditioning unit on the facade. Removing the glass itself is not a problem, remove all the complexity

When laying tiles, it is impossible to make all the cuts using only a tile cutter. It cuts straight, but often L-shaped or U-shaped cuts are needed, which can only be done with a grinder. The problem is that its disc leaves chips along the edge of the cut, which

Old rusty cast iron frying pans with a thick layer of carbon deposits can be restored, making them usable again. Moreover, there is a method that allows you to make their surface non-stick, so that the convenience of cooking on them will be comparable to

Grandma's old frying pans have one inexplicable advantage: food cooked in them tastes better than in modern ones with their abstruse coatings and shapes. Therefore, you can spend some time and effort to clean it from

Furniture assembled without dowels will be fragile and shaky, since dowels are designed to withstand shear forces, and if they are attached to glue, then also tear-off forces. This fastening element, and even the required size, is not always available

When sawing laminated chipboard or other wood with a jigsaw, chips and torn edges inevitably form on the edge of the saw. To avoid this, carpenters usually use various life hacks, which are usually associated with modifying the cut location, but in this

Often in a farmstead or dacha it is necessary to remove concrete pillars, bushes or stumps from the ground. This kind of work is quite difficult and requires a lot of effort and time. But if you modernize the factory winch, then the uprooting work will be much easier and

This method of removing stickers from dishes is truly the fastest. There is practically no need to soak anything and wait.You can immediately begin peeling off the label. It will take no more than 2 minutes to remove the sticker. This method is not suitable

Anchors and dowels are very durable fasteners, which in theory should also work in wood. However, they are made of steel. Unfortunately, these materials are not the best neighbors in terms of compatibility, because the wood begins to rot at the point of contact with the metal. In addition, the anchor

If you don’t have large-diameter electrodes or filler wire on hand, and you need to weld a large hole, then you can get by with thin electrodes. To do this, it is enough to use two “secrets” that are practically

The simplest factory-made household air conditioner costs several thousand rubles in a store. But this split system can be successfully replaced with a cooling device assembled from old components of a passenger car cooling system. Moreover, for this purpose not

A jigsaw does not cope well with a clean cut of sheet materials, since cutting it with a nail file has many chips. However, it still cannot be called exclusively a tool for rough cutting. When using some techniques, the incision can be

A lot can be cast from aluminum, ranging from souvenirs, home decor, and ending with parts of various complex mechanisms. To melt metal, a smelting furnace is required. You can make it yourself.

There are times when you need to make a reliable thread in a hole drilled in wood, concrete, or brick. Naturally, cutting it will not work, since these are not the materials with which this is possible. In such holes you need to place

Everyone thinks cable ties are disposable. This was originally intended, but they can be easily unzipped without cutting and then reused many times. To do this, you just need a regular safety pin (or any sewing

Sometimes you need to fasten steel cables to a wall or ceiling, but there are no special fasteners at hand. For a home craftsman, this is not a problem; using available materials and ingenuity, the cables are easily attached exactly where necessary.

It is quite difficult for a novice welder to simultaneously monitor the correct fixation of the parts to be joined and the start of the welding process. Usually, when the electrode touches the welding site, the fixation is broken. To make the welding process easier, you can do

Typically, sealed bearings are simply replaced with new ones, without lubrication or repair. But why buy a new bearing if the old one is fully functional: it has no obvious rolling motion, but simply began to creak or whistle due to the drying out of the lubricant inside the cage.

Amateur carpenters often experience an acute shortage of good lumber from deciduous trees. The products on sale are mainly coniferous boards and bars. If you require a more noble tree, you can make a simple