A strange situation has developed in our country: those who can afford to buy a tractor don’t need it (except perhaps for amusement at a country villa), while those who need a tractor because they live off the land cannot afford to buy one. But you can’t accomplish much on the land with bare hands Read more…
We first lived in an apartment in a three-story building, and then decided to move to a house of the estate type. But it required serious repairs, and the outbuildings were subject to complete replacement. Significant concrete work lay ahead. Memories of student construction brigades involuntarily surfaced, where we had to mix mortar in significant Read more…
I have been engaged in creating various devices to facilitate work on the homestead plot for many years. However, I have not yet presented my developments to the readers’ judgment; this is my first attempt. It all started when motorcycle trailers appeared on sale — in particular for the “Voskhod”. This prompted me to build Read more…
Tourists, anglers-hunters, and simply lovers of water recreation dream of having a convenient, lightweight, transportable boat. For this purpose, in my opinion, a rubber inflatable boat is most suitable. The boat I purchased, “Last-5”, weighs about 18 kg and carries three people. In calm weather and light wind, it glides easily on the water. But Read more…
The family of tricycles has been joined by another interesting machine — the “combi”, which was invariably popular with visitors to the NTTM-76 exhibition. It was created at the Kharkiv Bicycle Plant under the direction of designer Mykola Oleksiyovych Makohonenko. That is why we are returning to the “bicycle theme” again — and readers should Read more…
“Many people are now interested in designing and building microcars. We in our automotive design club at School No. 146 in Novosibirsk also tried. The result, in our opinion, is a fairly successful car in terms of design. The power unit turned out to be very compact, as the “SZA” engine was equipped with a Read more…
Amateur constructor Oleg Alievich Starikov from the Moscow region village of Ostrovtsy is known to many thanks to his handsome jeep “SIMOT”, built in 1996. This car could be seen on the television program “Podmoskovye”, as well as at the celebration of the newspaper “Moskovsky Komsomolets” in Luzhniki, at “Survival Races” in Krylatskoye and auto Read more…
Plowing can be done in different ways. Basically, the choice of plowing method depends on the size of the land plot and the availability of mechanization means to its owner. However, on small household plots today, various types of tillers and winches are most applicable. The former are convenient because they are productive, economical, and Read more…
The two-seater velomoto car “Tandem” — my latest homemade design with a combined drive: from the pedals of the driver and passenger (in this case, he becomes the second crew member), and a two-stroke moped engine D-6 with a displacement of 50 cm3 and a power of 1.2 hp (maximum number of revolutions — 4500 Read more…
Almost a decade ago, I purchased a house with a garden plot in a village. The plot needed to be cultivated, but without machinery, this work was overwhelming, and there was no money left for it. So I was forced to build a walk-behind tractor for this purpose. I already had experience in amateur construction Read more…
