Making various crafts, furniture, and car repairs yourself are popular not only because of our people’s innate ability to create. This is also a good saving for the family budget.
However, such a hobby requires special equipment. Every home has basic hand tools, including electric ones. Drill, screwdriver, grinder, hand-held circular saw, jigsaw.
These devices make the work of a home craftsman easier, but with their help it is impossible to perform the work professionally. The home workshop should be equipped with compact machines.
Review of homemade machines for the home workshop - video
Such equipment is offered in abundance by specialized stores.
Having equipped your workplace with such an arsenal, you can make anything you want. But the high cost of the tool negates the savings in the production of crafts.
There is only one thing left - to make the machines yourself. Homemade equipment can work no worse than factory equipment. In addition, constructive know-how can be contributed to expand capabilities.
Homemade machines for a home woodworking workshop
Wood lathe
It can be made from existing tools. A strong table or just a massive board mounted on legs is enough. This will be the stand.
A clamping spindle is not necessary for wooden workpieces. As well as a separate drive motor. There is a simple comprehensive solution - an electric drill.
If there is a speed controller - generally great. A feather drill for wood is fixed into the chuck. It needs to be modified: sharpen the working edge in the form of a trident.
The next required element is the tailstock. In metal lathes, it is necessary to support long blanks. When processing wood on a machine without a clamping spindle, the tailstock is a locking element. She presses the blank against the trident and supports it on the axis of rotation.
Typical tailstock design in the illustration. 
The cutter in such a machine is not fixed in the support. Wooden blanks are processed with a hand chisel, which rests on a tool rest.
What is this power tool attachment for? The master had a need to make dowels. So he experiments to optimize this performance. The first thing he encountered. The drill has a chuck for 8. If you make dowels for 10, you need a 10 x 10 rack. I planed it thinner, tried it - it broke. I decided to make a device for this power tool. There is an m8 bolt, 14. Profile pipe 15 x 15. In the middle 11. This is an excellent option. It fits the workpiece well. But the cartridge is eight. If the drill had been normal, I would have set the rod to 10 or 11 and scalded it.
I turned it up to 11 on the grinding machine. I hammered it inside the profile pipe with a hammer.
Jigsaw attachment
DIY YouTube channel. Anyone who has ever worked with a power tool such as a jigsaw has encountered a problem when the file moves to the side. What is the solution for those who are engaged in wood carving? To correct distortions in the workpieces, you have to finish it with sandpaper or otherwise process the objects. To make his work a little easier, the master came up with an attachment for a jigsaw. A triangular file was used as a workpiece. It has a shank, the same as on a file. You insert it into an electric tool and work. You can make a round file and use this device to refine the inner diameter of the holes. No need to tell me how to make a shank. Cut to the length of the file itself. On a sharpening machine, focusing on one edge, we grind off the excess metal to a thickness of 1.5 mm or another size depending on the jigsaw. It is important to make the saw correctly. It is necessary to remove excess metal so that the device itself moves along the jigsaw on top of the roller.
The master showed an example of how he uses power tools. Let's say you need to cut a square in a plywood sheet. First, use a jigsaw with a standard file. It is clear that there are errors - irregularities. Now we install the attachment on the power tool and grind it. As you can see, there is no need for manual work. Actions are performed much faster than if they worked with their hands. The result was a perfect square, on both sides.
Homemade jigsaw file from a hacksaw blade.
YouTube channel Alexander Polulyakh. We will need a jigsaw file. We will use it to cut a blank from the canvas. It has two properties. On one side for sawing wood, on the other for metal. Take a ruler and divide the workpiece in half. Then we use a scriber to make a deep cut. We draw two lines.
Using two pliers, we make a break along the cut and thus get two blanks. 1 for working with wood, 2 for metal. Then we apply the file to the workpiece. We repeat the contours. It is necessary to cut out a place for the lock where the file will be attached to the jigsaw. We also note the length.
Thus, from a hacksaw blade you can get six files for power tools.
Device for installing electric planer knives
Many car owners use their garage as a workshop, gradually filling it with practical devices that make car repair and maintenance easier. Many of them can be made independently using the recommendations presented in this article.
Many accessories for a garage workshop can be made independently; the video below demonstrates some of them.
