There was a time when artistic design pursued purely decorative goals. Artists worked only on the form of machines. This explains the presence of a large number of decorative elements in the designs of automobiles of the not-so-distant past. Now the tasks of artistic design have expanded significantly. A modern designer (artist-constructor), trying to make Read more…
Snowmobile technology is finding increasingly wider application today. Industry and amateur craftsmen create the most diverse machine designs, specifically intended for winter operation. But then spring comes, and the powerful “Buran” goes to the garage for storage — waiting for the next season, while its owner switches to another “steed,” most often — a motorcycle. Read more…
The metal detector I developed has not yet been used in peacekeeping operations to detect and neutralize minefields, nor in large-scale geological or archaeological surveys. Designed not for professionals, but for amateurs whose desire to “look underground” can be satisfied by a design with the parameters given in the table, it is an improved version Read more…
Readers of the magazine who became acquainted in issue No. 4’2006 with the tractor trailer by V. Kolyaskin were also interested in the mini-tractor itself by this amateur constructor. Today we publish a description of the manufacturing technology of this tractor and diagrams of its main units. If you have a house in the country, Read more…
In any, even equipped with mini-“Kirovtsy”, “Kubots” and other high-class equipment, individual farm, one probably cannot do without manual agricultural tools. Having passed through the centuries, they, in essence, have changed little. And no matter how technical thought struggled, no matter how design pleased, we still have before us a “carrying container with handles and Read more…
Illness is equally burdensome for both children and adults – the recent pandemic is a clear example of this. In such a situation, a small and convenient bedside table will certainly come in handy, which can be used for eating or light activities: reading, drawing, performing urgent work on a laptop or tablet, browsing news Read more…
In the late 1980s, the family of light vehicles with mechanical engines (from motorcycles and snowmobiles to ultralight aircraft) was joined by a new type of ultralight aircraft, which received the official (according to FAI classification) name of powered paraglider. However, in colloquial speech it is often called a paramotor (PM), meaning the entire apparatus. Read more…
The purpose of this vessel is fishing with a small trawl and drift nets no more than 20 miles from the port of refuge. Endurance – 12 days. Main dimensions of the boat: maximum length – 12.75 m, length at waterline – 11.7 m, width – 3 m, draft – 1.3 m. Speed reaches 8 Read more…
Many photography enthusiasts today use old lenses on modern cameras. Especially those who are into leisurely creative or experimental photography. For this purpose, an adapter ring is purchased with a bayonet mount matching the camera being used and a thread (or also a bayonet) matching the lens. Such accessories are produced by many companies and Read more…
Modern rocking chairs – something’s wrong with them! Made in a lightweight version, they practically lack moment of inertia. The proposed design does not have this drawback. It is assembled from sufficiently massive wooden parts, which contributes to an increased number of swings from a single push. At the same time, the chair does not Read more…
