THE FLOORBOARD CREAKED

CREAKED THE FLOORBOARDSEventually, the old plank floors are beginning to demand greater attention: that the weakened floorboards start to play under my feet and to communicate by squeaks, reminding of the famous comic musical play “kitten on the keys”; the rotting boards threatening to break; the knots were narrowed and povyskakivali from the boards forming the floor of the through hole.

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WOODEN GRASSHOPPER

Recumbent I’ve collected over the ten days together with their children and we called him “Grasshopper”. Rear wheels have “Grasshopper” — from Bicycle “the Schoolboy one of which is driving. The ends of their common axis attached to two spars, made from cuttings of hockey sticks with a cross-section 30×20 mm, which, in turn, are Read more…

FLYING CRUISER K-7

K-7 is a Soviet multi-purpose aircraft pilot-giant design Bureau K. A. Kalinin. Was developed in the early 1930-ies, using original engineering solutions, new technologies and materials. Passed flight tests in 1933, however, in connection with the identified deficiencies in the design, and the disaster of the first produced aircraft, the test failed. In 1935, in Read more…

CARGO MINI-MOKIK

CARGO MINI-MOKIKI’m a longtime admirer of the magazine “modelist-Konstruktor” and subscribed to it for many years. Then, due to financial difficulties had to deny yourself this. But since last year started to write again. I am glad that, as before, in publications find lot of useful information.

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Renault DUSTER

Renault DUSTERIncreased need of our population in the budget vehicles to a large extent satisfied by the products of domestic car Assembly enterprises. Currently, the Moscow plant “Avtoframos” production of preparing one of these cars called Renault DUSTER. The car is a compact crossover SUV created on the chassis of the Renault LOGAN sedan in front-wheel-drive versions. Compared to the sedan, the trunk volume crossover 25 liter smaller, but it increases to 1636 litres with folded rear couch.

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MEET: “SPORT-TOURIST”

MEET: Central to the exhibition NTTM-82 this car attracted the attention of visitors not less, than standing next to the new “Lada” with a rotary engine. It is not surprising, because it very unusual that he double, and open, roofless cabin, and the plastic body, and an intriguing name “Sport-tourist”. Unusual and the story of its creation.

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THE METHOD OF EXCAVATION…

The British magazine “Practical Householder” reminds readers about the DS one the oldest methods-plan sections using the so-called Egyptian triangle with sides in the ratio 3:4:5. If you make a triangle out of durable nylon twine, combining stretches it with a metal SANB, we will get a reliable and accurate tool for marking angles.

AND FOR THE JOINER AND CARPENTER

TO THE JOINER AND THE CARPENTERPlease tell about your Hobbies. Like to create: to create with their hands the things that enhance the comfort and beauty home. I especially like working with wood — carpentry, carpentry. The desire to have in your use of “helper”, accelerating the work and improving its quality, was the main motive for the creation of the present combined machine for obtaining joinery blanks, and you can tell the woodworking mini-complex.

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