Garage homemade products are devices that make garage life much easier; in addition, they work no worse than factory machines. By equipping your workshop with such devices, you can independently produce the necessary parts for your car, as well as various crafts for your home or garden.
Video of homemade tools and accessories for the garage
It is difficult to predict in advance what devices may be needed when repairing a car, however, there are some homemade products, some of which are used most often. Some of them can be seen in the video below.
Drawings of homemade devices
A pipe bender is a useful household device that allows you to bend a metal or polymer pipe to a certain degree. Bent pipes are often used in the construction of greenhouses and greenhouses, installation of heating and other needs. Using the presented drawing, you can make a manual pipe bender yourself.
A vice is a practical device used when performing plumbing work. With its help, it is possible to reliably fix a part requiring metalworking in a certain position.
This device consists of several parts:
- base plate;
- 2nd lips – movable and non-movable;
- lever;
- chassis screw.
Using a small-sized bench vice, the drawing of which is presented above, it is convenient to sharpen and otherwise process small parts.
Having a CNC milling machine in your home workshop allows you to perform a whole range of wood machining work.
A homemade milling machine consists of several components and parts:
- bed;
- calipers designed to move cutters;
- caliper guides;
- spindle with installed cutter;
- microcontroller or switching board with microcircuits that provide automation of the machine;
- electric motor with power supply;
- drivers responsible for transmitting commands from the controller to the electric motor;
- a vacuum cleaner for collecting sawdust generated as a result of the operation of the machine.
A DIY CNC milling machine allows you to perform engraving and milling work.
Homemade tools for car repairs
A windshield wiper arm remover is a special tool that facilitates the process of removing wiper arms. You can make it yourself from a piece of reinforcement, a six-channel channel and a ten-bolt. To do this, use a drilling machine to make 14 holes and weld 2 nuts on both sides of the hole and a handle from the fittings, screw the bolt into the workpiece and, putting on heat shrink, screw in the threaded rivet. The tool is ready.
Another version of the device for shooting windshield wiper arms is shown in the photo below.
Another useful homemade device with which you can manually re-align your wheels yourself. Another version of this device can be seen in the photo below.
When carrying out major car repairs, you usually cannot do without a lift. A device made in a factory is not cheap, and is not needed very often, so it can easily be replaced with a device made at home.
Homemade machines and devices for the garage
By making devices for mounting and balancing tires, you can carry out this work yourself, significantly saving money on car maintenance. In addition, such devices will come to the rescue if it is not possible to come to a specialized tire shop.
In your garage workshop, you can equip a universal tire changing machine using available materials - metal pipes and a hub.
When performing various crafts for the home, it often becomes necessary to drill a straight hole. This is difficult to do with a regular drill, but if you make a stand for the drill, like the one shown in the photo, then drilling without distortions will be much easier. This design can be made from various materials. For example:
- made of metal;
- made of wood.
Using the diagram presented below, you can make your own drilling machine from a drill.
Using a homemade press will allow you to produce products using the pressing method in a garage workshop. A similar device can be made from a hydraulic jack fixed to the top of the frame, which in turn is welded from scrap materials. The pressure in this case is directed downward.
Another version of a homemade press, the design of which involves attaching a jack at the base of the bed. In this case, the pressure process is carried out upward.
Using a homemade press, you can straighten, bend sheets of metal, compress cardboard, and fasten individual elements. The video below demonstrates how to make such a necessary device yourself.
Tool storage devices in the garage
Having order is the key to comfortable use of workplaces in the garage. Special organizers are designed to ensure this order in the workplace, allowing you to conveniently store and easily find the necessary tools. You can make such devices yourself, using available tools.
A simple and affordable way to store hand tools is a wall organizer made from tin cans attached to a sheet of plywood. Additionally, you can nail several hooks or nails to it to conveniently hang measuring and electrical tools. In the absence of tin cans, PVC pipes of various diameters can be used as holders, cut into pieces and screwed to a sheet of plywood or chipboard.
It’s even easier to make a special device for storing screwdrivers. To do this, you need to take a wooden block and drill holes of the required size in it. Mount the finished holder on the wall. On the same holder you can organize a storage system for chisels and chisels. It is enough to cut out special holes in a wooden blank. In the same way, you can make a holder for power tools by cutting out the corresponding holes in a wooden shelf.
