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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CHARGING WITH THE PREVENTION

CHARGING WITH THE PREVENTIONIn the process of operation acid batteries gradually sulfation of the plates which reduce capacity and shorten the life of the device. To eliminate this undesirable phenomenon, a special rectifier. The device is intended for use in stationary and field of auto repair shops. Collect it, you the driver with basic knowledge in electrical and electronics.

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THE CREATOR OF THE UNDERWATER “CHARIOTS”

THE CREATOR OF THE UNDERWATER Boats Holland, triumphantly marched around the world were not the sole representatives of overseas inventions in the field of underwater shipbuilding. Almost simultaneously, quite suddenly, there was another branch that is associated with the name of Simon lake. This son of the owner of a small steel mill in the seaside town of Plesantville “ruined” Jules Verne, or rather, his famous novel about the adventures of captain Nemo on the submarine “Nautilus”. Read at the tender age of “bestseller” has completely changed Simon’s life, by the way, a very long (he had seen both world wars and died as many as in 1945). A real “skate” the lake was the development of the project is very original underwater “objects” that with equal reason be called and rode the submarine, and the submersible vehicle.

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SCREW IN AID OF THE WEDGE

SCREW IN AID OF THE WEDGEIn a carpenter’s workbenches often break the back clip cover and bench, as students, setting the workpiece, forced to hammer in the holes of the cover and clamping wedges. In the circle of “YUT” school № 81 of the city of Gorky, we held a contest for the best design of fixture that would mount the parts on the workbench a more rational way. One of the most successful proposals is: why clog wedges when it is possible to make rods of square section and insert them into the holes freely (even clearance!), but the rise in the adjusting screws?

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TIRES WITH VARIABLE PROFILE

Tires with a variable profile eMembrane, a concept which was proposed by Hankook Tire, able to make different shape by changing the internal structure. Thus the tire can adapt to different road conditions, switching mode maximum fuel efficiency mode a better grip with the road surface.

WINDOW SHELF

Pots of flowers standing on the windowsill, creates a room of beauty and comfort. However, if your Windows open inwards, the process of ventilation becomes a problem.   Take a sheet of aluminum with a thickness of 5 mm special shelves on the frames, as shown in the figure.