Metal crafts. Page 18

When performing plumbing and carpentry work, you cannot do without a vice. This is quite expensive equipment, the purchase of which is impractical for a small home workshop. In order not to spend money on factory vices, you can make them your own

The nibbler attachment on your drill, also known as the “cricket”, is very effective for cutting sheet metal and performing shape cuts. However, it is not possible to work with it with high precision on small parts. To take advantage of opportunities

It is inconvenient to perform the same type of work processing many identical parts in a vice. Their screws take a long time to tighten and unscrew, which wastes time. To clamp and remove workpieces faster, you can use homemade

The connection of a metal structure from a profile pipe usually involves the use of electric welding. When this is not available, you have to hire a welder, even if the amount of work is small, for example, assembling a gate to the backyard. If you want everything

Using a profile pipe in the manufacture of various decorative structures, you can apply an unusual 90-degree bend, similar in style to wood carving. It looks very impressive, so it automatically increases the value of the finished product.

When removing the head from the cylinder block, broken pins occur. This is a common problem that can be solved in many ways. The easiest way is to use an extractor to unscrew broken bolts, but it doesn’t always help. In such

The motor and gearbox from an old top-drum washing machine can be used to make a drill press. The use of these parts makes the assembly process very simple and cheap, since they are fixed on the mounting

Scissors are made from the same steel as knives. Thanks to this, fairly large scissors can be sharpened into a narrow blade, which is equipped with a Japanese universal utility knife. This tool is used for precise cutting of wood,

It may be necessary to perfectly align very thick steel wire. How to do it? It would seem that the problem cannot be solved in a home workshop. Since it’s difficult to even bend a wire 4-6 mm in diameter, let alone straighten it...

A file, especially an old Soviet one, is made of hard steel, so if you turn it into an excellent cutter, the blade will hold an edge well. The whole problem is that, due to its hardness, the file is difficult to process, so if not

When it is necessary to make an element with an angle of 45 degrees from a profile pipe, then usually two blanks are butted at 22.5 degrees, after which they are welded together. This is a very simple and fast method, but not the most beautiful. In the case when it is necessary

By default, a hammer drill is a purely repair tool for drilling in impact mode, knocking out niches, grooves in walls and various dismantling works. However, its functionality is much wider; you just need to install the correct equipment, which

The bolt can be used not only as a fastening element, but also as a blank for the manufacture of various tools needed in the workshop. Let's consider 4 options for such homemade products.

With a limited budget, balusters for balcony partitions and stair railings are usually made from profile pipes without the use of decorative forged elements. The result is a practical, but not the most beautiful design. To her

When you burn branches and leaves cut from the garden after a fire, a burnt gray spot remains on the area, on which nothing grows for a long time. Such bald spots look unsightly, so it is better to build a fire not on the ground, but in a portable one.

If you want to decorate the knife blade yourself with an inscription, pattern or small design, it is best to do this using the electrochemical method. It gives a greater guarantee of obtaining the desired result than mechanical engraving by an inexperienced master.

When repairing various power tools, such as an angle grinder, drill, screwdriver, hammer drill or jigsaw, it becomes necessary to change the bearing on the armature. Often he gets stuck and doesn’t want to act. In order not to bend anything, it is better

Having a home pool or garden pond, periodically there is a need to drain water from them, which requires a high-performance pump. If you wish and have time, you can do it yourself. Moreover, the homemade pump pumps water very

Tabletop metal shears are much more powerful than hand tools. They are quite capable of cutting 2 mm thick sheet steel, wire and thin reinforcement. Lever scissors of the lowest quality cost from $100, but a good tool costs several times more

Bending reinforcement using means not intended for this purpose is physically difficult, time-consuming, inaccurate and unsafe. If you have some metalworking skills, you can make a modified reinforcement bender designed for bending any

Typically, diamond-type screw jacks are used on passenger cars. Their main purpose is to lift the car to change a wheel. But based on them, you can independently make very powerful vices with high compression force.

In the household, this traditional material is used for fencing, erecting fences, making cages, enclosures, sieves for sifting bulk materials, etc. To reduce costs, instead of buying ready-made Chainlink mesh, you can

Replacing the oil filter is often accompanied by difficulty in removing it. It is extremely difficult to unscrew it only by hand. When faced with this problem, you can very quickly make a simple puller that allows you to easily unscrew stuck filters.

Even if you have the meager set of simple tools, with some persistence you can remove the pulley pressed onto the electric motor shaft and replace it with a drill chuck. The result is a tool similar to a drill press or drill.