GREENHOUSE-AUTOMATIC

GREENHOUSE-AUTOMATICThe “greenhouse effect” can work for good — with a lack of heat in the spring or cold summer days, and evil — when the bright summer sun brings the temperature in the greenhouse to levels that even heat-loving tomatoes and cucumbers do not stand up and die. This does not happen, when at any moment you can lift the transom and reduce thereby the temperature in the greenhouse. Well, what about those owners of the garden plots, which come to the country at best once a week?

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WITH WATER IN THE WHEELS…

WATER IN THE WHEELS...Original and practical design vinnichina Oleg Ostapenko A. obviously liking the readers of our magazine. After the transfer of the Central television “you can” in which the editorial Board takes an active part, and the publication of “Panorama” some of the technologies that Amateur constructor in our mailroom received many queries about the features of these machines. That is why in number 4 of the journal for this year, we have placed the description and drawings of two-wheel tractor-tug, and now provide page numbers for story of a three-wheeled tractor-wagon, adapted for operation in complex terrain.

ASSISTANT AT PORTAGE

HELPER IN PORTAGEHigh summer in the polar Urals. Together with the chief of the survey party we were returning from the upper reaches of the river Secure. Breaking the latest on the slope Qurum, saw an unusual procession: animal-hunting trail that winds its way literally along each river, even in the taiga areas, slowly moving tanned guys, pushing a loaded cart. And although they were on a narrow “quilted” and jumped up and down on the protruding roots, the group easily went ahead. Truck, rather narrow and rather short, well passed among the bushes and young growth, fitting into the “dimensions” of the trail. “Wouldn’t it be easier to fit everything into a backpack, than to drag with itself still tapezco?” — we asked. The answer was unexpected: “Superfluous here — just the wheels, the rest belongs to boats: they are taking themselves”. Indeed, after a careful consideration of all elements are parts of a Dinghy. Even the handles were bars of the bulwarks.

COMPACT WALK-BEHIND

Homemade cultivator it is desirable to make universal, so it can perform various agricultural operations. However, to create a design that is optimal for any work at the farm, is not easy. So, powerful, heavy duty motor-plow, as a rule, is too broad and clumsy in the aisles, and brisk the tiller can’t beat plowing the dense earth. One solution to this problem is offering our reader from Krasnodar territory Vladimir Yakovlev. Its compact one-wheeled machine will help in the treatment of garden beds, will not damage plants close together and, if necessary, in just 10 minutes will turn into two-wheeled motor-plow.

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SILENT ROAR

SILENT RUMBLEIn the construction of cottages, garages in the farm economy often have to sift through loose building materials, soil or garden soil. It uses a special device — the so-called roar. His classic version of the frame with the grille installed on the box is a very cumbersome and inefficient. I tried to make it mechanized, as well as more compact and quiet compared to industrial samples.