Metal crafts. Page 13

It's hard to imagine a more brutal ax than one made from chain. If the ax is not used for chopping wood, then this is a very interesting idea that can be easily implemented if you have a welding machine.

If you need to reliably and hermetically weld pipes of different diameters, you can use the old proven method by narrowing the end of the larger one. The resulting connection will not only be reliable, but also beautiful.

For a small workshop, a factory belt sander is too bulky. Instead, it is better to get a homemade attachment for an angle grinder, with which you can perform the same types of work.

If it is necessary to prepare wooden round dowels, you need to prepare a special round pin machine for this.It can be made from ordinary steel strip.

When repairing flywheels, pumps, drive pulleys and other mechanisms, it may be necessary to remove a pressed-in bearing that cannot be reached with any hand tool. A homemade puller will help you get out of this difficulty.

A quality large roughing cutter for wood turning can easily cost $50 or more. Having no desire to buy this tool for that kind of money, you can make it yourself.

Old pliers with a broken handle can be converted into a hole punch for punching tin and thin sheet aluminum. This tool is useful when installing blind rivets and performing spot welding.

When performing welding work, it may be necessary to fill a fairly wide seam. For a non-professional welder, this is an almost impossible task. In fact, everything is not so difficult if you use one trick.

For those who do not have a workshop and have to work directly in the apartment, an important parameter when choosing electrical equipment is its noise level. Finding such a tool is not so easy, but much of what you need can be done with your own hands, to

When pulling out potatoes with a walk-behind tractor, it is optimal to use a potato digger with a rumble. She puts all the tubers on top, so when collecting them you don’t need to dig into the soil with your hands. You can make a very simple digger with a rumble yourself.

Those who like to make fun of their friends will appreciate the idea of ​​a comic ax of a non-standard shape, in which the blade and butt are swapped. Despite its unusual nature, it is quite functional and can be used for its main purpose.

Right in the middle of summer cottages you can find old, de-energized concrete power line poles, which energy companies have no intention of removing. In this case, all worries about their removal fall on the shoulders of the site owners. Mainly the problem

Standard steel vise jaws leave deep dents on round and profile wooden workpieces, so you have to wrap them with rubber every time, which is inconvenient. If you have a router, you can make aluminum prismatic linings on

The circular disk is made of excellent steel, so you can cut a small, fully functional camping hatchet out of it. It will come in handy when fishing, on a picnic, and will also help out at home, for example, when cutting up chicken.The cost of a used saw blade is

Wing nuts made of non-ferrous metals are very rare, and you can’t buy ordinary steel ones in every store. If you can’t get nuts of the right size, you can simply cast them from aluminum. It's not difficult at all, you don't even need to cut into them

If you don’t have a garden auger, you don’t have to go to a hardware store to buy one; you can weld this tool yourself. To do this, all you need is an old circular blade and a couple of worn-out reciprocating saw blades.

Forged rivets can be used in the manufacture of various decorative and power metal structures. However, in order for it to be not only reliable, but also accurate, special stamps must be used when installing it. Let's look at how they

A special stamp is used to make shaped holes in thick sheet steel. He pushes them through using pressure. Such a factory-made tool is usually equipped with a hydraulic drive, which is why it costs an incredible amount.

Working with a dull knife is difficult and dangerous.If it slips off the material, it can injure your fingers. Manual editing requires experience, as it is difficult to maintain the sharpening angle along the length of the blade. Good devices for this purpose cost several thousand rubles. TO

To cut metal workpieces, you can make a band saw. Bicycle rims are perfect for use as pulleys. When using a sufficiently powerful motor, a homemade saw is generally in no way inferior to a purchased one.

If, when assembling a machine tool or other mechanism, it becomes necessary to make a housing for pressing a bearing onto a plate, this can be done in a regular garage without using a lathe. Moreover, the finished part will look like

If, when using a regular potato digger, weed roots and tops remains collect on it, causing the walk-behind tractor to be stopped periodically for cleaning, you can convert it into two stands, and the problem will completely go away. With modernized

When pouring concrete structures, you can use a homemade deep vibrator, converted from an old car shock absorber, to compact the solution. It works no worse than a purchased tool, and it costs nothing, minus a couple

To grind fruit into puree for squeezing juice on a press, you can assemble a simple crusher driven by a grinder. To make it, you don’t need welding, a lathe or other complex equipment; an angle grinder and a drill are enough.