Our land is rich in natural gifts. Among them, a special place belongs to precious, semi-precious, and ornamental stones. It is no wonder that working ornamental stone attracts many craftsmen and enthusiastic amateurs. And to do this successfully, desire and talent alone are not enough — you need special tools and at least a minimum Read more…
An apparatus for gas cutting and welding of various materials, including refractory metals, would hardly be unwanted in any household. Especially a compact one that is completely safe to handle. But where can you get such a device? And for many people buying one is simply out of reach. Yet among supporters of small-scale mechanization Read more…
Old master carpenters have one very convenient universal tool that is worth reminding home woodworkers about. This fixture is called a weima (a wooden clamping jig). It is an indispensable helper when you need to glue frames, make a panel from boards, or assemble so-called case furniture from panels using glue. The weima itself is Read more…
The woodworking machine presented to the readers’ judgment I designed myself, fabricated with my own hands, and now successfully use when building a house on my plot. I am becoming convinced how successful the design turned out: compact, technologically sound, and, I believe, quite suitable for “replication.” The machine is so simple that an overly Read more…
For most people, mentions of a dental drill bring unpleasant feelings. But for a skilled craftsman the attitude toward this equipment is different. Perhaps only this mechanism makes it possible to machine complex surfaces and hard-to-reach places in contoured parts. That is why, among other necessary fixtures and equipment, an electric rotary tool (dental drill Read more…
For those who have not yet acquired a welding machine (WM), I recommend making one yourself based on a failed asynchronous electric motor. The costs are minimal, and as for the result… And there are quite a few designs that can be used to turn a scrap stator into a solid welder (see, for example, Read more…
In the cramped conditions of a city apartment, finding space for a bulky workbench is practically impossible. But mine, when folded, takes up very little room. What’s more, it is light enough to transport in summer to a garden plot and continue working outdoors. The workbench consists of two separate parts: a removable worktop board Read more…
I offer hobbyists a homemade desktop drilling machine that uses a hand drill. A hollow tubular column is mounted on a sturdy base, and a rod is installed inside it so that it can move. On one side of the rod a toothed rack is cut for the vertical feed drive, and on the other Read more…
It is well known that metal hacksaw blades are made of excellent steel, so any fragment, even a small one, can be considered a starting blank for a wide variety of cutting tools. The options given here are far from exhausting the variety of devices that can be made from broken saw blades. First of Read more…
I offer home craftsmen (and not only them) a tool for welding plastics. However, it can also be used for a wide range of technical creativity tasks — for example, to blow solder off dismantled electronic boards. After all, the temperature of the air coming out of the nozzle tube will reach 300°C, and it Read more…
