THE AREA SEAMSTRESS

AREA SEAMSTRESSFor a good housewife sewing machine still for home craftsman — drill with the tool: things are absolutely necessary. But in that and in other case to work and still want to carve out at least a small area. How to equip for employment of sewing — tells the Hungarian magazine”, Earmaster”.

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ARMORED KAMAZ

ARMORED TRUCKSLocal military conflicts and counter-terrorism operations of recent years has revealed the problem of resistance army transportation from destroy military units of the enemy, and also weapon illegal formations. To a large extent this issue has affected the cars intended for transportation of personnel, transport of various military cargo, installation of special equipment.

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“HORNET”, AKA “RHINO”

The Polish campaign of 1939 forced the military leadership of the Wehrmacht to equip the troops of the mobile means of combating enemy tanks. In the same year the firm “, Alkett” created the first self-propelled anti-tank artillery. The developers did is quite simple: they took off with a light tank Pz.Kpfw.I tower, and in its place hoisted a bridge with a 47-mm anti-tank gun Czech A9.

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JOURNEY INTO THE WORLD OF OLD EQUIPMENT

A JOURNEY TO THE OLD WORLD OF TECHNOLOGYIn Zlata Praha on the steep left Bank of the river Vltava, there is a strict gray building. The Czechoslovakian national technical Museum — one of the richest museums of history of technology in the world. This year the Olympics celebrates its 70th anniversary. At first the Museum consisted mainly exhibits private collections: scientific instruments, antique clocks. Then came the first steam engines, cars, airplanes. Particularly active exposure began to grow in the postwar years. Today it contains around a million items, many of which are donated to the Soviet museums.

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UNUSUAL HAND DRILL

The originality of this tool is that you can work with him with one hand. Dignity, which is quite appreciated by homebrew: there are plenty of places where conventional two-handed drill unfold. Replacing the drill bit on the screwdriver tip, you can get a screwdriver-bitreverse. The case of drills made of a conventional clamp: it Read more…

NOT THE RING FINGER

NOT THE RING FROM HIS FINGERSometimes it is difficult to remove on finger tight ring, but much harder — pressed on the shaft bushing or bearing, Not accidentally creating a variety of devices. One of such devices is presented at the NTTM-78 innovator Vladimir Gusev. His puller is very simple and is intended for locksmith’s and repair work — for example, the removal of the bearings from the shaft of the motors. Crank handle with screw case, with the teeth pull the chain and the gripper bar are all a device this portable remover. For adjustment of grippers for various diameter bearings or dismantling of the cross member bushings are supplied with screws.

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