Little tricks of the old masters from the magazine "Science and Life" and "Rabotnitsa", which are relevant today (part 2)

Now all the useful advice can be seen on the Internet, but before people found various tricks for the house in the magazines Rabotnitsa, Science and Life, Krestyanka, etc. They say that thanks to our useful advice from the USSR, filters for vacuum cleaners and other devices were invented abroad.

My mom did the clippings and pasted them in a separate notebook. And now many tips from past years are used by home craftsmen. Only now it has rather passed into the category of a hobby, and earlier it was out of need. Let's talk about some of the most interesting little tricks.

For example, people used to wear buckets of water into the house, dialing it from a column or a well. For the bath, it was necessary to bring a lot of water, spend time and energy. The buckets are heavy, the handles are thin, they cut into the skin, leaving calluses. In order not to bother too much hands, the Soviet people came up with the use of a wrench. Who would have thought that this is a multifunctional tool.

Or such a little trick. If in chains a link burst, then it can be restored quickly and easily. Use a nut and bolt to make a secure connection.

It is for sale now backlit watch, various functions. Previously, splinters from broken Christmas tree decorations were glued to the clock hands. This allowed the arrows to glow even in complete darkness. Without turning on the light, so as not to wake anyone, it was possible to find out the time on the clock. Now this advice seems useless.

From an old, out of order refrigerator, they did it before solar water heater in the country. A useful device was made from a freon condenser. If you connect it to a water tank, the water will be heated. I saw this idea in the journal Science and Life.

Pincushion made from a used lipstick tube. They made a pillow to fit and stuck needles into it. This made it possible to take a homemade needle cushion with you on a trip, a hike and use it if needed.

Rubber hammer was not there before. Therefore, savvy people bought a rubber tip for a crutch at a pharmacy and put it on a regular hammer. It was used by motorists to work with metal.

From noisy drops of rain tin windows you can get rid of it like this. Take clamps or large paper clips and attach a piece of sound-absorbing material to them. It can be cardboard or fabric (thick).

If slate roof gaps in the ridge or other places have formed, then they can be repaired with pieces of fiberglass, which must be soaked in oil paint in advance.