Lifehacks and useful tips. Page 14

Many have probably come across various decorative items made from glass bottles, which are used to decorate open shelves, coffee stands and chests of drawers. They look quite unusual and beautiful. But you can make a more exotic decor than just

A dacha is a place where city residents take all the unnecessary trash from their apartments. However, upon closer examination, you understand that some things are made to last, and it’s a pity to throw them away. Oh, for the torn upholstery we need to say “thank you” to our

When working in a home or workshop, you sometimes have to solve problems for which there simply is no special tool. In this case, you need to manage to get out of the situation. Let's look at 4 everyday situations and how they can be solved.

Sweaty feet are a sign of improper metabolism in the body. Today, not only the male half of the population suffers from sweating feet, but also the female half. How often have you found yourself in a situation where, having come to visit and taking off your shoes, you noticed

When sewing or repairing clothes and backpacks, you have to sew in a new zipper. It is rarely possible to immediately select the right length, so a snake is often purchased straight away, without upper and lower limiters. In this case, the slider is not put on it, and it

If you need to cut glass, for example, to repair a broken window, and you don’t have a glass cutter in stock, you don’t have to buy one. For a one-time job, you can save money and use a fragment of a ceramic spark plug insulator. He

Many people underestimate the reuse of PET bottles in everyday life, and as it turns out, it is in vain. After all, the ideas for using them seem limitless. Here are just three ways to use a bottle at home or in the workshop.

When cutting boards and other lumber manually at a right angle, the saw cut often deviates by a couple of degrees. You can increase its accuracy by installing a miter carriage on the saw. It is made with your own hands from available

Someone will say: “Cut off the clamp and tighten a new one, the price is 0.3 kopecks...” But in life, anything can happen and a new tie may simply not be at hand, etc. To unfasten a fastened nylon tie or collar, you will need to make a simple

When making stands, shelves or radius fronts from plywood, it may be necessary to bend it. It is difficult to steam the workpiece and twist it; moreover, with increasing humidity, products made in this way tend to flatten over time.

Rusty scraps of pipes and other scrap metal, which at first glance seem like they belong in a metal collection facility, can be turned into something useful. We offer 3 great ideas that allow you to make a necessary household tool out of trash. At least one of them is for sure

To accurately cut plastic pipes, it is worth making a very simple device. With its help you can get smooth ends without noise and dust. This is perhaps the most convenient solution for those who do not have the appropriate power tools for such

To hang the TV on the wall, you need to buy a special bracket separately. However, it is much cheaper to make a simple suspension instead. Its cost price is just a penny, and it holds it very reliably.

Making a high-quality permanent connection of thin metal using manual arc welding with a coated electrode is not an easy task even for an experienced craftsman. But with the correct selection of the welding mode, electrodes and movements with them, this work can be handled by

When manufacturing welded structures from profile pipes, open ends remain, which it is advisable to plug. Firstly, they don’t look very good, and secondly, without them, moisture and debris get into the pipes, so they rust. Close the tubes when

Typically, soldering and surfacing use a filler wire fed into the arc zone at a specific speed. To learn this, you need solid practice. There is a way to carry out such welding, accessible even to a novice welder, and at the same time

Many problems can be solved by resorting to tricks and homemade devices. We offer 3 ideas that will be useful for the home craftsman or do-it-yourselfer. It really works, and it works great.

This life hack is perfect for those who don’t have an angle grinder or those who cannot use an angle grinder in a hard-to-reach place. For example, it is necessary to cut off the ring of a pipe coming out of the wall. The pipe can be either metal or plastic.

To join two pieces of angle at right angles, almost all welders cut the workpieces at 45 degrees. The result is excellent, but only if the trimming is done with a miter saw. When you have to cut with a grinder, then

In the manufacture of parapets, stair railings, fences and other metal structures, various decorative strength elements are used. The use of such artistic forging products is very expensive. However, you can do

When it becomes necessary to insert a tap into a container with a narrow neck, difficulty arises because your hand cannot fit into it. As a result, it is not possible to insert the fitting from the inside. There is really no way to solve this in a normal way, but there is a small

Situations when guests spill wine on upholstered furniture happen in every family, when friends and relatives gather for another celebration. As a result, after the holiday I will have to not only completely clean the apartment, but also clean the upholstered furniture.

For reliable protection, the cable is often pulled not in a thin corrugated pipe, but in HDPE. This allows you to protect it from almost any negative impact. The only problem is that HDPE pipes do not have wire for drawing, like in corrugated pipes, so

Varietal trees can be propagated without grafting, simply turning excess branches that should be pruned into seedlings. It is so simple and quick that from one mother tree you can make a whole young garden in a season. Try this one