THE GRIP ON THE LEASH

VISE ON A LEASHBench drilling machines (such as NA-10, NA-12), as a rule, is at any station of young technicians in every school workshop. There are some in our school (I work as a teacher). And once a pupil of the 6th class when drilling holes in small parts dropped it in a vise. Began to turn them over to get the detail, didn’t hold, and the grip fell to the floor. Only by sheer luck that this incident was closed with a foot injury, although the consequences for the child could be much more serious. I think that such incidents are not uncommon: in school workshops and at the premises of technical circles often seen on the floor next to astelinastelin press dents from the clutches of the fallen.

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ON THE HEAD, NOT THE FINGER!

ON THE HEAD, NOT THE FINGER!It would seem that there is nothing easier, than to hammer in a nail. This can make any boy, not to mention women. Why is it even the men but this seemingly simple operation sometimes does not go smoothly: the nail is hammered badly and suddenly bent; or the hammer blow falls not on the nail head, and a finger!

It turns out that this common and seemingly simple process has its rules and peculiarities, which cannot be ignored.

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MELTING FURNACE

MELTING FURNACEThe furnace is designed for metals with suitable melting temperature in a volume of 10 cm3. It is an electrical transformer, the secondary winding ends of which are closed with a conductive vessel in which melting occurs. Oven can be used for artistic casting, in jewelry, for casting billets, alloys.

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WORKBENCH-THE TRIPTYCH

WORKBENCH-FOLDINGTo design present a universal (I believe) bench is a necessary desktop DIY I came across several years of studying technical creativity. It was designed based on their needs. But I think about the same requirements to such equipment his Studio have most other home handymen. Workbench foldable and small in size. However, due to the original pressure of the knot on it to handle you can pin a fairly large parts and products, installing them in a vertical plane, and at multiple fixed angles.

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CUT SLOTS AND GROOVES

WE WILL CUT THE SLOTS AND GROOVESIn the conditions of a home workshop without special tools and fixtures can be performed, perhaps, only the so-called “collective” keyway: when impaled on the shaft gear or pulley is drilled by the drill joint hole centered on the circle stitching. Then in this hole is inserted a cylindrical key. But such a connection of the parts securely — no wonder because it is not in any Guest.

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ARSENAL HOME WORKER

ARSENAL HOME MASTERToday’s “unobtrusive service”, which have to apply for the small problems of household systems, effectively “bite”. Even the call an electrician, technician or plumber to diagnose, not to mention the simple elimination of minor faults, is quite expensive.
Therefore, minor damage or imperfections is much better to perform on their own. But to do this at home worker should be at least the most basic set of working tools. But if the head of the family or children, there is also passion, desire something to make with your own hands, you will need an Arsenal of tools.

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VENEER DO

VENEER DODuring the construction of the models is often necessary to apply a veneer of varying thickness. Typically the desired thickness is obtained by grinding with fungus with glued on end cloth, is inserted in the Chuck of the drilling machine. This method is most affordable, but it has several drawbacks: poor performance, inability to process veneer with thickness less than 0.5 mm, because of the rotation of the fungus veneer escapes from the hands and broken, and finally, the main drawback is the large air pollution wood dust. To handle more than three or four plates is not possible even a respirator.

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GLUE COOKING

GLUE COOKINGAdvantages of adhesive bonding are well known. So to advertise no need. Amateur masters have long been actively using the method of bonding parts in their designs.
Currently, the range of materials has expanded considerably, and each requires its own glue. Need, unfortunately, is not always on sale. But in hardware stores and in the pharmacies you can buy individual components from which it is easy to make adhesives for many materials.
Today’s edition of the “Club house masters” introduces readers to recipes for adhesives that can be manufactured at home.

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WITH ONE CALL

LOTUSIn your journal in one of the rooms of yesteryear has published an article — “the plug”. I must say that the proposed options combined metal dowels rather complicated to manufacture, but their use is justified for hollow panels and panels of partitions, which in modern buildings are not too frequent. Novosel is usually found with the need to drill or punch holes in concrete, brick and rarely in gipsolitovye panels, and requires significant skills, experience and special tools. Besides produce during operation the noise causes discomfort to the neighbors.

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AND SHARPENING, AND DRILLING, AND MILL

Universal woodworking machine in the embodiment horizontalscrollmode machineTo create a lathe-boring woodworking machine me prompted memories of school days when in the classroom I received the first skills of work on a lathe — lesson interesting and exciting. Since then, as they say, much water has flowed, but the desire to do of wood pieces of furniture with a beautiful chiseled details is preserved, but the necessary lathe I had. And I decided to do it, adapting to the bed of the other machine, consisting of a “circular saw” and electrofunk (see “M-K” № 1 ‘2011), thus obtaining woodworking mini-complex.

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