In the home workshop should be a tool for all occasions. Since it is not always advisable to purchase hand tools in stores due to its overpriced, some devices can be made independently.
Moreover, for this you can use simple and affordable materials. And one of the useful tools that are easy to craft with your own hands are spring clips, clothespins. In any workshop for such devices there is a worthy application.
First of all, it is necessary to cut off two pieces of the same angle along the length of 20 * 20 mm. And then with the help of a grinder on each workpiece, you need to cut off part of one shelf of corners from two sides. This can also be done with a band saw or a hand saw.
The main stages of work
Also, for the manufacture of this homemade product you will need four pieces of a steel strip 20 mm wide, 3 mm thick. The length of the workpieces: two of 50 mm, 40 and 25 mm. After that, it is necessary to weld pieces of a strip of metal 50 and 40 mm long to one corner, and 50 and 25 mm to the second.
Then the master marks and drills the holes, after which he connects the two halves of the clothespin with a bolt and nut.
After this, it is still necessary to make two square slots with a grinder, and also drill a hole on the edge of the corner for the bolt, which will fix the pressure plate. Then it remains only to collect all the details in a heap, including the spring itself, and paint the finished product.
For details on how to make do-it-yourself spring clips-clothespins for the home workshop, see the video on the website.