In the journal “Modelist-Konstruktor” No. 2 for 1989, material by A. Baklansky from Kremenchug, Poltava region, was published about a micro mill that he designed for his household. This publication prompted me to also make a similar unit for the same purposes. However, the productivity of A. Baklansky’s device did not suit me — by Read more…
The tiller developed by Heinrich Alekseevich Kuznetsov differs from many homemade designs by using cutters instead of a plow. Rotating on the working shaft, they simultaneously till the soil, serve as support elements and propulsion. It takes only a few minutes to replace them with wheels. Then it’s easy to attach a disc mower, bulldozer Read more…
When creating mechanical weeders, walk-behind tractors, and other small-scale mechanization equipment, DIY enthusiasts face a whole range of problems: from working out the kinematics (reliability, compactness, originality of technical solutions), acquiring components and parts for the intended machine (an inexpensive engine, for example), to assembling and debugging the entire structure. The material published below tells Read more…
Everyone who decides to engage in beekeeping must prepare themselves for many things. Including the fact that they will have to “remove” swarms alone. This task, I know from experience, is far from simple. After all, bees “graft” (land during swarming) often in places where it is not easy for a person (without appropriate training, Read more…
Many people keep chickens. And they know: for crested hens to lay diligently and gain weight quickly, they need to be fed well, and not just once a day. It’s not a problem if the farm has only one or two dozen of such voracious creatures. But how to distribute fresh feed among an entire Read more…
A tasty and healthy product—sauerkraut. Practical housewives prepare it in autumn both in rural areas and in the city. And the most labor-intensive operation here is shredding the heads. For this, both sharp long knives and special shredders are used. But no manual one can compare in convenience and productivity with an electric one, which Read more…
Having a solid, high-performance grain crusher on a farm or personal homestead is not a whim, but rather a necessity. This is especially true when considering the high cost of ready-made “store-bought” feed mixes and the frequent mismatch between their quality and what is advertised. However, which specific design from the existing variety of crushers Read more…
«Hitch… a winch» — under this headline, material about my developed electric plowing system was published in “Modelist-Konstruktor” No. 8, 1995. A far from minor role in it is assigned to the towed plow, the design of which is proposed to be made as lightweight as possible (to reduce fatigue when carrying it to the Read more…
The soil on our garden plots is such that during plowing with ordinary plows, clods are formed that require considerable effort and time to prepare the land for sowing. But people don’t give up. Many not only adapt but also involuntarily become innovators. One of my neighbors, for example, modified the plow body by installing Read more…
The structure I’m going to talk about could be called a potato harvester, as it consists of several relatively independent units. The potato digger is designed primarily for coupling with the mini-tractor “Osorinets”, described in “Modelist-Konstruktor” No. 12, 1996. But since it has an autonomous engine, it can work in tandem with any tractor regardless Read more…
