Armrest for car

Perhaps every car enthusiast dreams of a car that stands out against the backdrop of the faceless gray mass of similar models. The desire to travel with convenience and comfort in their vehicles forces car owners to look for original

Chair restoration

I have had a chair in my dacha for a long time, since my grandmother’s time. I always really liked it, and then I came up with a plan for its restoration. Moreover, recently “vintage” has become increasingly important. Then I decided to move

Top shelf for car

The UAZ-31512 car was produced in Soviet times; there was no talk then about the comfort of a car designed for walking through forests. That is why the owners of this car decide on modifications of various kinds: someone puts

Ladies' notebook-card holder

Every lady probably has a notebook in which she puts her plans for the day, various reminder notes, inserts business cards and discount cards, pastes in commemorative theater tickets, which only remind her of many things, and

Horizontal bar, parallel bars and press

In order to keep myself in shape, I made a special exercise machine, which includes parallel bars, a horizontal bar and the ability to pump up the press. For this we needed a profile pipe, foam rubber, plywood, leatherette and special grips for the handles.

Universal bench with racks

A universal bench with racks is a simulator for the main disciplines of strongman: bench press with a negative and positive inclination of the bench, French press, squats, including the Scott bench press for biceps. In order to make this simulator it was

Foam toys

We often throw away things that seem absolutely useless to us. But sometimes even out of nothing you can make something original - to the delight of children and adults. Many people have leftover foam rubber at home that sits and collects dust. let's try

Attic insulation

I started insulating the attic floor by insulating the under-roof space and walls, then installed additional elements of the heating system and supplied backup power for the circulation pump. The walls and roof were lined with multilayer

A pincushion made from a transparent jar

I once had a pincushion - very beautiful, with a transparent cone-shaped lid, but completely uncomfortable. The needles stuck out of the pad in different directions, so it was impossible to close the needle case with a lid. The needles kept falling out and

Unusual flower glowing in the dark

Today we will create an unusual and somewhat provocative craft - we will paint a living flower and make it glow.Our goal is to create an unusual composition without the use of electronics and causing minimal harm. On the Internet

Painting ceiling tiles with acrylic paint

To paint ceiling tiles we will need the following: - a tile with a smooth (non-structural) surface and a large relief pattern, - a large artistic brush or a very small paint brush, but I prefer to use a small one

Mechanical toy - “Tumbling Bear”

This toy differs from factory-made mechanical toys in that it does not require either a factory or batteries, since it moves according to the laws of physics - the transformation of potential energy into kinetic energy. The main detail of the tumbling bear cub is

Pincushion - fly agaric

There is an old proverb: “Like finding a needle in a haystack.” It is really very difficult. So at home, you need the needles to have their own place. To do this, I propose to knit a needle bed called “Amanita” with my own hands.

Wireless headphones or a second life for Bluetooth headsets

This article is written for those who have accumulated a lot of electronic and broken junk at home, but it’s a shame to throw it away. I got everything for free and I only benefited from this homemade product. And so I had Explay headphones and a Prolife BT55 stereo Bluetooth headset.

A gift for your loved one – a pencil holder with ducklings in love

A handmade pencil holder can be a wonderful gift for your loved one on Valentine’s Day.For it you need to have the glass itself and two knitted figures of ducklings: a boy and a girl.

Headboard

Of course, this is not a simple headboard, but something useful and creative. And why only for the bed? This idea can find other uses in the interior, everything is limited only by your imagination.

felted toy

Felted cats and bear cubs, original felt beads and earrings - all this and much more can be created with your own hands if you master the simple felting technology. Felting wool does not require either complex tools or large working hours.

Restoring dried out cartridges

Quite often, owners of inkjet printers are faced with the problem of a “dry cartridge”. This happens because the printer has been idle for a long time. To prevent this from happening, experts advise printing one sheet of paper on the printer at least

A simple but effective fight against computer noise

I always thought that the noise in a computer was created solely by the fans running inside to circulate air. Oh how wrong I was! After all, the bulk of the noise is created by the computer case itself. All vibration from all workers is transmitted to the body

How to make a robot arm for animatronics.

To create a robot arm, you use a piece of corrugated plastic tubing, a CD case, twine, glue and duct tape. The manipulator itself is strong enough to hold, for example, a bottle or a cell phone.