20 Brilliant Ideas From Genius Handymen You Need To Try

Tired of those everyday workshop struggles? From crooked drill holes to messy glue jobs, we've all been there. But what if simple household items could become your secret weapons? In the next few minutes, we'll show you brilliant workshop hacks that will save you time, money, and frustration. Tired of your drill going in at an angle instead of straight? For a perfectly straight hole, use a metal angle bracket. Place it on its edge against a wooden block. Position the drilled bit in the corner of the metal profile and begin drilling, holding the tool strictly in this position. Now insert a screw or nail, it will go in perfectly perpendicular to the base. Turn a broken hacksaw blade into a useful tool. Cut off a suitable piece from the broken blade. Connect a utility knife blade and the hacksaw using a bolt and nut. Drill several holes of different diameters in the hacksaw for various cable thicknesses. To use, insert the wire into the appropriate hole, press it with the utility knife blade and rotate. The insulation will easily come off without damaging the wire. After gluing two pieces together, such as wooden blocks, excess glue often leaks out. Run the edge of a drinking straw along the glue line. The straw will easily collect all the excess glue that is seeped out. This is a simple way to keep your work neat without smearing glue all over the surface. Create a tool for quickly changing the locking ring of an angle grinder. Place the ring on a wooden block and mark the position of all four holes with a marker. Insert screws at the marked points. Cut off the screw heads, leaving only the shanks. Use the finished tool by inserting the protruding shanks into the ring holes. Simply turn the block and the ring will easily unscrew. This will significantly speed up changing discs on your angle grinder without using special tools. For convenient application of expanding foam and sealing spaces, use a simple tool. Put a long silicone tube on the dispenser of the foam can. Secure the connection using plastic zip ties. Attach a plastic pipe of the required length. Now you can easily direct the foam even in hard-to-reach places under the ceiling without pressing the can against the surface. Now I'll show you how to make a handy tool from a pipe and rope to retrieve items from hard-to-reach places, such as behind a cabinet or heavy furniture that's difficult to move. Restore loose furniture hinges. Remove the hinge from the cabinet door. Tightly hammer wooden sticks into the enlarged holes. Put the hinge back in its original place. This simple method will extend the life of your furniture without replacing hardware. If a screw hole is too wide, use a wooden dowel. Sharpen its end with a knife to the required diameter. Hammer in this dowel and cut off the protruding part. Now insert the screw into the filled hole. It will hold securely. If a wrench is too large for a nut, insert a coin between the nut and the wrench. Turn the wrench while firmly holding the coin in position. If necessary, you can use a metal washer or other flat metal object of appropriate size instead of a coin. And here's a simple tool for evenly spreading glue on a surface. Create a threaded hole in wood using a power screwdriver. Instead of a drill bit, install a threaded metal rod in the chuck. The resulting hole with internal threads will be much stronger and more reliable for screwing in a bolt. Take a small piece of plastic pipe and make a hole in it like this. Insert the end of the wire into the hole and rotate. You'll get an even, neat coil that's difficult to make with bare hands. This is especially useful when working with soldering or other rigid wire. Take a plastic bottle cap and rub it on sandpaper until the top part is completely removed. Pour oil into the bottle. Cover the bottle neck with a piece of gauze or thin fabric and screw on the prepared cap without the top part over the fabric. A convenient applicator for applying oil to wood is ready. Get perfect round blanks from various materials using a hammer and metal pikes of different diameters. Secure a thin drill bit in a power screwdriver using a simple tool. Take a tube from an ordinary ballpoint pen. Insert the thin drill bit into the tube about 2 centimeters. Cut off the excess part of the tube. Clamp the resulting structure in the screwdriver chuck. The drill bit will be securely held thanks to the increased diameter. Create a convenient tool for carrying large sheets of drywall using rope, plastic tube, and metal profile. Cut off the valve stem from a tire and attach it to a plastic bottle cap. Make a homemade funnel from plastic caps and a bottle. Use this funnel to pour oil into the bottle and close it with the cap with the valve stem. Now you have a convenient oil can for lubricating parts. To reduce sparks from an angle grinder, stick aluminum adhesive tape on its protective guard. But this can only be used for a short time as it reduces cooling of the disc. And here's a very convenient way to draw precise and perfectly even circles using a nail and a tape measure. Use the notch on a utility knife blade for easily stripping insulation from cables.