Metal crafts. Page 20

If a knife or some other hand tool for wood is not hardened, then it quickly becomes dull and difficult to work with, and it takes a lot of time to process the material. Usually they are hardened using a forge. But even without him

Even experienced welders take into account the fact that when welding thin metal, it can burn out. Therefore, they recommend carefully preparing workpieces for welding, using suitable electrodes, choosing the optimal current strength and using special

Rear brake pads that have served their purpose are usually thrown away, although the metal from which they are made has good technical and operational characteristics. They can be successfully used for making various crafts, including

Profile pipes, which are not inferior in strength to round ones, have a number of significant advantages when creating metal structures and constructing load-bearing frames for various products or buildings. However, the smooth bending of such rolled products without special

It is very difficult to drill a large number of holes in metal parts without punching the center; the drill constantly moves off the usual mark. We recommend a simple punch made from a car valve and a bicycle hub that will save your hands

Plastic and rubber watering hoses, especially long ones, are not easy to unwind and rewind every time. Leaving them on the beds or lawn for the whole season is also not a good idea: you will constantly cling to them with your feet, and you can accidentally damage them.

Semi-automatic welding (MIG/MAG) includes a welding arc power source, a reel and wire feeder, gas equipment with a gas cylinder, wires, a torch, hoses, etc. If welding work is to be done outside

Frequently used working tools are subject to severe mechanical wear. That is why it is desirable that all its elements are made of wear-resistant materials. If the wooden handle of an old knife or cleaver is worn out, you can

This stove can be used to heat a garage, a new building in cold weather, or be used in the yard for cooking. Its manufacture does not require high qualifications, scarce materials or special tools.

To bend metal workpieces evenly and accurately, a bending press is required. This is expensive equipment, the purchase of which is advisable only for professional activities. To solve amateur problems, you can make the press your own

Like any professional equipment, a router costs a lot of money. It is mainly used in the manufacture of furniture. For use at home, it can be made on the basis of an angle grinder (angle grinder).

Such a homemade machine will make the life of craftsmen much easier, who often have to cut metal by hand with a hacksaw. The main drive is an electric meat grinder. The machine itself is made from rolled metal.

If you don’t have a factory clamp on hand to secure the hose to a pipe, tap or pump nozzle, then this can be done using annealed steel wire and pliers. But the reliability of such a connection will be low, since the sharp edges

In carpentry and plumbing, clamps are often used, which take a long time to compress and unclench. Their quick-clamping analogues hold workpieces weakly, so they are not applicable everywhere. However, there is a design for a powerful quick-release clamp,

Cutting vegetables into rings on an industrial scale, for example, when canning homemade preparations, is a routine and complex process. It is much easier and faster to chop them mechanically using a homemade slicer. Although its production

Without a vice, many jobs will become difficult to complete, while others will remain unrealized. The price of an ordinary bench vice is from 5,000 rubles, which is a considerable amount. It makes sense to make them yourself, because this does not require special skills, tools and

Sometimes, after purchasing a hand tool, it turns out that it is of low quality due to flaws in the hardening at the factory. Let's consider a method of heat treatment of screwdrivers, chisels, drills, knives, etc. at home. But it should be noted that hardening

Many people have old manual meat grinders lying around their forge - it’s a shame to throw them away, but there’s no point in using them. There are several options for “modernizing” it; you don’t have to throw it away; the old thing can still be useful. We propose one of them - to make it

A jammed bearing can rotate on the shaft, gradually erasing it by fractions of millimeters. If you do not change it immediately, then in the future the new bearing will no longer fit, so you will need to build up the leaky shaft. This is usually done

It will not be possible to quickly replace the wheels of a machine using a hydraulic or screw jack, since these mechanisms are not fast-acting. If you value your time, then in addition to the jack or stop, make a simple contraption,

For normal operation of the walk-behind tractor on loose soil, lugs are required. When manufactured at the factory, they are inexpensive, but if you make them yourself, they will cost almost nothing at all. At the same time, self-made lugs are much more

Good crafts can be made from literally anything. An example of this is a cross-cutting machine for a grinder made from a parent’s handle from a child’s bicycle. This is a removable part, the need for which disappears when the child begins to ride

Although the universal or one-piece door hinge is not particularly intricate in design, it often serves as the basis for the manufacture of original and useful homemade devices and devices.Today we will try to transform the loop into

Over the years, products lose their functionality and become unsuitable for their intended purpose. For example, no matter how much you restore an old rusty metal canister, it is no longer suitable for storing fuel - you can’t renew it from the inside. But don't rush