Garage

In this review, the author shares the idea of ​​how to make a mini desktop hydraulic press with your own hands, which is useful for various crafts. This will require a bottle-type car jack with a lifting capacity of up to 2 tons. For home use, such a jack is enough. As a basis, the author uses a piece of the channel.

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In this review, the author shows how to make a simple automatic latch for a garage door with a remote control. By installing such a latch, you can do without the use of padlocks. Even if there is a padlock on the gate, the automatic latch is more convenient to operate. To manufacture this device, you will need a control unit for 4 relays with a remote control, a metal strip, sections of profile pipes, a spring, a piece of a square, hardware and an activator of the car’s door lock.

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In this review, the author shows how to make a simple fixture for welding racks from a square and baskets with your own hands. With this device, evenly weld racks and baskets of metal, as well as balusters, will not be difficult. For the manufacture of homemade products you will need a corner 50x50 mm 29 cm long, a profile pipe 30x20 mm 9.5 cm long, as well as a 12 * 12 mm square and an M8 bolt.

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In this review, the author shows the manufacturing process of a vacuum chamber for the impregnation and stabilization of wood blanks. Wood preforms that have been processed in a vacuum chamber have noticeably improved performance. This allows you to make various parts and decorative products that are practically not affected by the harmful effects of external aggressive factors.

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Various home-made devices can significantly facilitate the work of the welder, and especially in cases where the same type of operation is required many times in a row. In this review, the author shows how to make a home-made clamp for welding workpieces at an angle of 90 degrees, and not in two, but in three planes.

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What to do if you need to temper a manual cutting tool for woodworking or homemade knives, but the hearth is not at hand? There are three options. The first is to buy a forge. The second is to make a hearth with your own hands. The third is to use the advice of the author and do an express hardening tool at home. We recommend you to read: Do-it-yourself gas horn from a 10-liter bottle Home-made horn from an old heater It is clear that the use of a blacksmith gas horn allows you to get a high-quality result.

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In this review, the author shows how to make a home-made machine for sharpening hacksaws on a tree with your own hands. A feature of this design is, first of all, in its compactness and versatility. On a home-made grinding machine, you can sharpen hacksaws with both a large tooth and a small one. First of all, from the profile pipe 30x30 mm, four workpieces must be cut (at an angle of 45 degrees on both sides).

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In this review, the author shows a practical way to install electric hoists in a home workshop. The same method can be applied in the garage. The article will discuss directly the method of suspension of electric hoists, as well as the manufacture of beams and carriages. Usually, an I-beam is used to suspend electric hoists.

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If you have purchased a semi-automatic welding machine, then you will need to take care of purchasing a trolley for transporting the cylinder. However, it is not necessary to buy it. It’s much cheaper to do it yourself. As the main material, you can use a profile pipe. A homemade trolley for transporting a gas cylinder is convenient in that it has compact dimensions, and it, along with the cylinder, can be easily placed in the car interior (if there is a back door).

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In this review, the master shares the idea of ​​how, using improvised means, you can make a fairly powerful spotlight out of spotlights. A home-made spotlight is useful in the workshop and garage, as well as in a private house or in the country. First of all, from the profile pipe 20x20 mm (or another size) we cut three workpieces 120 cm long.

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In the manufacture of decorative wood products, jewelry polishing of parts is often required to eliminate defects on the surface. For such work, a set of grinding stones that can be made independently is useful. In this case, the kit consists of three sanding stones. But you can make more, or, conversely, a smaller quantity.

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In this review, the author shows a very simple way to make liquid plastic at home. As the feedstock, you can use a plastic case (for example, from computer or household appliances). As containers in which liquid plastic will be prepared, it is necessary to use glass jars or plastic containers (for example, PET bottles or jars for testing).

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Walls from a gas block are increasingly found in private homes, gradually crowding out brick and stone (from a “shell”, for example). And many have a question: how is the fastener best suited for walls made of gas blocks? Which is the most ideal? And the most ideal for the average consumer is one that is reliable and cheaper.

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In the manufacture of any wooden products requires grinding of individual parts. And without a grinding machine can not do. In this review, the author shows how to make a budget version of the 2 in 1 grinding machine for the home workshop. The first step is to grind the round shaft from the bar. This can be done on a lathe or with homemade appliances.

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In this review, the author decided to experiment and make a home-made electric saw from a hand saw and a grinder. The main purpose of the electric saw is to cut logs for firewood. Although, of course, a factory electric saw or chainsaw will work much more convenient and safer. First of all, the author cuts a workpiece from the profile pipe, which will be worn on the shaft of the grinder reducer.

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In this review, the master shows the process of making a useful homemade product for the home workshop - a manual grinder. This tool is designed for grinding workpieces made of wood and metal, as well as plastic. The first step is to make a comfortable handle made of wood or plywood. In this case, there are two options - draw it by hand or draw from another pen.

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When you need to cut out small curly details, then this can not be done with an ordinary manual jigsaw. In this review, the author shows how to make a useful homemade product for the garage and workshop - a jigsaw machine. An electric jigsaw is used as an electric drive and crank assembly, and all other parts of the machine can be made of plywood or wood.

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In this review, the author shows the manufacturing process of a home-made manual machine. With its help it is very convenient to make arcs and half-arches from a profile pipe, strip, round timber and square. For the manufacture of the machine, the author uses trimming profile pipes 60 * 60 mm, several strips, a piece of pipe with a diameter of 25 mm.

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A metalwork vice is a necessary thing in any workshop. Today they can be bought without problems in the store (from the smallest to medium and large). However, it is much more interesting to work with a vise that is made by yourself. And to make them very often is cheaper than to buy. In this review, the author shows how to make a bench vise with a convenient swivel mechanism.

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In this review, the wizard shows the manufacturing process of a useful fixture that is useful in the assembly process of cabinet furniture. The main purpose of this homemade product is to drill holes for dowels in chipboard or plywood. Also, with the help of this homemade conductor, you can mark the places for drilling holes.

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