Metal crafts. Page 7

The industrial or industrial style gave birth to techno. All these styles are distinguished by brutality, extensive use of metal, and a sharp transition from one form to another. If you are a follower of this trend, then having the initial skills of a mechanic

To make holes for planting very quickly, you can use a small auger and a cordless screwdriver. With such a device it is easy to plant flowers, seeds, and tree seedlings. You can make such a drill with your own hands.

In order to very efficiently clean small metal parts from rust and paint deposits, you can make a small tumbling chamber. A drill is suitable as a drive for it, but any available electric motor can be used. This

Owners of garages and workshops worry about the safety of their tools and other valuables stored there. Such buildings always attract intruders. We offer the design of a very simple homemade lock, which can be opened

The motor from a washing machine can be used to make a small, compact belt sander. The power of such a drive is quite enough for the homemade product to turn out no worse than a purchased grinder. This is really a real machine

To combat large weeds, you can make a specially designed tool. It allows you to grab the trunk of a large weed and pull it out by the roots without damaging the surrounding plants. You can also use it to dig up seedlings for transplanting.

The presence of metal-cutting tools in a home workshop requires a sharpening machine at a price of several thousand rubles. With some skills of a metalworker and a novice electrician, you can make such a device yourself with minimal

For the doors of outbuildings in a country house or farmstead, it is not necessary to spend money and buy factory-made locking products. If you have basic plumbing skills, you can make them yourself from waste materials and almost without spending money.

When making structures from profile pipes, they often have to be connected at different angles. Cutting by eye leads to large errors and the joints turn out flimsy and unsightly. Below is a very simple markup method:

A pole pruner may be needed to trim top branches or harvest the tops of trees. A tool like this on a long shaft can cost $100 or more. So, to save money, it is better to do it yourself by repurposing an old pruner.

When installing fences, gates or gates, you want to highlight the outer posts by decorating them with a knob. This can be done in different ways. We offer a technology for creating a top on the edge of a pillar from a 100 mm profile pipe by bending it.

Elements twisted into a spiral from a steel strip serve both as part of the power structure of window and door grilles and as a decorative decoration. Making them using universal tools requires two people and frequent heating.

Straight arms and a little intelligence allow you to invent a variety of tools and devices to improve your life. We offer 3 ready-made ideas that are easy to implement. At least one of them may be useful to you in the near future.

In garden plots and summer cottages, after pruning trees and thinning bushes, harvesting vegetables, and cleaning the area, a lot of branches, tops and weeds are formed. To dispose of them, there are expensive factory shredders. So as not to waste

To quickly and easily remove bearings, you need a puller. It allows them to be dismantled without damaging them, making it possible to reuse them. Making such a device from scrap materials will not be difficult, especially since all the components

For quick, precise assembly of frames, special clamps are used. They allow you to compress parts sawn at 45 degrees at a strictly right angle. It is very rare to find such a clamp in an ordinary construction or hardware store, so it

Using simple devices, you can easily transform a steel strip into a ring along the wide side. Bending on edge is much more difficult, and not everyone can do it. Having made another simple device, the transformation process

For a small workshop, a full-size bench vise is an unacceptable luxury. They are expensive, and there is nowhere to put them. For the average user, small removable vises are sufficient, which can be removed from the table when not needed. Trial

If you don’t have a puller for bearings, then dismantling them usually turns into long tricks trying to make do with improvised means. Take 1 hour and make a roller chain puller. With it you can remove bearings in 10 seconds.

When working in a workshop, the need for clamps constantly arises, and there are rarely enough of them. We offer a method for their manufacture. It allows you to make any required number of clamps with a minimum set of tools.

For precise, controlled sharpening, it is very convenient to use a sharpener with a stop table. It allows you to correctly position the part in order to set the desired angles when stitching. If you don’t have such a machine, you can make a stand for the grinder,

A factory horizontal bar or crossbar for an apartment may not always fit into the specific conditions of a given room, and the price of this projectile starts from several thousand rubles. This is a power sports equipment for pull-ups and other strength training

Many people have several 100 or 200 liter barrels that sit idle. So that they do not waste useful space on the site, they can be put to good use. Here are 3 great ideas where they can come in handy.

When working in a garage or workshop, a vice is often not enough. It is much more convenient to process many, especially long parts, pressing them against a workbench. You can make a simple page specifically for this.