We decided to raise the topic of how to choose a hammer for a reason. It turns out that this question, which, as they say, “is not worth a damn,” is still of interest to a large number of people. Even in such a matter as choosing a fairly simple hand tool.
In our article, we will not focus readers on the features of various types of hammers, their classification and differences. We want to give basic, so to speak, everyday advice to ordinary people who decide to replenish their home tools with such an important and necessary tool as an ordinary hammer. If you need information about what kind of hammers exist in nature, what they are for and how they differ, you can refer to our article "Hammer" , which covers this topic quite well. And now back to the main topic of our article.
A very large number of people ask this question when deciding to purchase a hole drilling tool in their home kit. Without going into the issues of differences between different models of drills and rotary hammers, without getting hung up on brands and their cost, using our own experience and the experience of acquaintances and friends involved in the field of construction and repair.
To begin with, for people who are not very well versed in construction tools, we will give general data regarding tools such as a drill or electric drill (hand drills are now very difficult to find) and a hammer drill.
Indeed, despite the fact that they are similar in appearance, these are different tools and the internal arrangement of the mechanical and electrical parts works differently for them.
Taking into account the development of technologies in the world, tools, including construction ones, are constantly being improved. If a couple of decades ago, fingers on the hands would have been enough to list a home construction tool, now there are much more of it in the set of a home craftsman. More and more electric and petrol tools are bought for the house.
Consumers often try to choose a convenient and practical tool, including a cordless one. Along with the instrument, the means of measurement are also being improved. There used to be a tape measure and a meter, now there is just nothing, including such a useful and convenient tool as a laser level.
We note right away that the laser level is quite an expensive thing and not everyone can afford it, but it is so convenient that there are probably no such masters who would not dream of a good laser level.
The grinder, or how to call it correctly, the angle grinder is especially popular in almost all construction specialties.
Initially, it was only used for grinding, later it began to be used more as a cutting tool for metal and stone. As a consumable material in the grinder, the so-called cutting wheels are used. They can be for various purposes, but in this article we will focus on cutting wheels for metal. First, some general information:
Cut-off wheels are analogs of the grindstone used by our ancestors to sharpen the cutting edges of tools. The difference is that the cutting wheel is made artificially, it is made in the form of a circle (for sharpening from a rotating engine) and is made of small thickness so that the cut is small.
Most people are well aware that drills are designed to produce even holes of a given diameter in parts or material. Holes or recesses can be of very different purposes, but since we are talking about metal drills, we will disclose this information specifically in relation to metal.
As a rule, drilling of metal parts or parts of a material is carried out to fasten them to each other using bolts, screws or rivets. You may also need a hole for mounting any equipment, etc. To make holes in metal products, usually classic drills are used.
They are a short metal bar made of stainless steel, on the working side of which there are spiral grooves.
For many home craftsmen, such a type of work as glass cutting is a rather urgent issue. This may arise in connection with the pranks of children, when a ball or a toy flies into glass and breaks it, and if necessary, put a home-made window in a barn or garage, because it makes no sense to order small and non-standard windows. To perform such work in the arsenal of a home master, there must be a special tool - a glass cutter.
In modern hardware stores there is a fairly large selection of glass cutters and we will try to reflect in the article the main points that you should pay attention to when buying this tool. You can also read about what types of glass cutters and how they differ in the article: Glass cutter.
In this article, we want to describe the main points that you need to pay attention to when choosing a tool such as an electric drill. This tool, in our opinion, should be present in the set of any home master, and I think it is important that it be of high quality and functional.
First, let's talk about what an electric drill is. This is an electric tool that is designed to create small diameter holes in a wide range of materials. Modern drills can drill metal, plastic, wood, as well as stone, concrete, brick, slate, etc. The main power element of this tool is a small electric motor, the rotation of which is transmitted by a drive mechanism to a drill made of high strength steel, which and creates a hole.
A couple of decades ago, no one knew anything about this tool. It didn’t exist yet, it wasn’t invented in general. But now ask any adult and even a child and he will say what it is. In our article, we decided to describe the distinctive features of various types of this tool, so that you can choose a high-quality and convenient one.
Structurally, a clerical knife consists of a body, a blade and a mechanism for fixing the blade. Also, some models have some "bells and whistles" that increase the reliability, strength and durability of the knife.
If you decide to lay out the floor or walls in the bathroom or other rooms with ceramic tiles yourself, you will need a fairly large number of tools, including a tile cutter. How to choose the right tile cutter for the amount of work you need, as well as the type of tile or porcelain stoneware, we will try to tell in this article.
In general, tile cutters are manual (household and professional) and electric (professional). Electric tile cutters are typically used for very large jobs, such as when a team needs to tile a swimming pool complex where the total area of the future coating is hundreds of square meters. For the needs of an ordinary person, this is a very expensive tool and will not work. Typically, manual tile cutters are used in everyday life. We will talk about them.
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