The finishing touch of any dacha fence is, as everyone knows, a wicket gate. Country homeowners often equip them with simple devices that automatically close the gate after someone passes through — steel springs, rubber tension cords, counterweight weights… However, all these “automatic” mechanisms have drawbacks, and the main one is that they all require Read more…
The author of the article and the creator of the all-terrain vehicle discussed here is Boris Nikolayevich Ryzhov — a long-time acquaintance of our magazine’s readers. Photographs of the machines he built (a tracked and a six-wheeled all-terrain vehicle) were published in the magazine as early as 1990 (No. 7). But the desire to create Read more…
Spring sunshine has barely had time to properly warm the ground that froze over winter; snow patches still linger in the forests — yet die-hard hikers are already setting out on their first trips. From storerooms and attic shelves come backpacks, tents, mats, and sleeping bags: the boldest hikers head out for the weekend, even Read more…
You know what’s most annoying about a burnt-out light bulb? It stops shining — and immediately goes in the trash, even though its shape is already perfect. Round, neat, almost like a mini vase, only empty for now. I once caught myself thinking: why throw away something that literally begs to become décor? That’s how Read more…
When carrying out installation work related to mounting structures on embedded bearing parts of foundations, difficulties may arise due to unevenness of the bearing surfaces (local tilts, depressions, etc., exceeding allowable limits) as a result of violations of the technological process or due to its imperfection. Such situations often occur when installing industrial equipment, but Read more…
When I leased three apiaries with the right to buy them out, I realized how difficult it is to maintain a large number of bee colonies. I solved some of the problems with a feeder-drinker, slightly improving designs proposed by experienced beekeepers on the pages of periodicals. Each of the bee feeder-drinkers I use consists Read more…
For those who live near water, a boat is as necessary as a motorcycle or car is for others. Of course, experienced amateur shipbuilders are unlikely to settle for the little craft we want to offer your attention, but for beginners in boatbuilding this boat design is just the thing. It is simple, technologically straightforward, Read more…
You know that feeling when the heat is crushing, the ice in the bucket melts faster than you can pour drinks, and your guests are already standing with empty glasses? That’s when an outdoor table with a built-in cooler takes the stage — the real hero of a summer party. This isn’t some complicated workshop Read more…
The sauna stove described below is not the first one I have designed and built. Before that, there were designs for a portable sauna “badger hollow” with a simple “samovar”-type stove, and also country saunas with a fairly successful stove-and-steam room unit that served as the prototype for this one, which I called “the bather’s Read more…
How can you build a house for half the price? Build it with your own hands! Builders come to this conclusion when they look at cost estimates for individual residential house projects by expense items, from which it becomes clear that only half of the costs go directly to materials and their transportation, while the Read more…
