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…
The designer of this small truck — Yevgeny Nikitovich Yevsikov is already known to our readers from the publication «Plows, carries and even saws» (see «Modelist-Konstruktor» No. 5, 2002). The article was about a small tractor he built. Now we present another of his machines — a mini-truck. Yevgeny Nikitovich is a leading designer with Read more…
To trim and shape one or two bushes in your front garden, to shorten a rapidly grown whip that appeared out of nowhere right in front of the window during the summer, you can use ordinary garden shears. As they say, snip — and it’s gone. Well, what if the volume of “hairdressing” work is Read more…
It is well known that fishing from a boat is better than from shore—usually such fishing is much more successful. But a boat, even a rubber one, is far from available to every adult fishing enthusiast. And where can one get such a watercraft, for example, for a young angler? Even finding a large inner Read more…
They say you can’t save much on matches, and yet… A simple and practical electronic “match,” the description of which we offer to readers’ attention, will free you from the need to constantly monitor that matchboxes don’t remain empty. The “match” works as follows. The electrical energy accumulated by capacitor C1 (see the schematic diagram) Read more…
What lengths fishermen won’t go to for good luck. Once my friend — an avid angler — complained that often the catch turns out meager simply because there’s no way to cast a bottom fishing rod to the spot where, presumably, the fish should be: either bushes are in the way, or there’s not enough Read more…
It’s no secret that halogen lamps used in automobiles often fail. This happens as a result of a current surge that inevitably occurs every time they are switched on, when the filament coil is still in an unheated (cold) state. For example, a “halogen” fog lamp is designed to operate in normal mode with a Read more…
Numerous gatherings of amateur aircraft designers brought together hundreds of small aviation enthusiasts, and this clearly showed that interest in designing amateur aircraft is enormous. However, in many cases, an insoluble problem for ultralight aircraft enthusiasts is the engine problem — powerful, light, compact, and economical. I believe that if industry produced such engines, small Read more…
The experience of potato growers shows: Dutch technology for growing root crops is the most effective, with minimal labor costs. The rows are clean and even, and the harvest is excellent. The foundation of everything is properly organized planting and, naturally, good equipment. I offer readers a brief account of the technology itself, as well Read more…
To build a simple, unpretentious, and reliable car, I was, one might say, forced by circumstances. Back in the memorable times of general shortages, I bought a well-worn “Zaporozhets” that spent more time in repair than on the road, waiting for me to find the necessary spare parts. After several years of such torment, I Read more…