An interesting way to store tools is shown in the photo above. Its principle is based on the use of magnetic tapes attached to metal strips. Using such a system, it is convenient to store drills, keys and other metal tools.
Convenient and practical organizers for storing screws, bolts, nails and other small items can be made with your own hands from transparent plastic jars with lids. To prevent them from taking up space, you should attach them by the cover from below to the shelf. This and other ways to store tools allow you to efficiently use space in the garage and have everything you need at hand.
The video below demonstrates how to set up a simple and convenient tool storage system in your workshop or garage.
Homemade woodworking tools for the home workshop
Homemade milling machines can perform one or more operations. Preference, of course, is given to multifunctional devices that save space in the garage workshop. With their help you can:
make indentations of a certain shape;
drill holes
make grooves;
process the workpieces.
The simplest milling machine can be made on the basis of a drill. To do this, it is fixed to a steel profile or to a plywood body, and a rotating clamp is placed opposite it. Parts are processed using special cutters held by hand.
Homemade lathe
Creating a lathe with your own hands allows you to make dishes, interior decor and furniture from wooden blanks. Such a device will become an affordable alternative to industrial production and will help realize your creative potential. A homemade lathe can be made from individual components and parts:
- an electric motor used as an electric drive for the machine;
- a headstock, which can serve as an electric sharpener;
- tailstock made from a drill;
- stop for cutters;
- transverse guides;
- a frame made of metal profiles or beams.
The headstock and tailstock of a lathe are the main working elements, between which a wooden workpiece is placed. The rotating movement from the electric motor is transmitted to the workpiece through the front headstock, while the rear headstock remains static, responsible for holding the workpiece. If you equip a homemade lathe with additional devices - a baluster, a trident, a copier and others, then its functionality will increase significantly.
The video below demonstrates how to make a lathe with your own hands.
If it is necessary to drill precise holes in metal, plastic or wooden parts, experienced craftsmen recommend using a drilling machine. Unlike a drill, which vibrates strongly during operation, this device provides high-quality results, regardless of the material and thickness of the workpiece. You can make a simple drilling machine yourself by using the same home drill, but installing it in a vertical position on a frame made of furniture board and attaching it to a metal stand. If necessary, such a machine can be equipped with an asynchronous motor.
As a rule, home craftsmen do not stop at making the machines themselves. Very often they work to improve existing equipment.
The video below demonstrates useful accessories for a lathe that expand its functionality.
Homemade metal tools for the home workshop
These do-it-yourself devices for the home workshop are designed to facilitate the metalworking process. They are usually made from scrap materials and tools.
Among the most popular devices are:
- pipe benders;
- press;
- vice;
- milling, metalworking, turning, drilling and thicknessing machines;
- devices for sharpening drills, knives and other tools.
With their help, a home craftsman can make practical devices for a summer house, garage, and also equip a comfortable home. Examples of useful machines and devices in the household can be seen in the photo below.
Homemade metal cutting machine
The video demonstrates how to make some useful household devices.
Taking into account the presented recommendations and drawings, any home craftsman will be able to make useful devices for the garage and machines for his workshop, arrange an ergonomic space in it, and realize his creative abilities.
Owners of private houses and hobbyists dream of creating a home carpentry workshop. They buy interesting power tools and try to make their own carpentry tools. For these purposes, they use an electric drill, a circular saw, and a jigsaw.
Experts advise beginners not to buy cheap tools. You need to focus on average price options. In addition to tools, it is necessary to provide shelves and cabinets for storing materials and various small items.
Carpentry equipment
“Advanced” craftsmen have good workbenches with vices, rare machines and tools that are very necessary for making furniture:
The ubiquitous grinder
Every man has a power tool called an angle grinder. In fact, this is a grinding machine that is used to perform abrasive cutting of metal, stone, ceramic tiles and other materials. To do this, install a special abrasive disk with a thickness of 0.7 to 2.5 millimeters. The diameter of the cutting disc is from 115 to 180 millimeters, it all depends on the hardness of the material being processed.
