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Excellent probes for the tester and other measuring instruments are obtained from … disposable syringes. To do this, in the bottom of a plastic cap with an awl is pierced through hole, and the plastic part of the needle is cut off (shown dashed). Remains dull the needle with a needle file, and to the Read more…

When drilling brick or concrete wall it is necessary to periodically clean the hole from dust particles. Some people use a sort of syringe, the rubber bulb. I propose to use in these cases wetted in water and braided between two segments of wire with a piece of cotton. The dust adheres and is easily Read more…

Drilling steel mechanical hand drill even in the upright position without special tools is not easy: need and pressure to create, and perpendicular to endure. What if you set one of the axes of a two speed drill heavy flywheel? Here, the gyroscopic effect will get, and the increased mass with the increase in pressure Read more…

If the usual wooden handle plant shown on the picture sleeve with the threaded end of the welded nuts will get a “turret” tool, which, depending on the screw-in replaceable tip turns into a rake or a shovel, hoe, cultivator and even an ice pick for chipping ice on a winter track.

Modern plastic pot from under the Packed products have nice shape, and often color. The deepest of these, may then serve as containers for growing seedlings or suspended pots for indoor plants and flowers.

Universal hook for easy carrying of bulky household items is easy to do from suitable tubing such as a roll-away bed. Especially for heavy things need an assistant and a second hook. Wearing cuts rubber or plastic hose will add convenience to hands and protect against scratches things.

Carrying water-filled bucket at a great distance, it is difficult to ensure that it is not spilled. The problem will remove a simple technique, often used by rural Housewives is sufficient to lower the surface of the water with any floating disc, for example, plywood.

Under certain operating conditions (e.g., vibration) threaded connections progressively’m quite unhinged by it. To avoid this, do not have to screw the lock nut: its role can play and a kind of cap, bitumen or melted plastic coated on the end of the bolt and nut.   V. GOLOVASHIN, Rybnoe, Ryazan region.

Thin drill bits are known to clamp in the Chuck of the drill difficult. However, there is a cartridge that copes with it easily — as used in the compass. That and they need to use it. Installing it in the drill and releasing of the leg of a compass, then insert it into the Read more…