“SOFT” SHELF

For many it will remind imperceptibly supplanted by modern interior bookcase. And for those who had to glue holiday garland chains of colored paper strips, it will immediately become evident and the device of this unusual vertical shelves. Yes, the principle is the same — the connection of individual units, not of paper, thick fabric, mattress, upholstery. To soft links not going into an accordion between them laid the plywood squares: thanks to them, each link is under load takes the form of a cube with two open sides. Here you can put books, drawings, to put the flowers and decorations, and depending on the strength of the materials used and the reliability of the suspension even here place the portable TV player with records, tape and cassettes.

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SURFING IN THE SNOW

SURFING ON SNOWOn the opposite slope of the ravine, where a tower stretching up gold under the bright winter sun the trunks of the pine trees, down the skier. He rolls down the fresh, the night fell and now fluffy clean snow. Here he turned sharply across the slope, holding up a snowy trail, I stopped for a second. And down again again towards. Steep sharp turns, dive and stop. Skiing will not do so, even on the mountain, even on a solid Naste. Yes and it is something special — that a back, face to the slope. Everything he gets is free and easy, only one little tilt of the body, it seems almost effortless…

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TABLE-SHELF

TABLE SHELFThis unusual shape of the table mastered, a German furniture company. The originality of design lies in the fact that the top of its rear edge passes… in the regiment. This opens up a number of additional amenities for those who are working at the table, I would like to have at hand the necessary literature for rapid retrieval of the source information or reference material. Consider a desktop interesting by the fact that it is available for self-reproduction, because it is not complex in design and consists of simple parts. The dimensions are selected depending on space allocated for a table in the apartment.

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BRACKETS FOR STEREO SPEAKERS

BRACKETS FOR STEREO SPEAKERSStereoscopy household radio equipment increasingly enters the house. Rarely one will see speakers in corners of the room… But where: on the floor, on bookshelves, on the furniture! With this arrangement, the speakers sounds stereo records very reduced, because to achieve properly oriented sound propagation difficult.

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ON TRACK BUGGY

TRACK BUGGYMotorsport fans have long been familiar with the term “rally”. He is known and automodellista-skorostyam is one of the competitions cord racing models, in which miniature cars shall adhere to the set speed. And in the near future the word “rally” will appear in the lexicon of car designers-copies.

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“HAIRDRYER” FOR WELDING

Offer DIY (and home) is a device for welding plastics. However, it can be used to solve a variety of problems of technical work — for example, to blow away solder from electronic circuit boards dismantled. Because the temperature coming out of the nozzle-tube air reaches 300°C, and warm-up only takes 5 — 8 minutes.

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THE MOTORS ON THE PALM

ENGINES.The readers of our magazine are familiar according to previous publications the name of the Moscow designer-lover of Alexander Abramov. Despite his advanced age (he is now 85 years old), he continues to be active creative activity. In his home lab many layouts, working models and full-scale models of various mechanisms, including engines. Alexander invented and built dozens of them. Many of the designs are unusual and contain original ideas. But the author does not jealously protect their technological innovations from third-party curious look, but rather generously shares with all who show interest in its development. So this time, inventing and testing a few new arrangements, Alexander makes some of them to the reader’s judgment.

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CATERPILLAR FOR MOTOART

CATERPILLAR FOR MOTOARTI want to share the experience of producing a fairly simple tracks for motionart. Many fans of the design familiar to the complexity of this node. It is much easier if the basis to take any roller chain. For example, I used motorcycle. No additional reinforcements are not required: margin of safety it proved sufficient for the new scope.

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