NAGGING “TOE THE LINE”

NAGGING Starting to manufacture handmade furniture, a home master, most do not have the skills of carpenters professionals are faced with two main problems (not counting, of course, of the shortage of materials and tools) — how exactly to cut and how exactly to drill! Indeed, those who master these seemingly simple operations, it becomes on the shoulder almost any design, but… the skill takes time, and burned once, some often give up before they have lost all desire to make.

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FIVE “SQUARES”

ON FIVE One of the problems of those who live in small apartments, a small area of the kitchen. To buy good kitchen set is almost impossible, and to a random set of furniture “fit” in not intended for it, the room, it is better not to dream. Nevertheless, there is a way, if engage in the manufacture of handmade furniture, as did our reader V. Saloed. This prompted the life of the solution allows to equip the kitchen, taking into account individual peculiarities of its plan, decoration and taste of the owner. So the in the drawings, the dimensions should be clarified, and if necessary — and to change under specific conditions.

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WAS THE FRIDGE… HEN

WAS THE FRIDGE... HENFolk wisdom urges you to count your chickens before they hatch. Unequivocally, we should note, however: in the period of shortages that swept the country, it is impossible not to take care of advance purchase of “source material” — those living fluffy lumps that will turn into future, kvacek. In the spring they weight in gold. Nights are around the walls of the hatchery in the queue, wondering: will carry — will not carry them with chickens.

IT COULDN’T BE SIMPLER

EASYThe wall-shelf will be useful primarily to those who just moved into a new apartment and furnishings have not got to make a “bookcase” for a couple of days off and then be used as a temporary until I can buy furniture at the store or make a more “solid” design. In the latter case, the rack can be disassembled, and the materials to use in the new home. In addition, this wall, made in the style of “youth fashion” will that fit in an interior room of a student, student.

TANDEM – A BICYCLE BUILT FOR TWO

TANDEM - A BICYCLE BUILT FOR TWOFor many years I am a regular subscriber of “M-A” and find in it many interesting and necessary. I hope that my experience will be useful to other readers: I would like to share my thoughts and practical recommendations regarding the manufacture and operation of a tandem bike. A car I made on their own five years ago and drove it for thousands of kilometers.

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“SMARAGD” ON A CURVED COURSE

Today we want to introduce the adherents of model shipbuilding with the successful development of Czechoslovak athletes. Interestingly, they have created a small motor boat “Smaragd” is designed based on the highly successful hull of sports “train” subclass E7 (construction of which our magazine introduced to its readers in No. 5 of 1992). I hope you will be interested to know how the target pure sports car can turn into a spectacular polyopia. By the way, except for the external transformations, the new model simultaneously received and other power equipment much more affordable for the average modeller. Long-term experiments allowed the authors to find the optimal combination performance.