JIGSAW FROM… REFRIGERATOR

JIGSAW FROM... REFRIGERATOR

A home craftsman’s desire to mechanize their labor as much as possible and replace hand tools with mechanical ones is only natural. One such tool is the jigsaw, indispensable when working with plywood, thin plastic, and similar materials. There are several options for replacing a hand jigsaw with a mechanical one: an attachment for the Read more…

Rabbit cottages

Rabbit cottages

The young naturalists of Cherkasy Secondary School No. 3 surely still remember the rabbit Belka, who gave birth to 96 kits in a year — three to five times more than usual. Belka’s offspring yielded nearly half a ton of meat, and the pelts were enough to make five children’s fur coats. We offer three Read more…

SCOOTER UNDER THE ROOF

SCOOTER UNDER THE ROOF

There’s no point in comparing a scooter and a passenger car — they are completely different machines. Nevertheless, motorcycle designers constantly strive to bring the comfort of four-wheeled vehicles to their two-wheeled counterparts. In recent years, lightweight scooters equipped with fairings resembling a small car body without doors have become more common in urban environments. Read more…

VELO TRICYCLE

VELO TRICYCLE

Over time, interest in velomobiles — this environmentally friendly and health-beneficial mode of transport — has waned and flared up anew, but it never completely fades away. Its fans believe that since the invention of the self-propelled cart by I.P. Kulibin, this pedal-powered vehicle has received its greatest development in the last 30 years: many Read more…

DIY racing car

DIY racing car

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to build a real Formula 1 racing car with your own hands? No, not just put a spoiler on a Zhiguli, but make a car that feels and behaves like an F1 on the track. One stubborn enthusiast took on exactly this kind of adventure, and Read more…

COTTAGE ASSISTANT

COTTAGE ASSISTANT

For cultivating the land in garden plots, I consider a walk-behind tractor to be the most suitable mechanism. It has small dimensions and consumes little fuel, has the necessary maneuverability and sufficient productivity. The ability to quickly replace some soil-cultivating tools on a walk-behind tractor with others (for example, a plow with a ripper, hiller Read more…