SAILBOAT IN THE BOTTLE…

A SAILBOAT IN THE BOTTLE...All-Union poster competitions boat clearly show that is not quenched the interest in this ancient kind of creativity as the production of models in various vessels of the original form. This is confirmed by the many letters sent to the editors with a request to reveal the secret penetration of the vessel, armed with all her sails set, through a narrow bottleneck.

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SWITCH-BACKUP

It is very often necessary to turn off the light in the room from the hallway or corridor. I must say that this problem can be solved fairly well-known three-wire electric circuit; however, it requires ispolzovaniya rare in everyday life four-pole switches. Meanwhile, there is an extremely simple method of manufacturing a switch-backup. However, he Read more…

LUNGING – “VYATKA-2,5”

HORSE - Avtomodelistov riders as it is not accepted to give the models names. Perhaps that is why the first thing we asked the author of this has no similar model, the origin of its name — “Vyatka”. Instead of a response, the designer withdrew from subtle glass-plastic fairing. It was very similar in layout to those produced many years of domestic scooter VP-150 Vyatka: console attached to the engine block the rear wheels, the engine — side of the longitudinal axis.

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ACOUSTIC PROBE

ACOUSTIC PROBEThe magazine “Amaterske Radio” (Czechoslovakia) proposed scheme is a simple audio probe to detect logic levels; low (logic 0) and high (logical 1). The device consists of a bitonal multivibrator, is made of two elements of D1.1, D1.2 chip D1, and two keys, collected three transistors V2—V4 (see circuit diagram).

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GINGHAM FILTER

I would like to share the experience of improvement of the air filter to the engine D-6. The factory cleans the air supplied to the carburetor, causing the engine life is shortened. Improvement is to change the design of the filter element. To begin, I disassembled the filter: unbent flap valves, removed the lid and Read more…

MILL ANYWAYS

THE MILL-MASTERThe bread baked in the village oven, needs no advertising: all articles del. Only here to store sacks of flour troublesome, much easier — the grain. And therefore, it is necessary to be able to grind grain at home without having to travel to mill. And get the flour as fine and coarse. At home in the village often have to roughing of grain, sunflower, tear down and to grind chalk, salt, various grain waste. And prepare feed on his farmstead — the dream of a villager: livestock and poultry in private households is increasing day by day.

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THE PLANE OF THE SKINS

PLANE OF SKINIn the processing of metal surfaces and finishing of the joinery is quite often used grinding sandpaper. It is usually navertyvajut on the bar, but they sandpaper wears unevenly, and cleared material remains between it and the surface, preventing their contact. In addition, a significant portion of the abrasive generally remains unused and is discarded.

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THE PLOWMAN, AND THE TROOPER

THE PLOWMAN, AND THE DRIVERAlmost ten years ago bought a house with a plot of land in the village. The site must be processed, but without technology this work was daunting, and the money she had left. Here and was forced to build for these purposes, the tillers. Experience Amateur construction by that time I already had again, to travel to the village in the winter time made a “cane” snowmobile (remendously caterpillar). Tillers same though and have seen a lot (as industrial production and handmade), but he thereof built for the first time, so did many things as instinct. In the estimation of the tillers had become more a vehicle for the same trips and trucks and even all terrain, as part of the path to the village was a road which a road can be called only with great reserve.

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