Greenhouses are, of course, not a whim or a fashion, but a necessity that many have struggled with. After all, these structures, covering a plot of land with glass or film, allow not only to plant seedlings in the ground earlier, but also (which is no less important) to protect the growing plants from acid Read more…
A circular electric saw is a very useful thing in any household. In terms of usefulness, it is probably in second place after an electric drill. About the design of the electric saw: it couldn’t be simpler. Its basis is a DAO-A type electric motor from a washing machine. The electric motor doesn’t have to Read more…
Indeed: how to remove combustion products from a stove without a good chimney? Without it, there will be no necessary draft either. There are three main types of chimneys — wall-mounted (inside capital brick or stone walls, also called wall chimneys); root (brick risers standing separately from the stove); mounted (directly on the stove top). Read more…
My fifth-grade grandson recently came to me with a request: he needed to come up with a project for 3D printing, the kids from the internet would download toy soldiers, but he wanted to make something useful – could I help? A tin can caught my eye. – Try to find the center of a Read more…
It happens that a stud or tap gets cut off or broken, remaining in the hole. An unpleasant situation, but not hopeless. A proven technique will help: the hole needs to be drilled out to a larger diameter that allows extracting the fragment, cutting a thread in it, and screwing in a bushing for a Read more…
While choosing equipment for snowboarding, I came across an article on the internet about Eskimos. More precisely, about how representatives of this people of the far north protected their eyes from sunburn. This problem is known to winter sports enthusiasts – skiers, snowkiters, mountaineers, snowmobilers – everyone who spends a long time on white snow Read more…
Paraphrasing a well-known saying, I will say that in our family, the husband proposes, but the wife disposes. For example, my beloved wife wanted to organize a recreation area on the plot where she could sunbathe and lounge with a book. And butterflies must flutter around! Who would bring this fantasy to life? It became Read more…
Externally, this padlock is no different from thousands of its counterparts guarding storerooms and dachas, sheds and utility rooms, shops and warehouses. Except for one stunning detail: it opens… with a screwdriver. Can one trust such an unserious device that even a mischievous boy could unlock? “You can,” asserts its creator, engineer I. Yankin. “Opening Read more…
An unusual tree grafting technology was proposed by I.V. Michurin, and in N. Verzilin’s book “Journeys with Houseplants” this original method of obtaining a cutting from a living branch directly on the tree is described. He “surrounded” the branch with a vessel of water — and roots appeared on old branches of pears and apple Read more…
When talking about the amateur constructor E. Kulikov, it should be noted that all the units and mechanisms he has made are designed to ease the labor and daily life of rural residents. Let us touch upon one of the problems annually solved by village residents, and by those who live in most Russian settlements Read more…
