Tools and fixtures for construction and repair

Tools are needed always and everywhere: when building or renovating a house, apartment, summer cottage. Any more or less serious business is not complete without these things. It seems that there are no problems: any instrument is on sale, go and buy it. And so it is. There is everything in a large assortment. The problem is that the choice is so wide that it is very easy to get lost. What could be easier than buying a paint brush? But when you come to the store, it turns out that this is not at all easy: different brush widths and lengths of the pile, the pile itself is natural, but sometimes it is synthetic, and synthetics are made of several types of fibers, which hold the pile together in several ways. Roughly the same is the case with the handle: what material, what length, width, straight or inclined ... Not easy. And this is a brush. How many more sophisticated equipment and fixtures?

If you can somehow understand intuitively with a hand tool, then if we are talking about a power tool, it is impossible to do without a minimum amount of knowledge. There are many characteristics, and you need to understand all of them. Otherwise, it may turn out that the purchased tool is not suitable for the work for which you bought it.

The section "Tools and fixtures for construction and repair" contains articles on the choice of different fixtures, devices and tools. And complex, technological, expensive, and simple, uncomplicated, cheap. Correctly selected they greatly facilitate construction work. Good luck!

Work with a manual router for wood and other materials begins with the installation of a router

Processing lumber, cutting in loops, making technological holes and notches, wood carving - all this can be done by such a device as a router. Moreover, this can be not only professional equipment, but also relatively inexpensive manual copies. But working with a manual wood router requires ...

Profile tube bender with lifting platform

When arranging a site or in preparation for the summer cottage and garden season, there is a need for arcs from a profile pipe. They are needed when arranging a greenhouse, assembling a gazebo or a shed. It is expensive to buy already bent arcs - the price is twice as high as for the same ...

Construction of a crown type concrete mixer

To maintain order, even in a small area, concrete is constantly required: pour the posts for the fence, knead the mortar for the masonry, pour the foundation for the gazebo, shed, shed, pour the slabs for the path ... but you never know the housework. Stirring in the trough is long and hard ...

For the improvement of the site, either mortar or concrete is often needed. Kneading it by hand is difficult and long, and the quality of the solution is far from the best: it is difficult to achieve homogeneity. But not everyone wants to buy a concrete mixer for its periodic use. Good exit ...

The main functions of the household grade level

Many building and finishing processes can be made faster and easier. You just need to know how to use a laser level, and of course get it. These devices are also called plane builders or levels. The most common option is prismatic laser levels. The body of this device has built-in ...

When welding thin metals, sheets overheat and bend

Welding thin metal is a challenge even for some experienced welders. Welding beginners generally have a hard time. The rules here are not at all the same as when welding thick products: there are many features and difficulties, which makes it harder to select modes and electrodes. ...

Types of welds by position in space: vertical horizontal, ceiling

In electric welding, an electric arc is used to heat the metal.It occurs between the part and the electrode - a rod made of conductive metal (sometimes non-metal). The metal melts from the arc temperature. The fusion zone at the junction of parts is called a weld (weld) seam. For different metals ...

This small box is the inverter welding machine.

In a private house and in the country, there is always a need to cook something. In order not to go to the pros on trifles (and not pay them), you can buy an inexpensive welding machine and learn it yourself. To acquire these skills, it is recommended to purchase DC welding machines, and in ...

Chameleon welding masks are presented in a wide variety. The choice is not an easy task at all. Moreover, it is not so much appearance that is important as quality indicators.

Chameleon welding helmets are so named because the light filter automatically changes the shade level depending on the light intensity. It is much more comfortable than a regular visor or an old type mask with a replaceable filter. Wearing a chameleon, you see everything well and before ...

Welding rectifier - reliable source of constant welding current

Building a house or renovating it often requires welding. Each time it is long and costly to seek help from professionals. Moreover, most of the work does not require any prohibitively high qualifications. Nevertheless, you have to pay decent money. If you are planning a construction ...

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