How often the master has to deal with minor difficulties in work ... Either the measurements are inaccurate, or the nails fall. But it happens that a mountain of unnecessary old tools lies in a box, but it’s a pity to throw it away. This article lists the TOP 10 useful tips and tricks that will help the master in some matters and tell you how to find a new destination for old things.
10. What can be done from waste metal sheets
From broken canvases you can build a center finder for round objects. This will require three paintings and a little savvy.
With a ceramic drill, we expand the hole in the canvas to the desired diameter.
For better drilling, you can add a drop of oil. Then we twist all three products with a lamb bolt.
We fix two at an angle of 90 degrees, and the third - strictly between them, at an angle of 45 degrees.
If you just start looking for a center with the help of a manufactured item, nothing will work. With a real center finder, the ruler runs strictly along the bisector, and in this case it runs in the middle of the canvas. But if on a round surface mark lines on two sides, and again on the other two sides, draw a diagonal, then you can find the center.
At the very least, but it works!
9. Tool cooling during sharpening
Some of us had to drag the file onto the chisel. In order not to burn out the thin edge of the blade, you can put a thin wet rag under the tool. It can be not only a chisel, but also an ax, and a cutter, in general, anything. Wet rags will cool the iron and prevent it from overheating.
It is better to replace the cloth with a sponge, as the fabric and the rotating tool are not very good neighbors.
8. Detect clogging in flexible corrugation
How to make a corrugation audit? You need to enlighten it with a flashlight, then you can see the cork, that is, a blockage, or an extraneous object that is stuck in the system.
7. How to make sure that a smooth tool does not slip on the surface
Slipping can interfere with accurate measurement. Moreover, damage delicate material. To prevent this, furniture chippers made of silicone can be glued to the back of the line. With them, the tool stands as if "in a dug", and you can safely work without fear of damaging the material during measurement.
6. Hotmelt instead of chippers
If on wooden of furniture There are no silicone chippers, we will replace them with hot-melt adhesive. Degrease the wooden surface and apply a drop of glue. You can press it lightly with a knife and wait until it hardens.Then cut the drop to the desired thickness and use it instead of the furniture chipper. The glue is no worse and keeps excellent!
5. Masking tape as a mark
We wind the masking tape over the drill to indicate the depth of drilling. Leave a small ponytail. Starting work, you can accurately determine when the intended depth will be reached - by flying sawdust in all directions. Simply and easily.
4. If a magnet falls out of the bit holder
When a bit does not magnetize a self-tapping screw, then all the work for the master turns into torment. But there is a way.
We take old headphones, ordinary droplets, not vacuum ones. We disassemble. The magnet inside is ideal for a bit holder. It remains to stick it - and, ready, the self-tapping screw rests on the bit, as it should be.
3. How to determine the place of obstruction in the sewer pipe
A flashlight in this case will not help, as in trick number 8. The sewer pipe simply does not shine through. But you can use a scanner.
Scan the pipe. We mark on the pipe the places where the device indicates an object or blockage. We put marks in the form of dashes: the beginning and the end. It is done!
2. Hook from the old roulette.
When the construction roulette has outlived its time, you can unscrew the hook from it. This is a universal holder for any tool!
The hook can be screwed to any item. For example, to a hammer, and then easily hang it by the belt.
By the way, for the hammer you can come up with one more device: attach two rings from the cornice to the belt and fasten them together. A simple and proven hammer holder is ready!
1. How to apply VD-40
VD-40 fluid is a very useful thing to use. But meanwhile, it is very sprayed upon application. How to learn to apply it delicately?
We collect the VDshka into the syringe, and with the help of it we carefully deliver it to the intended place. There, where a whole fountain of liquid is not necessary. For example, to handle the castle.
These little tips will help the master, it would seem, in simple but tricky things. Try the tricks in practice and make sure they work!
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