It’s nice to try fresh mushrooms in the cold January. You’ll be able to pick them at any time of year if you build a mushroom growing cabinet. Externally, it’s a two-door cabinet measuring 2290X2130X1035 mm, which can be installed, say, in a large hallway. The cabinet is constructed like a thermostat — with walls Read more…
Car enthusiasts who have dachas or homestead plots take up shovels in spring just as enthusiastically as the carless part of humanity. Meanwhile, they could quite avoid such unproductive expenditure of their own physical effort by shifting a significant portion of it onto their car. Any passenger car can become an excellent plowman—you just need Read more…
Wind has always been considered a symbol of inconstancy, and attempts to convert its energy into electrical energy most often led to results that were not very encouraging. Indeed, everyone expects stability from a source of electrical energy: flip a switch — and the light bulb lights up. But wind, alas, is changeable. However, it Read more…
It’s easiest to say: “When I grow up, I’ll get behind the wheel of a car, take a plane into the sky, build what I dreamed of…” But it turns out that many dreams can come true even at the age of fifteen, if you don’t sit idle, but boldly take on their realization. We Read more…
Most of the vehicles I built were based on mass-produced noisy and “fuel-guzzling” motorcycle or bicycle internal combustion engines. This was convenient on one hand, but very troublesome on the other, as the quality of the engines rarely satisfied and I had to spend a lot of effort, and most importantly, time on their refinement Read more…
As the vacation period approaches, many auto tourists (especially families) begin to think about where and how they will rest on the road: living in a campground or on wheels, equipping the car with devices for overnight stays, or simply in a tent. There are other, so to speak, accompanying problems. For example, supplies of Read more…
I am a long-time reader and regular subscriber to the magazine “Modelist-Konstruktor”. Over almost forty years, I have not only familiarized myself with machines and mechanisms of amateur designers, but also created my own. Therefore, I can count myself among the cohort of experienced “DIYers”. I mainly built agricultural and transport equipment (from walk-behind tractors Read more…
At the time I decided to build an aerosled, I didn’t plan any particularly original design solutions for it — the machine was needed as a regular winter vehicle. However, when I selected the necessary units, materials, and got down to work, ideas for various design solutions for some components began to emerge. I even Read more…
This tracked snowmobile is somewhat familiar to our readers. Its photograph was published in No. 3’99 of our magazine under the heading “Photo Panorama from Readers’ Letters.” It was made by Valery Aleksandrovich Bogdanovsky from the village of Tabory, Sverdlovsk Region — a senior coach of a children’s and youth physical training club, an enthusiastic Read more…
Viktor Dmitrievich Berezhnoy is a native of Valday. By his main profession, he is a highly qualified welder. However, in the district center it’s difficult to find well-paid work. He had to be both a tailor and a reaper. The only constant was Berezhnoy’s passion for technical creativity. It was this that helped him out Read more…
