THE PATCH OF THE TIRES…

BED OF... TIRESI read in the journal “modelist-Konstruktor” No. 6, 1993 article “Vitamins grow on the balcony.” From her I learned about the use of pyramids of old tires as a vertical garden. Intrigued by the experience of enthusiasts, I decided to also do balcony gardening. And came to the conclusion that instead of natural soil in bulky tegmental pyramids it is better to use hydroponics in a separate biomodule.

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BIKE WIDE PROFILE

In the summer the motorcycle “Minsk” served me faithfully, like the fairytale the little humpbacked horse. In autumn and winter, due to the off-road, it idled, though the need for movement over long distances and in that time I was no less. That’s when I decided to make him an ATV, but which if necessary could again transform the bike. Thumbing through the binder of the journal “modelist-Konstruktor” for a dozen years, found few publications on this subject that helped to define the schema of the vehicle and design of main components. Useful and previous experience of technical creativity. Required tools and equipment, which are available at many homebrew, I had the welding and machine, and even a small lathe with a fixture that allows you to perform the milling operation.

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SOFA-TRANSFORMER

SOFA CONVERTIBLEIn the cramped conditions of the home, whether in a small apartment or in the country, the offered sofa is convenient because during the day he takes up very little space, and in the evening can turn into a normal comfortable bed. Such metamorphoses are explained gem that the sofa is a structure able to fold to fold, being depending on the need in one form to another. The whole structure is assembled from three separate wooden platforms, connected by hinges, allowing the platforms to change mutual arrangement. Two of them absolutely identical and the third differs in that it is bilateral. What caused it, it will become clear from a more detailed consideration of their device.

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MINI SMOKEHOUSE

MINI-SMOKERInspired by the example of a neighbor, homebrew and avid angler, as well as interesting developments “Modeller-designer” (see, e.g., No. 1, 2002), I made a compact smokehouse for smoked dried fish. The basis of my design — dural box size 1600x800x600 mm, assembled on a frame of steel angle 35×35 mm. Sides the smokehouse folding (for loading and unloading fish), to the cover are fastened with clasps of the type “frog”. In the front and rear walls are three rows of holes for pins pendants products, which are smoked, and smoke.

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CASE BOTTLE

Plastic bottles are widely used in daily life after their discharge. Of them make flower vases, pots, tents, covers for shelter of plants and even use as a building material. Here’s another option for their application. If you pick up a couple bottles of cylindrical parts which differ slightly in diameter (average 0.5—1.5 mm), and Read more…