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Many people have unnecessary old chainsaw chains lying around, from which they can make a kind of milling cutter attachment for an angle grinder for processing wood, which is needed on the farm.

There was a need to process a large piece of wood, for example, to create a sculpture for the garden or a chair from a stump. With a regular chisel, all this will take months to do. A branded instrument is not cheap, you have to go somewhere and buy it. After

Small cracks in wood are not dangerous and are natural. It’s bad when the defect reaches a width of 3-5 mm and spreads in length over the entire surface. Moisture that gets into the crack leads to wood rotting. The bark beetles that have settled there will undermine it from the inside.

The need to cut internal threads in the holes of wooden parts may arise when performing various types of work, for example: when assembling furniture; when constructing shelves or stands in utility rooms or garages; during assembly

Sometimes the handle linings of knives break off, especially if they are made of plastic. It’s a pity to throw away a knife plate, especially when the blade can still serve for a long time. First, we will discuss two ideas for restoring a knife handle, and then

The familiar steel is an alloy of iron and carbon. Pure iron is malleable and soft, its scope of application is limited. A variety of rolled steel and steel products vary significantly in hardness and ductility with different heat treatments...

Sometimes, in a country house, garage or home, it is necessary to weld two pipes so that the end part of one fits tightly, without gaps, to the cylindrical generatrix of the other. Only in this case the connection by welding or soldering will be strong and

For the strength of the connection and long service life of wooden products, such as chairs, tables, cabinets, shelves and others, tenons are used as fasteners, reliably connecting the bars to each other through holes called sockets. Making a nest for spikes

Small 2-stroke single-cylinder engines of low power are widely used in everyday life. They are used on chainsaws and motor mowers, in motorized ice drills and gas-electric units. And also in other models of equipment.

The need for a simple and reliable home hiding place is obvious. It's easy to make a false bottom in a desk drawer yourself. This is a very effective hiding place.

The method of strong soldering of products made of various metals is carried out by heating the soldered parts with a gas burner and using brass as solder. With the widespread distribution of copper automobile radiators, soldering with brass was

There are shortened hacksaws for metal, which require special short blades, which today are almost impossible to find on the shelves of our stores. You can get out of this situation by shortening the standard hacksaw blade, which has

Aliexpress has a wire called welding wire. With its help you can solder not only aluminum, but also almost all metals! This three-meter wire with a melting point of 360 degrees Celsius will cost approximately $11 54

Interior doors in our apartments and houses last for decades, but if there are small children who love to ride on them, this period can be significantly reduced.The screws connecting the door leaf to the hinges will eventually break the wood and may

The strength and hardness of wood is several times less than that of metals, even something as soft as aluminum. Therefore, when working with wood, especially at the final stages of its processing, you should be especially careful.

Anyone who has ever dealt with welding has probably paid attention to the clamping of the electrode - one awkward movement, and the rod changes angle, or may even fall out. Of course, professional welders do not face such situations, but

After repairing a car, worn-out parts and assemblies remain, unsuitable for direct use, but which are of a certain value, both due to their material and residual functionality.

When manufacturing or processing wood parts, in some cases it is necessary to determine where their geometric center is located. If the part has a square or rectangular shape, then this is not difficult to do. Enough

Wooden boxes today are very popular among the fair sex. After all, they are very practical and roomy. In addition, such a box fits perfectly into the interior and is a real decoration of any room.

Quite often, when making wood crafts, it becomes necessary to apply various symbols, for example, letters and numbers, to the surface of wooden products.

Wing nuts, like regular hexagonal products, are standard hardware that can be easily purchased at any store that sells building materials or hardware.

How to drill high-speed steel grade P6M5 or HSS according to the European designation? For example, we made a knife from a blade from a mechanical saw, and we need to drill holes in it with a diameter of 5-6 mm for pins to install and secure the pads

When screwing a self-tapping screw into solid wood, you may encounter the notch on its head being torn off or the head itself being torn off. As a result, a screwdriver or screwdriver can no longer unscrew the damaged fastener. Despite such difficulties, removing the damaged

Keychain containers are usually very small in size to make them easier to carry with your keys. Such capsules are mainly intended for transporting tablets. For people who need to take medication on a regular basis. But this