A vehicle’s electrical system can be supplemented with a device whose schematic and wiring are within reach of even a beginner. This device is a controller whose value is clear: its status LEDs give constant, reliable information on the condition of the stop lamps, with minimal draw from the onboard supply. When the brake pedal Read more…
Memories of childhood and adolescence stay with a person for life: of the native log house with a Russian stove; of sun-warmed dusty paths in the garden and vegetable patch, of the sawbucks (often stressed on the second syllable in speech) for sawing firewood, standing to the side in the yard by the woodshed… And Read more…
Quite recently, trailers for passenger cars appeared on the roads of our country. This new vehicle very quickly gained the widest popularity, and during vacation periods on highways one could observe lines of cars with trailers in tow. What designs are there? Trailer-dachas, “folding beds”, motor boats and yachts on trailers, self-propelled trailers — ground Read more…
Wood burning is very often used for finishing wooden items. Even when this operation is done with a special tool—a pyrograph—it is very labor-intensive, especially when applying various complex ornaments. I would like to suggest a successfully tried mechanized method of burning complex patterns and various appliqués. It is much more productive than the traditional Read more…
I have been subscribing to the magazine «Modelist-Konstruktor» since 1980, so I am a long-time reader. I have decided to write to the editorial office for the first time. Since school I have been keen on designing and making various devices, mechanisms, and tools. Sometimes I manage to come up with and build something that Read more…
We read with great interest in the magazine the descriptions of the hydro-sleds “Pioneer”, “Dolphin” and “Pirate”. We should note that on the waters of the Ob Sea, such vessels can be seen every summer. These are “Typhoons”, the drawings of which were developed in the experimental mechanics laboratory of our KUT. Undoubtedly, the new Read more…
Musician D.T. KUDRYACHKOV is known among amateur constructors as the author of the unique amphibious car «Triton» — the only vehicle of its kind registered simultaneously with two state inspections: automotive (traffic police) and small vessels (GIMS). Our regular readers may recall the publication «Gliding… car» («Modelist-Konstruktor» No. 5, 1996), which contained a fairly complete Read more…
I live in Krasnoyarsk Krai. I have my own house and a small garden plot. Every spring, while digging the vegetable garden, I thought about how to ease — mechanize — this laborious work. So I decided to build a motorized plow. I had an engine — from a motorized bicycle. I made the frame Read more…
Rust is enemy number one of almost any metal. The “red plague” that with enviable persistence and constancy turns hundreds of thousands of tons of sparkling high-grade, high-strength, alloyed steel into heaps of brown powder. A disease for which there are no barriers… But there are remedies for it: galvanic coatings, varnishes and paints, bitumens Read more…
To avoid running extra wiring for auxiliary electrical appliances when using a portable lamp, it is enough to fit a homemade adapter into the lamp holder, as shown in the figure. To make the adapter, use a lighting socket in which three holes are drilled: one in the base—for the cleaned (glass and glue removed) Read more…
