I’ll probably be right in saying that most home hobbyists dream of having a universal rotary tool at their disposal. How many opportunities it opens for its owner! Engraving, abrasive machining of parts with complex shapes, making stamps and press forms yourself, drilling and countersinking holes located in places hard to reach with a regular Read more…
A combined tabletop circular saw is needed by every model-makers’ club. It makes it easier to carry out a whole range of woodworking tasks; in addition, by replacing the tool on the bench, you can sand wooden parts, polish metal surfaces, and sharpen tools. To make such a machine, you need a single-phase electric motor Read more…
With a fairly powerful compact drive, the electric drill has long become one of the leaders of household tools. And with attachments and all kinds of fixtures, it is quite happy to get ahead in agricultural work: it already mows, threshes, and performs other operations excellently. It becomes a true universal tool! Moreover, thanks to Read more…
The desire to build a house came to me at the same time as receiving, in the mid-1980s, a plot of land — the cherished six hundred square meters. The question of what kind of house to build — brick or wooden — caused no problems. Brick and concrete walls had already tired me in Read more…
Before any home workshop maker sooner or later faces the problem of cleaning the workshop. However, it is not always possible to get by with a broom or brushes. An optimal solution could be a household vacuum cleaner. Of course, in stores that sell various powered tools you can find special vacuum cleaners for workshops, Read more…
There’s no need to prove how important it is to have a water reserve on a garden plot: if something happens to the irrigation system, flowerbeds and lawns will turn into hay in just a week of July heat. So when my old steel tank rusted through and started leaking, I urgently needed a replacement. Read more…
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…
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…
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…
