BENDING MACHINE

BENDING MACHINEWhen the device watering system for garden plot or in the garden many problems arise when it is necessary to bend a metal tube. Meanwhile. not that hard to assemble a simple machine (see picture) for flexible aluminium, copper and thinwalled steel tubes with an outer diameter of 20 mm.

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SPRING IS… SAND

Before bending the steel pipe, it is necessary to fill calcined, sifted through a fine mesh sand, and the ends to drown out the wooden plugs. In the circle of carting the Moscow Palace of pioneers and pupils named after N. K. Krupskaya children very often had to bend the pipes for frames of go Read more…

ANTI-TANK “CARTS”

ANTI-TANK When developing a combat reconnaissance patrol vehicles (BRDM), the specialists of the design Bureau of the Gorky automobile plant in advance the possibility of creating on its basis a whole range of machines with unified mechanisms, machines and details. The main module was the unit of the power plant with the transmission. “Imposing” such a module housing of the original design was created and then various combat vehicles, including anti-tank missiles on the BRDM.

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SIX INDEPENDENT AND DRIVE

SIX INDEPENDENT AND DRIVEThe Rover, shown in the photo, the original was made in a caterpillar form, and then converted into a four-wheel drive wheel, which for many years is in operation. Each of the six wheels, the front pair of which is driven, has an independent suspension. Wheels — tyres low-pressure chambers wheels tractor truck with a longitudinal brace and the transverse belts of the conveyor belt.

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HOW TO EASE RIB

Modelers know how difficult it is to facilitate fine rib, without violating its strength. In the model airplane circled our House pioneers a way of cutting out successfully replaced the cutting. This causes the strength of the part and the work is done much faster. Hole punch tubes of different diameter, with the end sharpened Read more…

THE FUTURE STARTS IN THE PAST

THE FUTURE BEGINS IN THE PASTThe exploration of outer space has the beginning, but the end of these proceedings, with no end of the universe, where they are conducted. But whenever in the future, we turned to the topic of penetration of earthlings into space, we will inevitably look back to seek the origins.
 
V. Sevastyanov, cosmonaut of the USSR, twice Hero of the Soviet Union

LONG-RUNNING LETTER

LONG LETTERCopies of the first decade of the twentieth century was for all the sailors of Europe, and the English, in particular, is very tense. The terrible specter of a future war and an elusive championship in the world forced the admirals “mistress of the seas” require for growing, by leaps and bounds, the Grand fleet more ships of all classes, not just battleships. To provide intelligence for action last and to protect them from enemy light forces had the latest high-speed cruisers, and several dozen. In such situation on the foreground the luck incorrectly designed version managed to replicate even before the defects would manifest itself in the service. Fortunately for Britain, at the disposal of designers there was quite a decent naval project leader-scout “Aretusa”. The Admiralty has taken the path of least resistance (in this case it is wise) is ordered by 1913 six more cruisers of the same type, making the project only a small change. A young talented engineer, Stanley Goodall, which was led personally by the shipbuilder to the Navy, Eustace Tennis d Ankort, prepared sketches in just a few days.

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