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The handle: T
he handle give the tool its best usage. Precision, effectiveness without too much trouble. If you like tools with beautiful sleeves of a bygone era, go to flea markets, to museums and other exhibitions. The old tools had good handles, ergonomic before the time to facilitate the task and ease the pain. Look at the pear shape of an old screwdriver, or a shoemaker's awl.So, when you are painting, brushing or gardenening, think at the handle. That of a paint roller can provide access just above or just to paint with both hands: no power but makes a great service. A magnet at the end of a handle makes the search of the screw of needles easier. The handle must have the correct length, good size for his hand and not be slipping. A "ball" at the end, a gripping surface - inner tube bike, tennis racket grip - can facilitate the work.
Filing, grinding, scraping
- To sharpen, cut down: Glass, porcelain notched, forests blunted, knives and scissors, tiles of
earthenware, cutting angles to break (to round) etc.
Here is an enlarged fragment of grindstone for sharpening chain saw. This grinder red, thin to its competitors, however, is a bit expensive. It can be used with a drill in finding the right axis. Its thinness and quality of the abrasive are two advantages. Laid flat, it will serve to sharpen your tools. - To scrap: with a piece of saw blade (cutted with a grinding machine), a "putty-knife" (spatula) of glazier or painter, oyster knife, with a back fabrics or added wood). A chop/ cook knife. A steel blade of certain shoe-horn (tip or spring (one needs a cutting disc for drilling machine); With a thin steel blade one can scrape, take off an adhesive while slipping it behind the hook, remove a stone under the door (photo). A fine steel blade makes it possible to scrape, take off an adhesive by slipping it below, removing a stone under door etc (see Brico photographs). For a better use, these blades steel can also be sharpened on the stone. A CDROM can be useful to scrape a window glass, tiles (wall, ground) a working board. And its pouch, to protect a surface. |
- Scaler; for scaling old paintings, I used the following system : nail or screw 4 or 6 capsules of fruit juice, beer.., upside down (teeth up) on a block of wood, and fill up to two thirds the capsules with a paste "réparetout" (see also repair, replacing a broken element) of plaster, washer if you have some, of candle (to be tested) and so on, in order to economically reinforce the hollow of the capsule which would not otherwise stand the strain. that scrapes well ! you can from time to time sharpen them with a file; if these capsules were of steel, it would be fantastic. sanding, polishing - Sandpapering; orbital grinders with disc do very good work, less devastator that with the simple circulars. One can obtain a very fine finishing. They have clutching plates (with the right velcro discs) but one day, discs do not clutch any more, It is necessary to change the plate, but while waiting, stick the discs with adhesive neoprene on the plate ! tear off and restick. Miniature grinder for fine sandpapering-polishing (small surfaces, jewels). Use an electric tooth brush ; fix a tap rubber round joint directly on the steel axis. Make a hole in the disc, smaller than the axis, for example burning it with a needle to embroider heated on the gas or on the electric plate; one can bore completely and stick a second disc above the first one (cyanolit glue); then stick your sandpaper (fine or very fine (150 to 600) onto the disc (neopren glue) ; you can put a paste on it to be sandpapered if necessary or to tuse the toothpaste. Soldering technics with tin solder electric wires on electronic circuits - solder electric wires on connexions - solder tin on tin see fixing electricity |
half round fine file 13 cm (without the handle). The half round is my best choice, thinking to use it also on the back! |
Small hand drill. Inexpensive, it replaces a big powered battery
one to drill holes of small diameter.
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Mini saw, but great service for DIY. Blades sold in bunch we can change willingly. Possibility of round blades (right) for tile. May also cut a hole in the wood, cut etc.. |
Wood chisel small model. important tool, but rarely used in DIY : Useful to alter or digging a groove, cleaning a dirty corner. (Wood, plastic), remove thick glue, a wood outgrowth etc. |
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Rather unusual, tools, but very useful.
Brussels clamp (very thin end). Nothing to do with tweetzer Hemostat pliers (see electronics or fishing stores, I saw one cubit). Right hand, dentist spin to drill tubes of glue, unclog very fine holes or make small holes (just ask, coarse and fine, if you dare). |