SAMOVAR: AND WOOD, AND A CURRENT

SAMOVAR: AND WOOD, AND A CURRENTSince the house has antique samovar, a sin not to use them at least on special occasions. You can even with the ignition not to bother, but just ready with boiling water, poured inside. At first, I did not yet matured the decision to equip this relic of a tubular electric heater (Teh), while maintaining almost unchanged the appearance of the samovar and the basis of its unique design.

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THE MILLED BEADINGS

MILLED BEADINGSNow the homebrew expanse: tool all ways- eyes run! Both manual and electric… so I bought a milling machine for wood (model IE-5003). In General, a good unit with a great range of performed technological operations, easy handling and acceptable technical characteristics, the number of revolutions up to 30000 per minute, power — 500 watts.

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“ARCHIMEDES-2012”

From 20 to 23 April 2012 in Expocentre “Sokolniki” was held the 15-th salon of intellectual property “Archimedes-2012”. Except the Russians of the 42 regions, was attended by representatives of 18 countries of near and far abroad. The exhibition featured over 1000 inventions from various fields of human activities: from military science to health, from hand tools to nanotechnology, from children’s toys to space technology. The main organizer of the salon – Center for promotion of invention and rationalization of VOIR with support of presidential administration and the government of Moscow.

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“BEGINNERS”: A UNIVERSAL SOLUTION

Despite various difficulties faced by modelers, RC aircraft are still interested in this most complex kind of modeling. Everyone who chose a specific type of equipment, immediately the question arises a considerable difficulty: how to lay model? The solution of this problem on the proposed development. The main principles which form the basis in the design of this RC model, steel of sufficient simplicity, accessibility and, most importantly, the high performance characteristics at different flight speeds and specific loads.

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TACTFUL CUTTER

For more than twenty years a reader of “Modeller-designer”. Thanks to the magazine made a lot of operational machinery: mini tractor, tillers, circular saw, trevaresse, welding machine, trailers for walk-behind tractor and car… you name it. Publications appreciate the main idea, and to the nodes and the dimensions are roughly, because they are very dependent on the availability of materials and capabilities.

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THE FIRST ARMORED WHITE

THE FIRST ARMORED WHITE

Daimler and Benz invented his machines in the nineteenth century, but reliable and widespread means of transport the vehicle was only in the XX-om. Military immediately expressed interest in the new Samode-joushima the wagons, planning to use them for transportation of goods and staff to use for towing artillery and as the chassis for new type of weapons -armored vehicles.

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PENDULUM SAW

CIRCULAR SAW

Talking about the Amateur designer E. Kulikov from the village of Bornukovo Nizhny Novgorod region, it should be noted that all of the units and mechanisms designed to facilitate the work and life of rural residents. Take one of the problems to be solved annually by villagers, and those living in most Russian towns, the firewood for the winter. Sawmilling “whips” on the wood stage in this process is the hardest and takes a lot of time and effort if cut manually. The same chainsaw is not all, and they are not cheap. That accounts for the villagers to cooperate using the same saw for a few yards at a time. Well, to chop the firewood is loose in the days of autumn or even winter.

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TRIPOD FOR MACRO PHOTOGRAPHY

TRIPOD FOR MACRO PHOTOGRAPHY

During normal photographing miniature objects – be it coins, insects, or drops of dew on the grass – is the involuntary trembling of the hands, especially with long exposures: they lose detail, sharpness falls. For better images of this kind it is recommended to use a tripod or a special macropodidae. A good stand is obtained from an old photographic enlarger “Tavria”. After partial disassembly left right part: the table leg with regularuli height and the bracket to the bottom of the tube.

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