You will not regret the money spent on purchasing materials and everything else to make this convenient assistant that can solve the problem of storing tools, accessories and fittings in a small workshop.
Are tools, supplies and other equipment scattered everywhere in the workshop? Gather them together and sort them to not only keep them organized, but also deliver them straight to your workspace with this convenient, hassle-free design. Each drawer has two handles; it can be removed from the body and moved along with its contents wherever needed. Or you can take them all out to make the case lighter for carrying up stairs or loading into a car.
- Overall dimensions, mm: 1016 x 457 x 915 (length x depth x height).
- Learn how to correctly connect parts made of plywood, the thickness of which differs from the nominal thickness.
- Simple design - only glue and screws are needed for assembly.
- The boxes removed from the body are nested one inside the other to make them easier to carry.
WHAT YOU'LL NEED
- Materials: two and a half sheets of 19mm plywood, half a sheet of 6mm plywood, one 19x140x3000mm pine or poplar board, four wheel supports and screws (details at the end of the article).
#betterathome. How to customize hand tools: practical ideas
Despite the rapid development of technical thought and a huge number of various power tools, no one has canceled manual labor. Hand tools are irreplaceable and are always needed, no matter what kind of work you do. Even if you use newfangled technical devices, the final word still remains with the hammer and chisel, that's a fact. And if we talk about fine work, then hand tools have no equal. True works of art are created by hand. For this reason, the attention and interest in such a tool is special, and true craftsmen use individually tailored tools, often improved for special needs. The second reason for refinishing a hand tool is the need to give it a second life. If it has a comfortable handle that fits well in the hand, or a suitable length, but the blade is sharpened or the nozzle is damaged, this does not mean that it is time to part ways. The author of the YouTube channel Stroyhak knows a lot about this kind of improvement. You can take a lot from his experience.
Maracas, shakers - rattles
You can make musical noise instruments with your own hands from a variety of containers. Metal coffee cans, plastic yogurt bottles, Kinder surprise egg cartons, wooden boxes, and even inner paper towel or toilet paper cylinders made of cardboard are suitable for crafts. Only the latter need to be sealed at both ends so that you can put anything there. A shaker is also made from two disposable cups, gluing them together with tape.
To create a sound effect, grains, sand, small pebbles, beads, shot, and buttons are placed inside the container. You can attach handles to round containers and paint them with acrylic paints. Then you get very beautiful musical noise instruments, which you can build with your own hands from scrap materials.
Transformation from file to chisel
Nothing lasts forever, this is a fact that directly applies to tools, even those made of high-quality steel. Take, for example, a file. Sooner or later the day will come when its working surface will no longer be usable. But don’t rush to throw it in the trash, because it’s actually very easy to use it in a new capacity.
PHOTO: YouTube.com When sharpened correctly, you will get a very sharp edge with the properties of a shaving blade. If desired, it can be hardened
In order for the chisel to be complete, you need to remove the notch from the surface of the file and sharpen the blade on the whetstone.
Castanets
Children love to make a variety of crafts together with adults. You can also make musical instruments with your own hands at home.
You can make castanets using two large buttons with loops attached to them. These devices are worn on the thumb and middle fingers. The castanets knock when they touch and a sound is produced.
You can make quite interesting crafts from absolutely unnecessary things, prepared for disposal in the trash. Do-it-yourself musical instruments are created by gluing covers onto cardboard pieces, after which the blanks need to be fastened together by folding them perpendicular to each other.
How to get a clogged silicone tube back to work
This is an eternal problem: if you once open a tube of silicone, then after some time it will be problematic to use it again, because the silicone that has filled the spout hardens, and in order to remove it, you will have to poke around in it for a long time and tediously, removing the obstacle piece by piece. Meanwhile, the solution is very simple.
PHOTO: YouTube.com Remove the clogged spout from the tube
PHOTO: YouTube.com The most common way to remove the contents is to use a self-tapping screw, which can be screwed into the frozen silicone and pulled out, but in most cases the composition simply crumbles, partially remaining in the spout
PHOTO: YouTube.com Then restore the shape of the spout by wrapping it with electrical tape or masking tape. Wrap more tape around the base so that the spout can be screwed onto the tube
PHOTO: YouTube.com Again, use silicone, sealant, glue or mastic. If after some time you need to use the tube again, simply remove the tape, clean the spout and continue working.
From a double-sided blade ─ into a jigsaw file for wood and metal
Double-sided saw blades for metal and wood made of good steel are a valuable thing. Over time, the middle of the tool wears out, but the edges remain sharp and can be used.
PHOTO: YouTube.com Select the edge that is least damaged by work and cut off that part with a saw blade
PHOTO: YouTube.com Cut the file exactly in half lengthwise and carefully process the edge so that it is perfectly even
From metal sheet to stripper
As mentioned above, metal files that break rather than bend are not suitable for conversion to power tools. But you can find another very worthy use for them.
PHOTO: YouTube.com Step back from the edge about one and a half centimeters and drill a hole with a diameter of 1-2 mm in the file. Then make a V-shaped cut. Sharpen the edges with a grinder. This difficult task requires mastery of the instrument.