The peculiarity of this machine is the high speed of the electric motor, for example, the Whirlwind UShM-125 has 11 thousand revolutions per minute. It is this indicator and low weight, only 2.5 kilograms, that excites the minds of home craftsmen to adapt it to perform types of metal-cutting work unusual for it.
Homemade grinders are available in every garage and home workshop, and each master makes a device for his own needs.
Cutting machine
A homemade option for the workshop is offered - a cutting machine suitable for cutting angles, pipes, square profiles, and fittings. The design of the device is simple:
- Desktop;
- spring return brackets;
- platform for attaching an angle grinder;
- emphasis
For this purpose, special protection is made, similar to the standard casing that comes with the tool. It has a slide, two handles and a rotating device. The slide looks like a plate measuring 200 x 120 millimeters, with a slot for the saw blade to exit.
One side of the plate is attached to the casing on a hinge, the other to a steel strip with a 9 mm wide slot for sliding along an M8x1.5 pin, which is on the casing for fixing with a wing nut.
Two handles are welded to the casing to hold the sawing machine during operation. It is very convenient to cut and saw thin lumber, and the high speed of the machine on the joiner makes it easy to cut material up to 30 millimeters thick.
Vertical drilling model
The frame can be made from pieces of angle 50x50 millimeters and a steel sheet 5 millimeters thick. To do this, weld two corners along the edges of the sheet along the entire length; they will serve as legs. Table size 350 x 200 millimeters. Weld a bracket from a square pipe 80 millimeters high on top to attach the rack.
The stand or guide for the drill is made of a square pipe three millimeters thick. A section of water pipe eight millimeters long is welded into the upper hole. A cable tensioning mechanism is inserted into it. The height of the stand is 700 millimeters. The stand is inserted into the bracket and crimped with four bolts - two on two sides of the square pipe.
The carriage is a movable unit on which the drill is attached. It is made of 50x50 corners welded together, the height is 170 millimeters, the eyes are made of strip three millimeters thick. An axle is inserted into the eyes, around which the cable is wound.
A continuation of the axis is the handle that drives the carriage.
The carriage drive consists of an axis on which a cable and a handle are wound. One end of the cable is fixed to the bottom bracket. The upper end of the cable is fixed in the pipe at the upper end of the rack. A special bracket with a seat for an electric drill is attached to the carriage. The drill itself is tightened with a special clamp made from a strip 2 mm thick and 40 mm wide.
Homemade turning device
There are a lot of homemade designs of wood lathes. They are united by the presence of four main nodes:
- drive unit;
- bed;
- tailstock;
- handyman
The only difference is in the choice of drive. Whoever has any electromechanical devices is installed on the product:
- electric drill;
- Bulgarian;
- milling cutter;
- electric motor from a washing machine.
You can improve an already made metal-cutting structure by adding additional functions to it. For example, you can place a drill press horizontally on a workbench or table. The drive is an electric drill. The tailstock will be a work table in which a hole is drilled along the axis of the drill in the chuck and a thread is cut for screwing the fixed center.
Additionally, install a hand rest, securing it to the movable bracket of the rack. The workpiece is fastened with one end in a trident clamped in a drill chuck, and the other end in a fixed center. For a small number of simple parts - a quite good homemade woodworking machine with devices and equipment for the manufacture of shaped parts obtained by turning.
The list of tools and mechanisms for a workshop or garage is limited only by the area of the room and the financial capabilities of the owner. Despite the fact that many products are made from waste, the costs of purchasing parts and tools required for assembly are quite significant.
Sometimes it is cheaper to get a service from a specialized workshop than to do the work yourself.
It's nice to see when a person made everything and other household items with his own hands. To simplify the process of cutting metal or sawing elements from wood, they build homemade machines and devices for the home workshop. This solution saves not only time on manufacturing products, but also money on purchasing ready-made ones. Let's look at a few practical and interesting options below.
DIY pipe bending machine
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How to use homemade machines and tools for your home workshop
The use of homemade machines and devices for the home workshop is aimed at solving several problems:
- Simplifying the metal processing process. When creating household items, a metal cutter or press is often required.
- Improving wood processing. Even to build a small shed or make a wooden one, others are needed.
