LAMP FOR WORKBENCH

LIGHT BENCHIt is not always possible to place the lamps over the workbench so that they are evenly illuminated throughout its length. We offer you to make a lamp, whose position can be adjusted as necessary by moving the bracket with shade up and down and from side to side. Rather, it is the lamps, which, as he expected, suspended to the wall. The basis of his frame. Moving away from her two consoles: they are clamped to the vertical strut. On the rack moves the sliding block with bracket lamp. The cord can be clipped to the bracket by passing it through a pair of drilled holes.

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OVERSEAS THE CONCEPT OF “LIGHTNESS”

OVERSEAS, THE CONCEPT OF Admirals of the United States of America long resisted the emergence in its fleet of light cruisers, preferring the beloved “Washington” class. End to the resistance put by the London naval Treaty, limitirovanie not only limit the size of ships of different classes, but the total capacity allocated for each class. Although the Americans became happy owners of the largest quotas for heavy cruisers — 18 units, but almost all of it was already selected. There was nothing left to do but go to build a less ambitious units, weapons which could not exceed the caliber of 155 mm.

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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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