TOOTHPICKS

TOOTHPICKSSomeone impale them on sandwiches, someone makes them reduced copies of famous buildings, and some use them as intended, to remove stuck food between teeth. Welcome to the factory where they make modest zubachistca. Raw materials for toothpicks the most simple – logs, lots of logs, or rather of birch wood. The transformation of the Yule log begins with the separation of the bark, bark is not suitable for the manufacture of toothpicks, but it is not wasted, it is sold to a nearby factory where it is used as fuel. The log is processed on the machine twice, the result takes the form of a right cylinder, convenient for further processing. A special machine turns the log like a roll of paper simultaneously slitting thin layers dvenadtsaty sharp blades.

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A TRACTOR WITH A HINGE

TRACTOR JOINTA mini-tractor, which will be the story for the third modification of my DIY construction, originally designed as walk-behind and built by me in 1985. It was the car with the power unit of the motorcycle “IZH-Planeta-4”, equipped with air cooling system and is equipped with an intermediate chain reduction gear. Tillers were intended mainly for the cultivation of the earth. For the transport of works behind him was poicephalus single axle truck with the seat and the body. Truck wheel was, of course, not leading. Reverse tillers also had and with it I felt it is not easy to handle, and realized that he largely loses the tractor.

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MIRROR FOR BIRDS

MIRROR BIRDSIn the second half of the summer birds of the defenders of the orchards and gardens of our loyal friends turn into worst pests, causing considerable damage to crops of fruits and berries. The most simple device to scare away the winged tooth is considered to be… the mirror. You only need to get it to rotate — this flash sunbeams cause the birds to leave free “dining room”.

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IF THE FUSE BLOWS

IF THE FUSE BLOWSWhen a fuse opens in the apartment is a nuisance, but when this happens in the car — it is almost a tragedy, of course, if there is no spare. Meanwhile, to restore this simple appliance (1) is elementary easy — just remove the blown prowadnicach and wrapping (2, 3) the core fuse one layer of foil (if the blown fuse was an 8 amp) or two (if it was a 16 amp).

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