Metal crafts. Page 4

To close the door from the inside, valves of various designs are used. Most of them are not original. If you have a little free time, you can make an unusual, but at the same time simple, trouble-free valve,

A solid fuel stove with fast heating, high heat output and efficiency will not be out of place in a garage or other utility rooms during cold seasons. It can be done by any adult with basic metalworking skills.

In houses of the old housing stock you can still find a heating system or water supply system made of steel pipes. Their rusty, many times painted leads are difficult to unwind, so if necessary, make an additional line, for example, for a heated towel rail,

Such a self-closing latch will be convenient for outbuildings, country houses, gates, etc. It can be made from scrap metal using simple tools and does not require any special knowledge, skills or experience.

People who are passionate about working with metal, after acquiring basic skills, try themselves in creating original things from metal. Tying knots from a round rod or rebar not only pleases the aesthetic taste, but also represents a practical

Modern door closers are expensive, rather complex, but often not very reliable designs. This unit is not at all difficult to make with your own hands from leftover materials based on a regular torsion spring for mere pennies.

Old cast iron radiators are obsolete for use in heating systems of modern homes. But don’t rush to sell them for scrap, as you can make a lot of useful things out of them. A striking example of this is the fireplace stove, which will

In some cases, in a household or country house, expensive factory-made hinges can be successfully replaced with homemade ones. Moreover, this does not require valuable materials and high qualifications of the performer.

Working with power tools and power machines is certainly very convenient and fast, but there are times when only manual equipment can help out, for example, when there is no electricity. For such cases, you can do the most necessary things in advance

In a padlock, the locking element in the form of a shackle is not protected by anything and can be easily sawed through or simply pulled out of the body with a small crowbar. We will enclose it in a steel box and thereby increase its reliability against hacking by unauthorized persons significantly. For

Sometimes it is necessary to bend a profile pipe into a ring. Considering the rigidity of such rental, it is quite difficult to perform such an operation. But by making a simple device from leftover metal, you can turn a profile pipe into a ring

Depending on the diameter and length, a raw log can weigh from 100 to 1000 kg or more. You should not try to lift it off the ground even on one side. Absolutely nothing will come of this. But if you have a simple but special software

Expensive equipment that few people can afford unless they plan to use it professionally. For amateur use, it is more profitable to make it yourself. In homemade lathes, saws and similar machines

This simply designed lock is very convenient and reliable in operation. It cannot be opened from the outside without knowing the access code, which can be easily and quickly changed if desired. To make such a lock, all you need is the ability to use a grinder, a drill and welding.

Sometimes, to brew a mug of tea, you have to fire up a large stove or potbelly stove. This is especially noticeable in a country house where there is no gas. With some old iron and some tools you can make a mini potbelly stove. The design requires

A garage, country house, barn or tool cabinet must be closed so that unauthorized people cannot enter or open it. Of course, door latches can be purchased at the store, but why waste money when you can make them

After dismantling, heavy, lime-covered cast-iron radiators make you sad and it’s unclear what to do with them. But if you think about it, they can be usefully used in the household, for example, to make a fireplace stove, quite original and

Drivers do not have much confidence in the manually operated diamond screw jack as it is not strong and rigid. But it can be modified, which we will do using leftover metal. Moreover, such work will not require special

Metal bending is a rather labor-intensive, precise and complex stage in the manufacture of many metal parts. Without special devices, it takes a lot of time, effort and nerves. A simple metal bending tool you can make

Chains are used to tie animals, lift water from a well, hang structures, loads, etc. They are used to make children's swings, decorative fencing, jewelry, etc. Chains are an expensive product, so it makes sense to make them yourself

Some used auto parts almost never lose their dimensional accuracy. We use this factor to make a useful tool for cutting the edges of round pipes and then joining them at various angles.

It is possible to assemble metal structures from profile pipes without using a welding machine. For this purpose, embedded elements and bolts are used, due to which such a connection is dismountable. In terms of reliability, it is not inferior to welding, and at the same time

In bad weather, the wind blows into the chimney, causing reverse draft. As a result, with strong gusts, smoke comes out of the stove or boiler into the room.This problem is solved by installing a weather vane. It turns in the direction of the wind, blocking

For independent production of screw piles for the foundation of buildings, driven fence posts for fencing a dacha or farmstead, strength and decorative elements of gates, gates and for some other cases, it is necessary to make the correct and complete