At the time I decided to build an aerosled, I didn’t plan any particularly original design solutions for it — the machine was needed as a regular winter vehicle. However, when I selected the necessary units, materials, and got down to work, ideas for various design solutions for some components began to emerge. I even 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…
The sun is always a welcome guest. Both in the city and especially when going out for country recreation. But sometimes you want to get away from guests too. From the sun as well, when there’s too much of it, on an exhaustingly hot summer day. We seek saving shade, a secluded corner somewhere under Read more…
The most common version of a tool box for both professionals and hobbyists is usually just a wooden box with a carrying handle. Accordingly, its contents typically lie, as they say, in a heap: tools, fasteners, devices — all mixed together. Attempts to make compartments or insert additional boxes don’t help: it’s still inconvenient to Read more…
This tracked snowmobile is somewhat familiar to our readers. Its photograph was published in No. 3’99 of our magazine under the heading “Photo Panorama from Readers’ Letters.” It was made by Valery Aleksandrovich Bogdanovsky from the village of Tabory, Sverdlovsk Region — a senior coach of a children’s and youth physical training club, an enthusiastic Read more…
Very often spring in Siberia turns out to be prolonged and cold. That’s why most gardeners are in no hurry to plant seedlings of the most common vegetable crops—cucumbers and tomatoes—in open ground even at the end of May, because, according to long-term observations, frosts can return as late as June 10. However, you can’t Read more…
Everyone knows the wonderful properties of a steam bath. It helps healthy people maintain vitality, harden themselves, avoid illness, and excellently restore the body after nervous and physical stress. During the bath procedure, a person, along with sweat, is freed from toxins and salts, which is why doctors recommend sweating daily—from physical exertion or from Read more…
Viktor Dmitrievich Berezhnoy is a native of Valday. By his main profession, he is a highly qualified welder. However, in the district center it’s difficult to find well-paid work. He had to be both a tailor and a reaper. The only constant was Berezhnoy’s passion for technical creativity. It was this that helped him out Read more…
It’s not often that you’ll encounter homemade snowmobile equipment for children on winter paths and hills. Mostly, these are well-known industrial designs like “Chuk and Gek”. Some have low-power internal combustion engines installed. Despite all their obvious advantages, they also have disadvantages. However, avoiding discussions about the “pros” and “cons”, let’s get acquainted with an Read more…
While equipping my bathroom as a sauna (see “Modelist-Konstruktor” No. 10, 1997), I decided to make a powerful (3 — 3.5 kW) and reliable heater myself. The most acceptable option seemed to me to be an electric heater in a tin bucket with an asbestos-cement terminal block and brass studs, covered with a hinged metal Read more…
