«Dear editorial board! While reviewing back issues of ‘Modelist-Konstruktor’ from previous years, I became interested in materials about biogas published in issues No. 1’87, 5’88, 4’96 of the magazine. However, I didn’t dare to implement any of the proposed ideas on my farm. But I recently heard from neighbors that in Lithuania, some farmer got Read more…
Many owners have to start developing their garden, vegetable garden, or dacha plot by ensuring it has water. I began with solving this problem as well. The water on the plot lay relatively close to the surface — at a depth of about 4.5 m. A shaft well could have been dug. But water consumption Read more…
The house is built. Electricity is connected. Winter is coming… I suggest making a water heating system using an automatic tubular electric heater (TEN) “Ariston”. Reliability and automatic regulation of maximum heating are big advantages of this company’s “tens”. The simplest option is a boiler with a single-phase heater, similar to a piece of pipe. Read more…
Having a stove in a garden house (coal or wood-fired), it’s quite possible to provide hot water for the kitchen sink and even a shower. You’ll need a water heater – a device that allows you to use the heat of hot gases exiting through the stove’s chimney. Design and operating principle. The water heater Read more…
I set myself the goal of making a nimble, reliable, and compact walk-behind tractor. So that this mechanical assistant would work in the garden, plow the vegetable garden, cut beds, plant potatoes in the home field, weed seedlings, and harvest… And most importantly, so that I could operate this equipment while sitting in a comfortable Read more…
The walk-behind tractor was built by members of the “Young Technician” club of Vocational School No. 25 from the city of Kelmency, Chernivtsi region. With its help, they cultivate potato plots, mow grass, and transport cargo. The walk-behind tractor’s layout is traditional: frame, engine, and two-wheeled running gear. As needed, the following are attached to Read more…
It’s nice to relax after working in the garden by settling comfortably in a hammock. Buying a ready-made hammock is no problem today, but a true craftsperson prefers to make everything with their own hands—especially when it doesn’t take much effort. And making a hammock is really easy. You’ll need a piece of any heavy Read more…
A garden cart with a wide, spacious box and grids for extending the sides is convenient for a wide variety of garden and homestead work. However, everyone who works with soil primarily digs, plants, and sows. It turns out that the cart can easily be adapted to perform these functions: you can assemble a combine Read more…
Our magazine has already dedicated several articles to the topic of making good use of such a seemingly useless material as various bottles. And today, we are once again returning to this subject, offering our readers an article by V. B. Akimov, who shares his advice on how to repurpose many of the household items Read more…
The idea of creating a mechanical assistant for garden cultivation came to me a long time ago. I looked through relevant issues of the “Modelist-Constructor” magazine with descriptions of soil-cultivating tools and concluded that, based on the available power unit and the control levers from the Electron motor scooter, it would be better to make Read more…
