Every motorist knows how difficult it can sometimes be to start a car engine on a winter morning after a long standstill. However, a relatively simple device powered from a 220 V AC mains supply will make this task much easier. The device consists of two parts (Fig. 1): one is a mains power supply Read more…
Before you know it, autumn will arrive — harvest time. Gathering what the earth has grown in the garden is no great problem. It is harder to harvest fruit from trees, especially if they are old and tall. Every gardener has to devise a way to reach fruit and berries high up. Some make all Read more…
In different regions of our country, the soil is cultivated in different ways. Soil and climate conditions naturally leave their mark on the designs of small-scale mechanization tools developed by owners of household plots. Some build micro-tractors and motor blocks designed for use with a plow; others build motor tillers. Our reader from Sverdlovsk Oblast, Read more…
When repairing and testing the electrical equipment of motoblocks not fitted with a battery, as well as Voskhod-3M motorcycles and mopeds, you have to start the engine each time to power the electrical system. It is troublesome and wastes fuel. Yet there is, in my opinion, a good solution: use the household mains as the Read more…
Interest in homemade mufflers is driven primarily by the unsatisfactory quality of series products. It is quite natural for an amateur designer to want to improve the parameters of their vehicle. Of course, it is practically impossible to significantly increase engine power through a muffler at a given exhaust noise level, but eliminating some shortcomings Read more…
I have subscribed to the “Modelist-Konstruktor” magazine since 1985 and have never regretted it. I read everything: from the first page to the last. It is a very useful and interesting publication. And although times are hard now and the magazine is not exactly cheap, I will continue to subscribe, because I believe the value Read more…
Whether you need to reach into a loft, hang curtains, or drill holes for them under the ceiling — quite a few household chores require using a small stepladder. And if there isn’t one at home, we start piling up substitutes from available furniture, which is fraught with falls and serious consequences. Those who have Read more…
For my first walk-behind tractor, I used the Vyatich as a basis; its technical description and sketches of its main assemblies and parts had been published in Modelist-Konstruktor magazine. However, my capabilities and material and production resources differed from those available to the designer of the Vyatich. The result was a homemade machine that bore Read more…
A filter is an important device that helps clean the water in an aquarium and, at the same time, saturate it with oxygen. Water is passed through the filter by means of a system of communicating vessels, and the motive force for pumping water from the bottom of the filter into the aquarium is created Read more…
The favorite car in the countryside is, without doubt, the full-wheel-drive, high-clearance VAZ 2121 “Niva”. Unfortunately, our industry does not produce trailers specifically for this model that have a high load capacity and can be operated off-road. And that’s a pity! Rural residents have an enormous need for them: they have to haul building materials Read more…