PHOTO: YouTube.com Wrap the handle first with a thin wire and then with electrical tape. This will give you a comfortable handle that fits well in your hand.
PHOTO: YouTube.com The result of all this work is a manual stripper, that is, a tool for stripping wiring. It easily removes insulation in just a couple of movements. The sharp edge of the cutout cuts through the plastic insulation and only requires one directed movement to release the cores
From a worthless screwdriver to a handy awl
Screwdrivers fail very often. The tip “licks off” and it is no longer possible to use this tool.
PHOTO: YouTube.com But your favorite screwdriver has a comfortable handle, and there is no need to part with it, you can give it a second chance, but in a different quality
PHOTO: YouTube.com A homemade awl can be used for its intended purpose, and can also be used to mark on metal or wood
Whistles and pipes
It's easy and simple to make children's musical instruments with your own hands that produce sounds when the performer blows on them. They are made from hollow stems of grass blades, the bark of twigs, plastic handles, and cocktail straws. If the latter are cut diagonally at different lengths, you can get whistles that produce different sounds.
Whistles are also made from bean, pea or acacia pods. In childhood, everyone “played” such a musical instrument at least once.
Craftsmen make pipes from wood by cutting holes in hollow tubes. But this requires special skill. No less difficult - and just as interesting! - make a toy whistle from clay or salt dough. Usually a version of the “Dymkovo” toy is used here. Although you can make a little thing by hiding a ready-made whistle inside. By making several of these toys that make sounds of different pitches, you can even play some melodies on them.
You can make homemade musical instruments with your own hands from almost nothing. For example, a cap from a plastic bottle, on which a piece of rubber cut from a burst balloon is stretched, will become an exciting toy for a child.
You can also use empty bottles as a whistle. If you blow into the inlet from top to bottom, applying the container only to the lower lip and holding it vertically, you can make amazing sounds! Musicians change the inclination of the “instrument”, the distance between the lips and the hole of the bubble, the force of blowing air, and different melodies are born.
How to modify a regular hammer
Is it possible to do something new with a hammer? You will be surprised, but there is a modification option that will later seem very convenient to use.
PHOTO: YouTube.com It doesn't matter the size of the hammer, modifications can be done with a small tool or a standard one
PHOTO: YouTube.com Drill a blind hole a centimeter from the striker, a centimeter deep and with a diameter slightly larger than the diameter of the nail; you can countersink it a little
PHOTO: YouTube.com Now the secret to using this upgrade. If earlier you hammered a nail and bent it with several blows, then the sharp tip of the nail remained on the surface. Now place the tip into the hole in the hammer and bend it, and then hammer
A nail fixed in this way will not scratch anyone.
"Litrophon" or "singing bottles"
Today, more and more often, performers with such interesting instruments appear on stage that you are amazed! And what don’t they make them from! You can make unusual musical instruments with your own hands, for example, from bottles or wine glasses, filling them with water.
Different heights of sounds produced are achieved by the amount of liquid poured, the material used to make the dishes, and changes in the volume of the container. The less water is poured, the thinner the sound. For beauty and convenience, the liquid is tinted.
What can be made from a regular bit holder
Screwdriver bits are a necessary thing, but if you have one extra, you can improve it.
PHOTO: YouTube.com If you have a bit without a magnet or a little damaged, it can be repurposed to tighten fasteners with a non-standard head
PHOTO: YouTube.com The modification is very simple: you just need to make a small slot in the base of the bat using a grinder
PHOTO: YouTube.com All the modification will take you a couple of minutes, now the bat can be used for a new purpose
This bit will cope with non-standard fasteners, for example, with hooks
As you can see, such alterations are very simple to implement, and can bring considerable benefits. You just need to find a little time to give your tools a new life. Any of the above examples will find its place in your workshop.
In addition to this collection, there are 3 more master classes on making homemade instruments in this video:
Simple do-it-yourself trolley for a walk-behind tractor (drawings)
The trolley for a walk-behind tractor can carry a load of 400-450 kg plus the weight of the driver. It can easily carry six or seven bags of potatoes without being overloaded.
Drawing of a trolley for a walk-behind tractor
Description:
- 1 — bracket for attachments of a walk-behind tractor;
- 2 — console;
- 3 - carrier;
- 4 — footrest made of boards20;
- 5 — driver’s seat made of s20 board;
- 6 - frame;
- 7 — body made of s20 board;
- 8 — support beam made of timber 50×50, 3 pcs.;
- 9 — M8 bolt;
- 10—thrust ring made of pipe Art. 58×4;
- 11 — wheel from a motorized stroller, 2 pcs.
The trolley carrier structurally contains only a few parts, fastened together by welding. The most congested part will be the interface between the drawbar and the turning part. Therefore, additional stiffeners need to be installed in this place.
Trolley frame
It is made from steel angle and pipe scraps with round and rectangular cross-sections. The whole structure looks somewhat intricate and has an excessive margin of safety. It is designed for use on rough terrain and hence difficult operating conditions for the cart.
