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The hose connected to the tube or fitting must be tightened with a clamp so that it does not break under pressure. It can be used as a piece of wire, which just needs to be tightened correctly. She will keep even better

An old electric hair clipper with worn-out knives can get a second life, just make a jigsaw machine on its base. It cuts thin sheet materials with blades from a manual jigsaw, so it allows you to do very

You can get a right angle from a corner without a welding machine. To do this, you just need to bend it in a cunning way and reinforce it with an insert. The result will be a very strong, neat connection, completely comparable in strength to welding.

To make it easier to keep chickens, you can use hopper feeders, into which feed is poured in large volumes, and then evenly fed to the birds as they eat. The feeder ensures that every grain will be eaten and not spilled under your feet

A mug with a drawing of a favorite character often becomes something special and precious for a child. And it’s such a shame when her handle breaks off. You have to throw away the dishes and buy new ones. But why do this if it can serve for many years to come.

White plastic casings of refrigerators, washing and sewing machines, indoor units of air conditioners and other household appliances become yellow over the years. This yellowness cannot be removed with ordinary detergents. But not all with yellowed plastic

During the sanding process, the surface of the sandpaper becomes clogged with sawdust and dust. As a result, the abrasive stops working. To solve this problem, special rubber bars are sold for cleaning them. You don’t have to buy this consumable, but replace it

In the morning rush, do you suddenly find that you are out of tea bags? Don't be upset, there is a way out of any situation. Loose tea can also be brewed in a mug so that there are no tea leaves on the surface. And the brewing process

The plots of many summer residents do not allow planting a lot of potatoes in beds in the traditional way. To harvest large harvests while taking up minimal space, try this growing method. It is painstaking, but the yield per bush

Plastic parts, especially HDPE, can be dissolved to create an adhesive mass. Let's look at how to make it and why it is needed. There are many options for using it, but in reality, not all of them are justified.

Metal structures from profile pipes can be made without a welding machine. There are various tricks that allow you to reliably fasten elements with metal screws. Let's look at how you can connect 3 pipes at a 90 degree angle.

I once asked myself a question about a TV for the kitchen. Of course, the prices for modern TVs are “luxurious”. I came up with a theme then (I won’t say that I’m a pioneer), first I made it for the dacha, a monitor from a computer plus a tricolor. The input was vga but Ali has adapters for

The appearance of quails on the farm is inevitably accompanied by the cleaning of dozens and hundreds of small boiled eggs. This is a long, painstaking process that quickly gets boring. Having made such a machine, you can clean them 100 times faster.

Potato beds can be made from old tires. Simply lay 2 tires on top of each other and fill them with nutritious soil. Potatoes growing in such conditions produce a higher yield than with conventional planting.

Self-clamping drill chucks, although very convenient, tend to jam. In this case, it is difficult even for a weightlifter to untwist them with bare hands. Adjustable pliers and vices simply spoil it. Let's look at how to unscrew the cartridge without damaging it, and

I live in a private house equipped with a sewer system, which includes a network of pipes connecting a shower room, kitchen, bathroom and two cesspools. It so happened that the first cesspool was created directly for the bathroom, and

Fans of real homemade sauerkraut know well how difficult it is to chop it with a hand shredder. After shredding a whole bag, the hands simply fall off. Having made such a mechanical shredder, you can ferment cabbage in barrels without spending

Increasingly, expensive moisture- and dirt-resistant epoxy grout is used instead of cheap cement grout to grout tile joints. But even a regular one can be made resistant to dirt and getting wet. It's easy enough to process it this way sometimes.

For a modern person, going to an outdoor toilet is a test of willpower due to the unpleasant odor inside. Often the stench from the septic tank spreads for tens of meters around, making the adjacent part of the site not the most favorite for

Regular mushrooms that we buy in the supermarket can be grown at home on a straw substrate. Many people are interested in this technology, but are still stopped by the lack of mycelium. In fact, you can harvest mushrooms by simply planting roots from store-bought mushrooms.

Housewives prepare vegetables for the winter in different ways. If we talk about carrots, storing them is not so easy. At first, like potatoes, it can simply lie in a dark place. But it won’t be possible to preserve it for a long time this way. So they lay her down

A terrarium in a light bulb is a cool idea for those who love plants and original room decor. In addition, you can conduct a scientific biological experiment by observing an artificially created ecosystem. The moss will not need to be watered at all and

Wooden dowels are used for assembling furniture, gluing panels and other joinery products. They are usually found on sale in sizes 8x30 mm and 8x35 mm.Sometimes dowels of a different diameter or length are needed. Make yourself such a device, and you

On the back side of most electric motors the shaft is cut off, but there are situations when it is needed. In this case, it can be increased. This is done in an accessible way that does not involve welding or using a lathe. Everything is possible