I have been a loyal reader of your magazine for more than 25 years. Responding to your call to subscribers to be not only readers but also active authors, I decided to share an interesting technology based on which I built my residential house: while erecting the walls, I widely used plastic bottle containers. I Read more…
The simplicity of the “Arfa” design is probably unique. The vehicle has only six main parts: a frame with an engine, a rear axle, wheels, a ski with a steering rod, and a steering wheel. The snowmobile’s reliability and low maintenance match the very highest requirements imposed on a vehicle intended for autonomous runs across Read more…
One day I came across an article “Vitamin jack” (“M-K” No. 7 for 1985), where the author writes that when preparing juices he crushes apples with a wooden mallet in a small barrel. His argument in favor of such a technology — purely manual — seemed unconvincing to me. Therefore, I decided to share with Read more…
Original and practical designs by the Vinnytsia resident Oleg Andreyevich Ostapenko clearly appealed to the readers of our magazine. After a Central TV broadcast “This You Can”, in which the editorial office plays an active role, and a publication in “Fotopanorama” (see “M-K” No. 1 for 1986) of some developments by a self-taught designer, many Read more…
After pruning trees in the garden, a considerable amount of branches of various thicknesses ends up as waste. They are usually used as stove fuel. Thin branches are easy to chop with an axe, while thicker ones are sawn. Manual sawing is quite labor-intensive. To make my gardening chores easier, I built a portable circular Read more…
“My childhood fell on the hard postwar years,” begins M. I. Psaryov in his letter to the editorial office. “Back then, we made our own toys. Apparently, that is what planted in my soul a love for designing – all my life I have never parted with tools, metal, wood, and, of course, pencil and Read more…
The scorching and suffocating summer has long remained in the memory of those who found themselves in conditions of smoke and extreme heat caused by large-scale wildfires. During this period, the number of medical consultations increased sharply. After the exhausting heat came a sudden cold snap, which became an additional challenge for the body. It Read more…
A swimming pool, mind you, is too grand a name. In everyday speech, such tiny ponds for toddlers are usually called “frog ponds.” Building one will not take much time or strain your family budget, and on a hot summer day both your children and you will get plenty of joy from a dip like Read more…
The city of Arsenyev in Primorsky Krai is not that close to the sea. However, the now widely spread passion for sailing on sailboards — windsurfers — led to the appearance of a section here in 1976. There are now about thirty people in it. They started, as they say, from scratch. They read specialized Read more…
It is generally accepted that the drill is the main tool of home handymen, hobbyists who like to build things with their own hands for the home and family, and also the primary means of mechanizing labor-intensive processes when building homemade machinery. This is no coincidence: thanks to a variety of auxiliary or additional attachments, Read more…
