After her victorious Russo-Japanese war, Japan immediately moved to a new class of naval powers, occupying one of leading places. After the commissioning of the trophies of the Russian fleet was owned by quite an honorable fourth place in the world. But the number greatly exceeded the quality. Especially noticeable is the discrepancy was in the class of cruisers. In 1907, the Navy of the Mikado consisted of 25 units of this class — the number of earned the respect. But they all were outdated. Suffice it to say that the largest and most modern light cruisers was a former “Varyag”, which received a new name — “Soya”. He and his colleagues were a bunch of various ships that were built in all major marine countries. Even played an important role in the battles of the last war armored cruisers in a couple of years moved into the category of “linear” units is not the second but rather the third line.
WHAT IS NOT A SHOCK!
Usually furniture door furniture is hung on special hinges. They have one drawback — when you close the door slams. To prevent this from happening, offer points of contact to glue pieces of felt or foam. A. VARLAGIN, Naberezhnye Chelny
DRILL-LAWN MOWER
Each grower along with the purchase the fixtures there are always homemade. Particularly handy, productive, prikladnye which will not get in any store. You too can add to your Arsenal of tools. Simple but effective tools gardeners that can be done in a few evenings, we offer in this issue.
PRESERVED BEARINGS
The good master is always a stock of various parts, components, metal fasteners. But often to keep them all accounted for in the raw unheated outbuildings: the barn, the loggia or the balcony. The metal is not rusted, it is better to place it in an oil “bath”. Associate, for example, bearings of the same Read more…
PAINT MITTEN
Water pipe running along the wall, paint normal brush hard. For this purpose I made a MITT made of sheepskin with the fur outside. Wearing it on your hand and dipped into the paint, carefully paint the pipe on all sides. V. SHURYGIN, S. Dry Berezovka, Voronezh region
ON-A-STRING — LINGERIE
For drying clothes instead of rope is convenient to use thick fishing line, advancing on the strength (calculated on the force of 35 kgf). It is less visible, doesn’t spoil the view and it is not necessary to remove.
MICROMACHINERY
The sled with the motor for the little ones. Before to introduce the following proposed material, I want to remind small note in No. 2 of our journal in 1979 — “Folding sled”. Because the author of the two designs is the same — our reader from Kazan E. Zakharov. Technical creativity pushed his little boy, who every morning had to carry to kindergarten. A regular sled because it’s bulky to travel with changes in transport are not very good, and E. Zakharov builds original furniture, the type of walking cane-chairs, now enjoys great popularity. Folding sled has interested many of our readers who have decided to make the same: it is not only convenient in use but also during storage.
TAMING THE TANGLE
There are numerous ways to make current, to the ball of yarn did not run away and not out somewhere. The easiest is to put it in a box, basket, or, as shown in the drawing, just the right size jar.
HACKSAW — TOOL UNIVERSAL
Often we use the tool, not knowing that it has some new features. Take such an ordinary tool like metalwork hacksaw. It would seem, what else to think of. However, many work can be done much easier and faster if you use our recommendations. Very difficult, for example, to cut a groove that is only Read more…
IN A MODERN STYLE
Round tables are in fashion: buying new furniture, they are often sent to a landfill. However, this is hardly justified. To verify this, just look at the figure — four boards plus round table top from old furniture — that’s all the details of the original coffee table, which perfectly fit to the modern interior.