Buying a ready-made tool is quite expensive, so the use of homemade machines and devices for the garage is becoming more and more relevant every day. Among the most common options for home tools are:
- carpentry workbench;
- device for quickly sharpening knives;
- device for sharpening metal drills;
- drilling machines;
- press;
- cutting disc machines.
Here are a few photos of do-it-yourself tools and devices from “homemade” people:
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Practical DIY tool shelves
Before creating devices and with your own hands, determine the storage location of all devices, so that later you do not have to search throughout the workshop or where everything is. It’s not difficult to make a shelf for tools with your own hands; the main thing is to decide on its dimensions and material of manufacture.
The easiest way to make shelves is to assemble them from wood. Do not forget about the need to coat the finished structure with a protective varnish or to prevent rotting and swelling of the wood.
You can create a combination of a metal support and wooden shelves. Here are detailed instructions for creating such a homemade model:
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 | Assembling the frame. To do this, prepare two side frames consisting of 4 corners. Connect the elements using . Then, tighten the 2 frames together using 4 corners. |
 | When the frame is completely assembled, proceed to making the shelves. They can be made from wood or metal, as well as from other dense materials at hand. It is enough to cut the canvases of a suitable size and attach them to a metal base. |
 | If desired, you can make the rack movable by attaching four small wheels. Or install it firmly in a designated space in the garage. |
You can find other interesting projects and drawings for making tool shelves. Watch the video on the topic:
And also make useful household gadgets with your own hands:
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We make a carpentry workbench with our own hands according to the drawings: video instructions and photo examples
Among the common do-it-yourself devices is a workbench. Durable and dimensional, allowing you to securely fasten the workpiece, useful for high-quality cutting of wood and creating various elements from it.
The device package includes:
- Working surface. Hard is used for it to increase the service life of the device. The thickness must be at least 6 cm.
- Supports. Assembled from wooden beams or metal plates. The main task is to ensure the stability of the entire mechanism.
- Vise for securing the product. If the table is long, you can install two vices at once.
- Tool box. A useful recess or pull-out design that provides quick access to needed small parts.
To assemble a carpentry workbench for your workshop yourself, you should choose a drawing and purchase materials for the work.
DIY carpentry workbench drawings
Before purchasing materials to assemble your own workbench, you should think about a detailed drawing. It should include the dimensions of the machine itself; it is advisable to note the dimensions of the materials used and their quantity.
For example, a finished drawing of a folding workbench with your own hands may look like this:
Whatever model you choose to create, take into account several features of the workbench that ensure ease of cutting wood:
- height and length of the master’s arms: the height and width of the tabletop depend on these parameters;
- which hand is working: place the vice on the right or left;
- what blanks will be made: choosing the shape of the table;
- how much space in the room do you allocate for the workbench?
Taking into account all these parameters, it will be easier for you to decide on the drawings of the carpentry workbench and the dimensions of the machine. Here are some interesting examples:
Instructions for assembling a wooden workbench with your own hands
You can buy a wooden workbench in a store or through online catalogs, but it’s cheaper to make it yourself. Let's take as a basis a simple option with typical tabletop dimensions: length - 150-200 cm, width 70-120 cm.
The manufacturing work will include several stages:
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 | Make the top cover from thick ones to make a shield with a width of 70 to 200 cm. Fasten the elements with long nails, and you need to drive them in from the outside and carefully bend them from the inside. The working surface of the workbench is made only of wood or. |
 | Sheathe the lid along the lower perimeter with a 5 by 5 cm beam. This will make it more convenient to attach the vertical supports. The location of the supports depends on the size of the tabletop. It is better to make them from thick rectangular timber at least 120 by 120 mm. |
 | The carpentry workbench must be installed correctly. Be sure to secure it firmly. If it will be mounted outdoors under a canopy, dig holes for supports. Indoors, use other fastening methods. |
When the structure is assembled, install a vice on it. To fully understand how to assemble a carpentry workbench with your own hands, watch the video:
Making a carpenter's vice for a workbench with your own hands
Professional “homemade workers” assemble not only tables for work, but also vices with their own hands according to drawings. Any design of such a clamp will include several elements:
- Supports, where each one has a sponge for clamping.
- Moving jaw.
- Metal guides. The sponge moves over them.
- Lead screw for moving elements.
