It’s not often that you’ll encounter homemade snowmobile equipment for children on winter paths and hills. Mostly, these are well-known industrial designs like “Chuk and Gek”. Some have low-power internal combustion engines installed. Despite all their obvious advantages, they also have disadvantages. However, avoiding discussions about the “pros” and “cons”, let’s get acquainted with an Read more…
The designer of this small truck — Yevgeny Nikitovich Yevsikov is already known to our readers from the publication «Plows, carries and even saws» (see «Modelist-Konstruktor» No. 5, 2002). The article was about a small tractor he built. Now we present another of his machines — a mini-truck. Yevgeny Nikitovich is a leading designer with Read more…
To trim and shape one or two bushes in your front garden, to shorten a rapidly grown whip that appeared out of nowhere right in front of the window during the summer, you can use ordinary garden shears. As they say, snip — and it’s gone. Well, what if the volume of “hairdressing” work is Read more…
It is well known that fishing from a boat is better than from shore—usually such fishing is much more successful. But a boat, even a rubber one, is far from available to every adult fishing enthusiast. And where can one get such a watercraft, for example, for a young angler? Even finding a large inner Read more…
The experience of potato growers shows: Dutch technology for growing root crops is the most effective, with minimal labor costs. The rows are clean and even, and the harvest is excellent. The foundation of everything is properly organized planting and, naturally, good equipment. I offer readers a brief account of the technology itself, as well Read more…
To build a simple, unpretentious, and reliable car, I was, one might say, forced by circumstances. Back in the memorable times of general shortages, I bought a well-worn “Zaporozhets” that spent more time in repair than on the road, waiting for me to find the necessary spare parts. After several years of such torment, I Read more…
All-terrain vehicles on ultra-low pressure pneumatic tires are becoming increasingly comfortable. If a decade ago enthusiasts of all-terrain vehicles created mainly three-, four-, and six-wheeled vehicles devoid of even a hint of a cabin, today amateur designers send to the editorial office photographs of all-terrain vehicles they have built with comfortable and warm cabins designed Read more…
There’s no end to the chores on a farmstead. Some involve lifting, loading, or moving heavy objects. But when you only have two hands, such tasks can sometimes become an insurmountable problem. However, if the farm has a tractor, which is not uncommon today, heavy lifting can be “entrusted” to it by using the hydraulic Read more…
For residents of the Urals, Siberia, the North, and the Far East (that is, most of the country’s territory), the need for a vehicle like an all-terrain vehicle is simply a vital necessity. There are many reasons for this: good roads are few, the terrain is rugged, in winter almost half a year there is Read more…
My article on the so-called separate lubrication system for a two-stroke engine was published in “Modelist-Konstruktor” No. 7, 1991. However, I still receive letters from readers interested in additional information about the equipment for it. As the mail analysis showed, practically everyone experiences difficulties when manufacturing parts of the metering device—turned fittings, needle, etc. I Read more…
