Motor cultivators, mini-tractors, potato harvesters… For economically strong farms and homesteads, such equipment has long ceased to be a novelty. The lot of the less fortunate, it seems, remains only hope in oneself, in one’s ability to create solid mechanical helpers almost from “scrap,” and on extremely simple, yet reliable agricultural tools—a “gift from deep Read more…
In small families, the kitchen is most often used for meals: it’s quick and convenient—everything is at hand. But most kitchens are cramped—you can’t fit a normal “family” table, say 900×900 mm, there. It would seem that the solution is to use a folding (for mealtime) design. However, transforming such a table from small to Read more…
I’m sure many amateur car builders face the problem of glazing the body when building their vehicle. Most of them solve this by “tying” themselves to the sizes and shapes of automotive glass used on production models. I, however, took the risk of equipping my “jeep” with triplex-type glass, cut to the required dimensions myself. Read more…
Regular subscribers know that our publication pays considerable attention to individual construction. By regularly publishing various house projects and thus communicating with reader-builders, we have found that many novice builder-cottagers have a poor understanding of the house construction process itself. Finnish builder and teacher Renti Jormalainen tells about the initial stage of building a home. Read more…
Owners of houses with stove heating know how difficult it is to light a cold stove (fireplace or sauna stove), especially in bad windy weather. You’ll literally cry, because the smoke initially often goes not into the chimney, but, on the contrary, into the room. This problem is especially acute for those owners of garden Read more…
A woodworking machine in a personal household will never be in the way, and when building or setting up a house or dacha, it is simply necessary. However, not everyone has the opportunity to purchase one. Moreover, the machines available for sale don’t suit everyone in everything: either the dimensions are too large, or the Read more…
Active work with rakes, hoes, shovels, snow scrapers, and all other garden tools with handles of uniform diameter throughout their length is associated with excessive strain on the fingers. In youth, one doesn’t pay attention to such trifles, but with age, the number of rest breaks somehow increases… To reduce hand strain, I attached handle-like Read more…
I have been subscribing to your magazine for many years. It is a real helper for those who do something with their own hands. We live in the south of Ukraine, where such building material as wood is in short supply. Many of my neighbor gardeners have started building utility structures from cement panels of Read more…
No matter how beautifully the walls and floor of the bathroom are decorated – the overall pleasant picture is disrupted by the gaping space under the bathtub itself, which is usually installed on legs and is not covered by anything. It is no coincidence that the industry has recently started supplying a special panel device Read more…
When my family moved to a far from new estate house with a land plot, I faced the problem of its thorough renovation and construction of outbuildings. It was clear that such work could not be handled with hand tools alone. Therefore, I decided that before starting construction, along with a concrete mixer, I would Read more…
