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How to update the car headliner

The problem of sagging fabric on the ceiling of my "Vectra B" I encountered last year. I entrusted this work to the provincial "master", which I regretted more than once. The new fabric began to peel off just a month after the restoration. This was the first bell. I again handed the car over. However, after the second call, the light disappeared in the cabin.

Homemade grinder based on a conventional grinding machine

On the basis of the electric sharpener (grinding machine), you can make a home-made grinder for the home workshop. On such a grinding machine it is convenient to sharpen knives and process other workpieces from metal, wood, plywood. For the manufacture of the grinder, the author uses a profile pipe 30x20 mm, a gas lift (used in furniture production) and some other metal blanks.

DIY cardboard candy machine

How to make a candy machine out of cardboard at home! Why bother with coin-operated vending machines? Building a candy machine is an exciting activity for the whole family. This craft is nothing complicated, you will need: cardboard, sticks, acrylic glass and, of course, a lot of sweets. Glass can be cut from transparent plastic bottles.

Tool for mounting threaded rivets

Threaded rivets are used not only during construction or repair work, but are also widely in demand in the process of manufacturing various "home" DIY crafts (for example, from sheet metal or shaped pipes). They are an alternative to standard threaded joints or welds.

Plastic suede peony

Such a hairpin will last a long time and bring joy. Because this material is not afraid of water, does not fade and does not crease. For work, we need: - Suede in three colors - pink, a little purple and green. - scissors. - hairclip. - glue gun. - a piece of foil. We will prepare templates for our peony.

Barbecue from a bowl for cooking outdoors

For this useful homemade product you will need a kitchen bowl or any other hemispherical container (it is advisable to use stainless steel cookware). In this case, a metal dish lid is used. And the first thing on it is to cut the handle. Then you can proceed to the main stages of work.

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How to make an extension cord for a diametrical cut

Very often when working with a milling cutter you need to make a part or blank of a round shape. Under normal conditions, this is not so simple. The homemade product, which will be discussed in this review, will simplify this operation, simplifying it as much as possible. For this homemade product you will need several strips of metal, knurled screws, drilling and grinding tools.

DIY springs

Steel springs can be of different configurations and it is not always possible to get the right type - the product is quite rare on the market. For this reason, for my needs, I make them myself. What we need A lathe and a pipe of the required diameter with a fixing bolt; Steel wire of the required diameter; Nippers; Thickness gauge; Reference engineer mechanical engineering for the calculation of springs; Calculator; Measuring compass, pencil, ruler and note paper.

Country gas stove from a pipe

If for some reason electricity is not connected to the summer cottage and main gas is not supplied, and there is no electric generator at hand, then it is not necessary to spend time preparing or heating firewood to make firewood or make a fire. There is an alternative option - to make a homemade gas stove from a conventional steel pipe.

How to make a folding mini knife from old scissors

In one of our previous reviews, we talked about how to make a miniature knife out of scissors with a beautiful textolite handle. However, then only one half of the scissors was used. You can read more about homemade products here. In this article, the author decided to use the second half of the old scissors, and make her an original mini knife, but not an ordinary one, but a folding one.

Restoration of an old "killed" table

An old table, loose and shriveled, and besides, creaky, like an ungreased cart, itching hands to send to a fire or landfill. But if you work on it a little, you can get a very good furniture accessory, such as a coffee table (if you shorten the legs to a certain length), or a table for a TV.

Homemade SMD Remover without Hair Dryer

Surface mount electronic components, unlike traditional radio components, do not have flexible leads. Passive elements are made in the form of a cylinder or parallelepiped with metallized ends. In microcircuits, where there are many conclusions, the electrodes are short and rigid, they can not be bent. To remove the soldered SMD part from the board, it will not come out to heat with a soldering iron and separate each pin in turn to bend it from the contact pad.

How to make blinds from wallpaper

How to close windows from the sun? You can buy blinds, or you can make them yourself. Such blinds will be much cheaper and they can be made for any interior. For the manufacture of home blinds need wallpaper. It is best to use vinyl wallpapers 50 cm wide. Such wallpapers just cover the half of the frame.

Repair of plastic screw mounts

This is a very common occurrence when the threaded sleeve breaks in plastic products. This can happen both from the excess of the twisting force, frequent disassembly of the assembly, and from the aging of the material itself. After all, plastic or plastic products do not last forever and eventually lose their original properties.

Odorless vacuum cleaner

If you are the owner of an inexpensive vacuum cleaner, then you know that during its operation the room is filled with the smell of dust. This is due to the fact that the filter of the vacuum cleaner cannot cope with small particles of dust and instead of eliminating them, on the contrary, they spread around the house. I will not talk about the dangers of these small particles, but simply offer a couple of tricks to reduce their spread.

How to make a skylight in a private house yourself

A home-made dormer-window is not only a stylish decoration of the interior, but also a useful functional element that allows you to fill the house with natural light. Moreover, due to the fact that the skylight is “built-in” in the roof, it “supplies” much more light than ordinary windows. The location of a home-made dormer-window in the area of ​​the roof ridge allows making its production as simple as possible, without a complicated water drainage system.

Soft toy without a pattern

The history of sewing toys, including soft ones, begins long before our era. Toys from which they just did not make: wooden, from the bones of animals, porcelain, clay, shreds, etc. In those days, toys were expensive and almost inaccessible pleasure for ordinary people, as they were rare and cost a lot of money.

How to quickly cook beets in the microwave

You want to cook a salad with beets (for example, “Vinaigrette” or “Herring under a fur coat”), but you don’t have time to boil this “long-playing” vegetable? Perhaps, one should not deny oneself pleasure, and cook beets in the microwave? Then you do not have to wait for the water to boil, to regulate, and then also control the level of its boiling during cooking.