Most city dwellers living in apartment buildings usually dry their laundry on balconies and loggias. Ropes stretched low get in the way of placing flower boxes, a deck chair or other leisure items on the balcony; ropes stretched high cause inconvenience when hanging laundry and do not always ensure the necessary safety. All these drawbacks Read more…
On a summer cottage plot in bad weather you can take shelter indoors. However, even on a sunny day you sometimes want to hide — from the scorching rays. And if there are no large trees on the plot that would provide welcome shade, you don’t have to build a solid permanent gazebo, as is Read more…
For apple juice lovers I can suggest a homemade juicer that is simple to make and does not require large investments. It is built from an old washing machine. Factory juicers have low output and poor reliability because they contain many plastic parts. My homemade unit processes a bucket of apples in 7–10 minutes. To Read more…
Memories of childhood and adolescence stay with a person for life: of the native log house with a Russian stove; of sun-warmed dusty paths in the garden and vegetable patch, of the sawbucks (often stressed on the second syllable in speech) for sawing firewood, standing to the side in the yard by the woodshed… And Read more…
Quite recently, trailers for passenger cars appeared on the roads of our country. This new vehicle very quickly gained the widest popularity, and during vacation periods on highways one could observe lines of cars with trailers in tow. What designs are there? Trailer-dachas, “folding beds”, motor boats and yachts on trailers, self-propelled trailers — ground Read more…
Wood burning is very often used for finishing wooden items. Even when this operation is done with a special tool—a pyrograph—it is very labor-intensive, especially when applying various complex ornaments. I would like to suggest a successfully tried mechanized method of burning complex patterns and various appliqués. It is much more productive than the traditional Read more…
I have been subscribing to the magazine «Modelist-Konstruktor» since 1980, so I am a long-time reader. I have decided to write to the editorial office for the first time. Since school I have been keen on designing and making various devices, mechanisms, and tools. Sometimes I manage to come up with and build something that Read more…
If a country house or rural home has a high roof — it’s a sin not to take advantage of such an advantage and not to arrange an attic there: it can serve as an additional bedroom, study, and even a children’s room. The under-roof space itself can be equipped both during construction and in Read more…
Drop-leaf tables have been known for a long time and they are consistently in demand because they take up little space. But buying a table of the right size in a store is not always possible, so you often have to rely on your own hands and ingenuity. The proposed table is made of ash. Read more…
No matter how much humorists joke about repurposing items that have served their purpose, a DIY enthusiast’s soul won’t allow them to throw away something that could still be useful around the house. I’d like to share such an experience of using an empty aerosol canister. Indeed, it’s a pity and not rational to throw Read more…
