Metal crafts. Page 23

When performing carpentry and other work, mounting brackets may be required. Sometimes you really need a lot of them, which costs a pretty penny. It is much cheaper to make them yourself using a miniature sheet bender. As a material for making

It is possible that the need for hexagonal holes may arise when making homemade devices or repairing faulty equipment. For this purpose, there is, for example, a series of expensive tools. To avoid spending money, you can

For work, you can take pipes of any cross-section: round, square, but we will focus on rectangular products. The main principle will be the same everywhere: for precise joining of the connection elements, their ends are cut at 45 degrees each time.

Steel springs can be of different configurations and it is not always possible to purchase the desired type - the product is quite rare on the market. For this reason, I make them myself for my needs.

A coil of steel tow rope is often found in the trunk of a car. Hooks are usually placed at its ends. Under load when towing, they can break, after which their heavy fragments, accelerated by a spring-loaded cable, fly into the car,

In mechanisms of previous years of production (machine tools, gearboxes, drives), gears and gears were often made of gray cast iron, which, at low and medium loads, were not inferior to their steel counterparts, and the iron casting process was simpler and cheaper

Among detachable connections, threaded connections are especially common. They allow, if necessary, to disassemble the assembly into parts without damage, and then reassemble them again. For this reason, they are designed and produced in large quantities.

Every tool has its time. But this does not mean that it should be thrown into a landfill, because some of its parts can still be used. For example, as in today’s case with a broken angle grinder (angle grinder). Let's try to make it interesting

Hammer rivets are an alternative to welding or threaded connections.To keep them securely, you need to choose them correctly. Standard rivets are not always suitable, so sometimes it is preferable to make them yourself.

I urgently needed a hinge for an iron door made of a square pipe to a utility room. I couldn’t find it in the workshop, and I didn’t want to go to the market at all, and then I figured out how to easily and quickly get out of the situation. In addition, the time spent on replacement

Usually, unnecessary or excess plantings are removed manually, using common means (shovel, hoe, ketmen, etc.), with a lot of physical effort and time. At the same time, you can make a homemade uprooter to remove small

Hi all! I am retired and love to tinker in my home workshop. I assemble various devices with my own hands, implement life hacks, and sometimes experiment. Like any home craftsman, I never throw away used hardware -

How to make a square hole in any workpiece? Anyone can drill a round hole, but sometimes you need to make a square hole. I needed to make a large square hole in a round piece to

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

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 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

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.

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

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

There is probably nothing more tedious and annoying than looking for the cut off end of a roll of tape.It's not the most exciting activity. Especially under artificial lighting. A dispenser for adhesive tape is not exactly a necessary thing, but it can do anything