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How and why I started this blog :)

Hi,

a "hacker" living in Kävlinge, Sweden and Sofia, Bulgaria who normally spends most of his time with family, work, riding a Downhill/Road and CX bike, running and practicing Street workout. Between Christmas and NY 2016 bored by the bad and cold weather I was sitting at home watching YT. Then a saw a video about a guy building a CNC and said wow! Almost immediately I run to the local hardware store, bought my first welding machine and 9 days later I had my CNC up and running.
I felt in love with hacking cool home projects and a few days later bought a bench drill, a vice and a band saw and started experimenting even more.

By that time I discovered that the DSLR I got for Christmas was capable of doing great movies and decided to start sharing my progress on the Internet for two reasons: to inspire more people and to start getting feedback on my work :) And here I am almost 2 months later :)

So, this is basically a blog about simple DIY Home Projects that will save money and make life simpler, more practical and fun. Here You will see anything from woodworking, welding, electronics, programming, building furniture, fixing home stuff, life hacks and more.

Enjoy!

My YouTube channel trailer:

Make Drill press and router base for Dremel

In this video tutorial i will show you how to build Drill press and Router base in one single tool. The Dremel 4000 is used in this set up but any other multi-tool can do the job as well. The drill press/Router base can be attached to a wall and used as a standard drill press or put directly on the material for engraving it or making precise holes in it. If flipped upside down, it can also work as a router table. The total price spent for the materials in my case is about 5 Euro. No special tools are required for building it, only a drill and a wood saw.

Homemade cheap cut-off wheels for Dremel/Proxxon in 2 minutes - 2 va...

Did you know that you can make long-lasting cut-off wheels for your Dremel or Proxxon angle grinder yourself from a bigger disc(for example 125 mm) which can be bought in any hardware store and is pretty cheap(about 1 EUR). In this video i am going to show you how to make 5 38.5 mm discs out of a single 125mm disc. 2 variants are shown: One for the Dremel's easy-click system and another one which is bolt fixed and can be used with your Proxxon tool as well or any other multi-tool. Total price spent on materials is about 1 Euro.

Make this stylish wooden box in a few easy steps

Anyone can easily build a stylish wooden box from plywood. Just cut the plywood in several pieces, dimensions is up to you to decide, using a saw. One of the pieces is used as a top and another one as a bottom for the box. Make holes in the rest of the pieces using a power drill and a saw, glue them together with the bottom piece, sand with a sand paper or a machine sander and apply wood lacquer. The box can be used as home decoration or a jewelry box. Total price spent on materials is a couple of Euros.

Building a box joint jig for my homemade router table

In the video below i will show you how to easily build a tool to make accurate box joints. These joints are highly popular when making wooden boxes and wooden toys. The base of the tool will be secured to a router table so that it does not move left or right and the top will move left or right on fixed length steps. It is important that the router bit is the same size as the step length. Total cost of materials is about 7-8 Euro.

Very simple homemade router table for small projects

With this simple router table anyone can do quality wood work at home!
Painting or photograph frames, cutting boards, wooden forks, spoons, etc, all can easily be made now.

To build it you simply need a peice of plywood, piece of wood to be used as a stopper for the material to be worked on, a drill, a saw, a few extra bolts which will replace the ones coming with the router and are long enough to get through the plywood and attach the router to it. Total price spent on materials is about 4 Euro.

How it is made: Simple homemade automatic wall bike rack, another life hack with a drill

It is pretty convenient to have your bike mounted on the wall so that it takes minimal space in your home. But having to lift it every time you want to use it or put it back can cause pain. With this wall bike rack you can easily lift your bike using a power drill. In the video tutorial i am building a short version which requires the front wheel to be slightly lifted from the ground but it can really be build any length. Lifting the front wheel is not required. Watch it and see how it is build!

Expensive drill press? In many home wood-working projects this is all you need: Simple Dowel Jig

How to make straight holes at a fixed distance in wood or any other material? One option is using a drill press, but they cost and sometimes it is just not worth buying one if it is needed in very rare home projects only. The tool i am showing you how to build in the video tutorial below is pretty much enough in many home fixing projects and can completely eliminate the need for an expensive drill press. Total cost of materials is only 2-3 Euros and it takes minutes to make it. Tools required: Saw, a piece of wood and a small lineal.

Yet another amazing thing you can do with a drill: Self-lifting bike rac...

It is pretty convenient to have your bike mounted on the wall so that it take minimal space in your home. But having to lift it every time you want to use it or put it back can cause pain. With this wall bike rack you can easily lift you bike using a power drill. In the video tutorial i am building a short version which requires the front wheel to be slightly lifter from the ground when attaching the bike but it can really be built any length. Lifting the front wheel is not required. Watch it and see how it works!

Bosch PBD 40 + Wabeco Coordinate Table and what you can make with a benc...

Wonder what you can do with a drill press and a milling table? Watch this video to see how you can mount a Wabeco coordinate table to the Bosch PBD 40 drill press and what you can make with the set-up.

Simple homemade Studio/Workshop lighting with inexpensive materials

DIY: How to build lathe, the multi-feature platform Part 1

In this video tutorial i am going to show you how to build wood lathe driven by a power drill. The drill is secured to a metal frame with a bolt clamp and can easily be dismounted and mounted again. The platform itself can be used for other things like a disc sander for example.

DIY: Homemade drill disk sander, the multi-feature platform Part 2

How to easily make bearing flanges for various applications with the drill press

In this video I will show you how to make simple and inexpensive bearing flanges, I personally use them for various machines I make: CNC, self-lifting wall bike rack, lathe and etc. Enjoy watching the video:

CNC + Makita RT0700C: setting up and engraving picture on wood

In this video tutorial i am going to show you how to attach a router to a CNC machine, in this case the Makita RT0700C, and then engrave a picture on wood. The router is secured with bolts to the CNC and can easily be mounted and dismounted again. The picture is a simple .jpg image.