WALL SOUVENIR

WALL SOUVENIR“Modelist-Konstruktor” awakened in me a thirst for innovation, the desire to do something with their hands. One of his simplest works, I would like to submit to the judgment of the editorial staff and readers of the journal. After reviewing the range of goods in many camera shops, was disappointed, as most frames I’ve seen were either made of plastic or metal, and besides, pretty rough work. I also wanted to have a framework of wood. For large format A3, it is this size and not easy to find, and their cost is prohibitive. In the end, had to either store the images in the album or come up with something yourself.

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IF NO CLAMP

IF THERE IS NO CLAMPSupport the work piece on the table, the workbench, impact glue sticks, drill the plate pack — in these and many other cases not to do without clamps, but not one, but several and different sizes. The simplest ones you can make yourself from a steel strip and a bolt with a nut. The dimensions of the brackets and the size of the bolt specified for the purpose. Through the longitudinal slot in one of the shelves bracket bolt with nut can be moved to the optimum position or to use with a bracket of a different size. So when tightening do without the wrench, the bolt head radial drill through hole under the rod, the knob and nut to protect from turning the notched lock washer.

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KERN-MARKER

Punching in the sheet material of large diameter or curved forms used by drilling on the contour. However, the punching of the centers of the “contour” hole requires accuracy and is time consuming. Much faster the work will go if the core is to equip a retractable pointed foot with locking screw. Sticking with it Read more…

SIMPLE AND RELIABLE

SIMPLE AND RELIABLENot often, but sometimes: spin rubber motor on the model, and suddenly it breaks. And it brings a lot of trouble. However, more recently, the fuselage of this “accident” is not suffering — its the working part on rezinomotornaya model aircraft are now in the form of a solid tube made of aluminum or fiberglass. But the propeller is still defenseless. Devices used to protect it from breakage, disks or rectangular plates of sheet aluminum not withstand strong impact. In addition, they are massive and awkward to use.

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TABLE SHELF

Book required at the moment for work, must be always at hand; however, the folded stack on the table, they interfere, and use them uncomfortable. Make a simple table shelf, and you’ll forget the inconvenience. Missing parts not required: two cutting boards or sheet of chipboard and three wooden rod with a diameter of about Read more…

PROBE-HARVESTER

TEST-COMBINEI work as an electrician. This profession is serious, requires not only deep knowledge in this field, but also special care with electricity trifled with. I have to work in different conditions—indoors, and outdoors in any weather. Here without nice and friendly equipment assistants can not do. So I try to keep up with the technology of today, follow the latest developments in the technical literature, including in popular science. Do not bypass the attention and homemade. I learned a lot of useful information from publications in the magazines “modelist-Konstruktor”, “Radio”, etc. One of my first homemade probe, the design of which was published in the “Modeller-designer” № 5 for the year 1990.

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PLANNERALM HAI-3

PLANNERALM HAI-3In the late 30-ies of work on tailless aircraft has reached such a level that the aircraft could proceed to the creation of transport aircraft wings. To new, unusual striving youth, and there is nothing surprising in the fact that students of the Kharkiv aviation Institute in 1935 for the first time in the world engaged in the design of a 12-seater passenger aircraft “slipped wing”. For the project used the idea of “planetaleto”, that is, low-speed aircraft with good aerodynamics.

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WEDGE-DRAWOVAL

WEDGE-DRAWOVALMany of the factors about which way to fall cut down a tree: and it is a natural inclination of the trunk, and the wind direction, and slope of the terrain. Sawyer has to insure the second worker with a long pole rests on the barrel, causing it to fall in the desired direction.

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