THE LITTLE ENGINE WITH A GREAT FUTURE

the LITTLE ENGINE WITH a GREAT FUTUREthe Impetus for this publication was a letter to the editor father and son Roganovich — our readers from the city of Pokhvistnevo Samara region. They sent a newspaper article entitled “Kurochkin invented the motor. “Toyota”, “Ford” and “Chrysler” panicked” and asked to tell more about this engine. Publications on this engine was not only in regional but also national press. You can learn from them about the fact that the invention protected by five patents of Russia, the international patent Bureau in Geneva notified the A. G. Kurochkin on the registration application and the temporary protection of copyright in 31 countries, including Canada, USA, South Korea, and Japan; some foreign car makers offered the inventor to continue working on the engine they have, but he refused, explaining the refusal by wish to leave his invention at Home, in Russia.

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ELECTRIC IMPROVISED

ELECTRIC IMPROVISED

There are several options of home-made electrical devices for cooking, made of “junk”, sometimes unfairly perceived as anything not suitable junk. For example, an outdated (if not leaky) metal pan. In the country and the shortage of time this is a very reasonable basis for a simple (cheap and reliable) electric. And the pot here is better suited to high — 140 mm or more. Becoming homemade design casing, it will be less warm. The handles of such tiles can be taken without any glove even after continuous hours of work — burns are excluded.

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SHELF FOR SPICES

SHELF UNDER SPICES

I offer the shelf very simple design, consisting of only five parts. The reason for its production was the accumulation I have a large number of jars of baby food. The shelf is designed to fit five jars, although the number can be increased or decreased by changing the dimensions of the relevant parts. In addition, the shelf can be used for storage of various household chemicals in aerosol cans with a diameter of 60 mm or less to produce a set of these spice racks in all tanks.

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MINI DRILL

This device (see figure) is used for drilling holes of small diameter, which is often required in the manufacture of small structures, models, repair of printed circuit boards. For the manufacture of tools need use metal rod ballpoint, pre-cleaned from the paste. The end of the rod with the ball removed. Drill which is attached Read more…

DRILL ON THE TABLE

DRILL ON THE TABLEThere was a time when to the store to buy any device, especially metal cutting machine tools was difficult. And was expensive, and a run of outlets had. Today to buy such a product just just pay. But the homebrew is still not translated, offering a new design made based on their capabilities. With the technical creativity of Feodor Nikitovich, Kuhtenko our readers are already familiar (see “M-K” N° 6 – 2012). This time we offer the more complex its design – drilling machine, constructed primarily from what the designer had on hand, though without turning and milling operations has not done.

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VOLTAGE CONVERTER

VOLTAGE CONVERTEROn occasion purchased a portable led flashlight in China with the battery inside. The flashlight has the ability to switch between a cluster of eight super-bright LEDs and a krypton bulb for a voltage of 5.4 V. Inside there is also a charger for the battery. In addition, the lamp is combined with a lamp – a fluorescent light with a power of 6W, powered by using a special voltage Converter 150 – 6th Century

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Housewarming note

Housewarming noteThe first thing that comes to mind after Novoselov obtain a warrant for the apartment – such as drilling holes in concrete walls, how to attach the hooks to the asbestos cladding? Meanwhile, a variety of designs, there are many traffic jams, and you will always be able to do any of them, taking into account the thickness and strength of the wall, its technical capabilities and the number of required hooks and screws. The simplest option – all known wooden plug of solid wood. Its cross section should slightly exceed the diameter of the prepared hole. Cork hammered with a hammer, then drill its center, thinner than the intended nail or screw, nasverlivaetsya hole. Unfortunately, such plugs do not always provide sufficiently reliable fastening: wood rassyhaetsya from time to time, and seemingly firmly reinforced eaves curtains or favorite printmaking fall on your head.

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