THE BIKE IN THE SUITCASE

BIKE IN A SUITCASEFolding bike nowadays. However, its dimensions even when folded, not too small, and to keep it at home and even more to transport on the bus or tram is not always convenient. I set a goal to develop a convenient folding bike smallest possible folded size. I wanted it to be easily transformed into a suitcase size with the usual “diplomat”. I have to say, this was not achieved, but to construct a two-wheeled machine, which, after transformation to fit in a suitcase or bag with the size 650x450x150 mm, I still did.

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BOAT FOR FOUR

BOAT FOR FOUR PEOPLEThis boat has always caused the attention of vodnomotornikov. Some were attracted to him emphasized the car appearance, painted on the sides of the wheels. Other interior comfort, decent speed, maneuverability and controllability. Well, hobbyists and tinkerers, in addition, was interested in the construction and manufacturing technology of the body, could not be better focused on work in the home workshop.

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“GLISSER” ANGLER

For successful fishing it would be nice to to good gear added luck, but still; as they say, “gotta know”. And if luck is fickle thing, then the place where the fish, I knew. But to get to them sometimes was difficult, and “equestrian”, and even Hiking. and there was only one way — by water. However, this would have at least some boats. So I decided to make a simple fishing boat.

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COMES TO THE AID OF “LETRAN”

COMES TO HELP A simple actuator that turns ordinary wheelchairs into self-propelled designed for small business “Electric” engineer A. COHOM. The device is simple enough; to make it even in the apartment, without the use of special tools and materials. As the base used, the most common and reliable wheelchair wheelchair model “400” production of Stavrovskiy plant, although you can upgrade so any.

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WORKING SLED

WORK SLEDAs soon as the first snow fell, it became clear that the house has no need of such cargo winter vehicle as a sled. Child’s sled for a long time “went” on a well-deserved rest in a pile of scrap metal, and weak they would have to carry the heavy loads.

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TRANSPORT… OF SILENCE

TRANSPORT... OF SILENCEThe voice of the motorcycle or moped is familiar to everyone: a sharp and often as machine-gun fire, the crackle of a motor rips the silence, causing the others to flinch. And harmful effects of the exhausts themselves! With the growing number of these machines increases the degree of poisoning of the atmosphere by exhaust gases.

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HYDRAULIC… CLASS

HYDRAULIC.Imagine you are in class technical schools. Class is in session. Lecturer for the Department sets the course, and the students, as expected, sitting at desks and listening attentively. But here ends the theoretical part, and is unusual in that the teacher, instead of inviting listeners to go to the shop or the lab, asking them to stand in the aisles. Then presses the button on the remote, and the tables as the team descends to the level of the seats. Revved the motor… and rows of tables slowly go under the chair! Fifteen minutes — and the room is free for practice sessions.

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OF THE SATELLITES — TANDEM

OF THE SATELLITES — TANDEMDescription a three-wheeled tandem, published in the journal (№3, 1979), I liked inherent in it the idea to tandem bike of the usual single, without making major changes to the original design. But the proposed version was not very satisfied: still frame of the second bike had undergone the unwanted interference. I wanted to find a way of articulation, that when there is no need to tandem it was possible to restore the bike to original form.

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SIMPLE, AS A SLEDGE

My snowmobile which I called “Ayavrik”, simple in construction, as intended to overcome huge snowdrifts. I was built for moving from hole to hole for ice fishing on a snow-covered ice, writes Anton from Togliatti. And to the river I am translating it in the trunk “Niva” (by the way it can even fit two Read more…

MICROMACHINERY

MICROMACHINERYThe sled with the motor for the little ones. Before to introduce the following proposed material, I want to remind small note in No. 2 of our journal in 1979 — “Folding sled”. Because the author of the two designs is the same — our reader from Kazan E. Zakharov. Technical creativity pushed his little boy, who every morning had to carry to kindergarten. A regular sled because it’s bulky to travel with changes in transport are not very good, and E. Zakharov builds original furniture, the type of walking cane-chairs, now enjoys great popularity. Folding sled has interested many of our readers who have decided to make the same: it is not only convenient in use but also during storage.

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