GAS SOLDERING IRON

GAS SOLDERING IRONIn the practice of the rally often faced with the necessity of soldering or welding. A few years ago I accidentally saw used for this purpose, benzopyrene production of the GDR, then had the idea to do the same, but running on gas. The result exceeded all expectations — and now gas-heated soldering iron is a decent place to set my tools. Exploitation it during body repairs, radiators, bits of copper cables with large cross sections confirmed the efficiency of the design. The main advantages before traditional “hammer” and a blowtorch are: the possibility of continuous soldering, the temperature setpoint, which is important when performing large volume of work, as well as the possibility of regulating the degree of heating.

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HOW MANY IN THE TANK?

This question continues to torment motorcyclists — and this despite the fact that the “modelist-Konstruktor” on their pages several times already talked about the interesting enough the fuel level in the motorcycle tank. We offer one — probably the easiest indicator. It will only need a petrol tap with a sump from dvuhterabaytnyh of motorcycles Read more…

BATTERIES – ADAPTER

BATTERY ADAPTER

Today, any manufactured device can be supplemented, adapted to the specific household needs of Amateur radio and give the device a seemingly non-core second life.
 
For example, a widespread audible alarm, the appearance of which is shown in the photo, has excellent opportunities at low cost and small size.

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Flush storage shed

Flush storage shed

Aquifers we lie a meter or two from the soil surface. The construction of a magnificent cellar in such circumstances turns into an impossible task. Meanwhile, out of this situation is quite simple: it is necessary to acquire … storage shed. The design of this original store edible inventory, invented in ancient times gardeners “soaking wet” Petersburg, remained largely unchanged.
 

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MILL-THE MILL

MILL - CORN

The tank from the exhaust of a washing machine agitator type, the clutch drum of the clutch control from a scrapped tractor T-74 Yes three-phase AC motor — is the basis for a homemade mill-crusher. Its design is portable, which is important for use on small farms and in private households. The main part of the mill crushing chamber. As the drum is adapted named item from the coupling control T-74.

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PNEUMATIC TRANSFORMER

PNEUMATIC-TRANSFORMEROnce television was a popular program “you can”, where the craftsmen talked about their designs. Perhaps it first appeared the information about the pneumatic-tired machines. A publication in the journal “modelist-Konstruktor” has prompted many enthusiasts, including our own, Angarskaya (mostly fishermen) to manufacture such machines with their own hands. Pneumatic bribed his external simplicity, which promises a good performance.

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