At the time of making this simple watercraft, which is even difficult to name: “either a junk, or a boat, or a boat, or a raft,” I had a “Kazanka” — a spacious, sturdy boat. However, it was intended for sailing with an outboard motor. But what kind of fishing, tell me, in a quiet Read more…
They come in large and small, foldable and “monolithic”, tabletop and floor-standing – of the most varied designs, but… with one common drawback: they require storage space. We’re talking about ironing boards. Indeed, such a necessary item for every family’s household – and so archaic, “clumsy”: where to put it away when all the laundry Read more…
Little children love to have toys with them not only in the room, but also on walks. Especially those that can be pulled on a string or pushed with a thin stick. Even more so, a dynamic toy when something in it spins, swings, or bounces. We offer a variant of such an amusing pull-toy Read more…
Of all types of sledding sports, bobsledding was the first to gain international recognition — steerable sleds for several passengers. It appeared on ice tracks at the end of the 19th century. Russian athletes rode bobsleds as early as 1910—1912, mastering the slopes of Vorobyovy Gory. Since the first Winter Olympic Games in 1924 in Read more…
…A young driver sits on a miniature, elegantly designed scooter and starts moving. There’s no familiar crackling sound, no annoying smoke. What’s the matter? Looking more closely, we discover that this scooter has an electric motor installed instead of the usual internal combustion engine. The scooter is electric! We admit that such machines are not Read more…
In rural estate-type houses, and even in simple country cottages, of which there are countless numbers today, it’s unlikely to get by without some kind of stove — Russian, Dutch, or a simple “burzhuyka” — even if “we have gas in our apartment.” It’s just that “blue fuel” is still far from available everywhere and Read more…
Every year, while digging the soil with my family on the backyard plot where a tractor simply had no room to turn around, I thought: “I need a motoblock-cultivator.” Of course, I could, by denying myself something else, buy such a mechanism. But, thinking that it would be used only a few days a year, Read more…
When lighting fixtures and electricity were cheap, the question of a thrifty approach to choosing lighting for stairwells was not seriously considered by anyone. But life has taught everyone to count every penny, so there’s no need to convince anyone about the advisability of using an automatic stairwell and corridor lighting switch (ASCLS). The question Read more…
In city apartments, country houses, and garden cottages, wooden window frames periodically require refurbishment and painting, and glass needs sealing or replacement if cracked or broken. All of this can be easily done on your own by following the suggested recommendations (based on materials from foreign publications). If the paint on a window has peeled Read more…
Unfortunately, it’s not very often that the pages of the magazine feature descriptions of homemade constructions that surpass the current level of serial Russian, let alone Western technology. And this is understandable: after all, such amateur machines are usually made in a shed or garage, where the entire machine park consists of an electric drill Read more…