- Collar. Necessary for rotating the screw.
When making a homemade vice with your own hands, you can use various available materials. For example, there is a design option made from a profile pipe. To do this, prepare several pieces of pipe of different sizes, a steel stud with large threads and double nuts.
Instructions for creating a bench vise from a profile pipe:
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 | The largest pipe acts as a body. Supports are soldered to it from below. A 3-4 mm steel flange is put on the back side. A hole is drilled in the center for the running nut, and opposite the front support is the rear jaw. |
 | There is a front steel flange on the internal moving part. A stud is mounted in it, with lock nuts attached to it. Thrust washers are placed on both sides of the flange. The last element is a movable tube attached to the front jaw. |
And also watch the video “do-it-yourself vice at home”:
DIY metal workbench drawings
A metal workbench does not differ much from a carpenter's workbench. It is based on a rigid metal rather than wooden frame. A vice is attached to it, and the entire workbench is designed to withstand the force of a sledgehammer.
Do-it-yourself metal workbenches can have one, two or three cabinets, and also not have shelves or drawers for small parts. In terms of strength for working in a garage, you can make a regular table made of metal up to 5 mm thick and a reinforced structure where sheets from 10 to 30 mm are applicable.
Here are some useful plans for making a metal workbench for your workshop:
How to make a device for sharpening knives with your own hands: drawings and photo examples
No home is complete without a knife in the kitchen. It is quite difficult to make the correct one without special devices: you need to maintain the desired angle and achieve the ideal sharpness of the blade.
For each knife, a certain sharpening angle must be observed:
- A razor and scalpel require an angle of 10-15⁰.
- Knife for cutting bakery products – 15-20⁰.
- Classic multifunctional knives – 25-30⁰.
- For hunting and hiking, take a device with a blade angle from 25 to 30⁰.
- If you want to cut hard materials, then sharpen at an angle of 30-40⁰.
To ensure the desired angle, it is worth buying or making a sharpening device. For example, you can assemble a sharpener with your own hands.
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Ask a Question“If you don’t use sharpening every day, then 1000 rpm is enough for a high-quality result and a long service life of the device.”
To assemble such a machine, you will need a motor from a washing machine with a power of 200 W. To create a sharpener from an engine, prepare:
- the motor itself;
- metal for the casing with a thickness of 2 to 2.5 mm;
- flange tube;
- sharpening stone;
- nuts;
- trigger mechanism;
- cable for connecting to the electrical network;
- corner made of metal or wood for the frame.
You can watch a step-by-step description of the manufacture of the machine in the video:
There are simple do-it-yourself sharpening machines without motors. For example, you can make a device from bars. To do this, prepare two abrasive stones of the same size and a sharpening stone.
The progress of work on creating such a simple device will be as follows:
- Sand the wood blocks with sandpaper, removing any burrs. Make markings depending on the desired angle.
- Attach a stone to the drawn line to give the blade a sharp edge. To do this, attach it to the block and mark its width. Then, make cuts on the markings, up to 1.5 cm deep.
- Attach abrasive stones to the resulting recesses so that the grooves coincide. Then, install the sharpening stone by screwing it onto the bolts.
There are many ways to make a homemade knife sharpener. Choose the one that suits you and try to create a convenient and useful tool for your home.
How to make a device for sharpening a metal drill with your own hands
They make their own not only a sharpener for blades, but also a machine for sharpening drills for metal. Here are a few drawings useful for work:
Ready home machine 
To understand how to correctly assemble your own drill sharpening machine using the drawings, watch the video on the topic:
Home drilling machine optionThe simplest and most common version of such equipment for a garage is a converted drill. To work you will need:
- base frame;
- rotation mechanism;
- vertical stand.
For the rack, they usually use either boards. The drill is lightweight, so there is no need to use metal. In this case, the frame must be made massive in order to reduce vibrations during operation of the device.
To correctly connect the bed and vertical stand, as well as assemble all the equipment into one whole machine, pay attention to the video instructions:
DIY drawings with dimensions for a drilling machine
To correctly make any machine or practical device for private use, you should first make a drawing with dimensions. Only then begin preparing materials and assembling the device.
Here are some examples of do-it-yourself drilling machine drawings from a drill:
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