Metal crafts. Page 14

The drum from the washing machine is made of stainless steel, which allows it to be used as a base for assembling a centrifugal juicer capable of pressing fruit juice on an almost industrial scale. The resulting

Feeding farm animals requires large volumes of grated vegetables to be prepared daily. If we are talking about ducks, geese, chickens or one pig, then this can be done quite successfully on a homemade feed cutter with a manual

For precise cutting of sheet materials, you can make a miter saw with a broach driven by a grinder. It will also allow you to cut long rolled metal, and when installing the appropriate cutting disc, it will be able to work with lumber and

Outdated mechanisms can be used to make other useful tools and devices. This will rid the site of accumulated scrap metal, and will also allow you to abandon the purchase of factory solutions.

When performing various work in the workshop, powerful clamping pliers may be required, effectively replacing a clamp and a vice. They are useful for fixing workpieces when cutting, gluing, drilling or welding. Thanks to the

If there is a large amount of work to be done to clean pipes from rust, then you can make a machine that can do this 100 times faster. Its design provides for the installation of two grinders for a 125 mm disc, so if you have them, then

To squeeze juice out of large quantities of apples, pears, plums, peaches, apricots or grapes, you need a press. They can process hundreds of kilograms of fruit in a matter of hours. For greater results, you need to load crushed fruits into it. Let's consider

To drill a large hole, you need a crown, whether purchased or homemade. Naturally, homemade is preferable, since it costs practically nothing. If the store is far away, then doing it yourself is the most convenient solution.

For fishing and picnics, you can make an ax-hammer from a rail. If it is equipped with a handle made of an aluminum profile pipe, then it will also be possible to store various small things in it, such as fishing line with hooks, a tripod for a pot, matches or even a small

If you need to drill just a few holes in metal or wood, there is no point in buying a set of drill bits that will then lie around idle. For this task, it is more profitable to make a crown of the required diameter from an old socket head.

To quickly and accurately drill workpieces, you need a drilling machine. This is quite expensive equipment, the purchase of which is usually unprofitable. For the average user, a more suitable solution would be to make a guide stand for

Using a couple of large bearings and some scrap metal, you can make a compact manual bending machine for bending thin tubes, strips, round timber and rebar at an angle or making radius fillets. The proposed design is simple in

If the cutting tool is made of bad steel, then ordinary hardening in water will not save it. To correct its softness and increase wear resistance, it can be cyanidated before hardening using yellow blood salt, also known as

When working with reinforcement when pouring a foundation or reinforced belt, it has to be bent at different angles. If you use only a hammer and anvil, the preparatory process before pouring concrete will take days. Speed ​​up multiple times

If necessary, it is possible to extend the electric motor shaft with a threaded rod. This method will help even if the shaft does not extend beyond the bearing at all. It is necessary to drill a hole in the motor shaft for the stud. To do this exactly without

For outdoor cooking in a cauldron, you can make a portable stove from old rims. This is much easier than making brickwork, and besides, such a stove can be hidden when not needed or taken with you on a picnic.

Standard shop hoes are made of carbon steel, so they quickly rust and require frequent sharpening, which is further complicated by the rather thick blade. You can make an “eternal” and comfortable hoe, and at the same time save money

There is always a job for a small anvil in a home workshop. You can use it not only to straighten nails or make staples, but also to perform some blacksmithing operations - forge a blank for a kitchen or hunting knife, flatten

In addition to its main purpose, a regular bolt and nut can also be used as a material for the manufacture of various devices. Let's look at a few of these homemade products that may be useful.

To install threaded rivets, you need a special tool. In most cases, its purchase is impractical, since the need for it arises extremely rarely. In this case, you can make a rivet holder for a threaded rivet with your own hands.

To improve the opening in front of the steps, block the entrance to the landing, or to solve other problems, you can install a partition with a honeycomb lattice. It looks very dignified and neat, which makes it hard to believe that it can be welded

In Finland, in addition to a regular cleaver, a lever cleaver with a shifted center of gravity is also used for chopping firewood. Due to its design, when immersed in a log, it moves to the side, due to which it splits with less effort.

To light wood or coals, you must first chop wood chips. Using only an axe, this takes quite a lot of time each time. In addition, it is difficult to aim evenly with an ax at such small firewood, which is why the wood chips often do not split all over.

When laying large-format tiles, even with the SVP system, the seams often come apart, since it is difficult to move it with the adhesive after the additive. To prevent this from happening, you can make a reverse hammer. It is convenient for them to lay tiles even under the wall, where the usual