Owners of private houses or dachas often face the need to prepare concrete solutions. Mixing water, gravel, and cement in a certain proportion is not difficult, but very labor-intensive, requiring considerable time and physical effort. And if it is necessary to perform large volumes, the process of preparing concrete or masonry mortar turns into hard Read more…
“Manual labor — to the shoulders of machines!” — under this headline, materials from the All-Union Conference of VISKHOM named after V. P. Goryachkin were published in our magazine (see “M-K”, 1982, No. 8). With the speeches of its participants about the importance and necessity of developing small-scale mechanization means, the editorial board opened a Read more…
We continue the story about machines and mechanisms built by V.A. SVERBIL — an amateur designer from the village of Zelenchukskaya in the Karachay-Cherkess Republic. In the publication “Walk-behind tractor — nothing superfluous” (“Modelist-Konstruktor” No. 2’98), his faithful garden helper “Elektronik” was described. Now we offer to familiarize yourself with the design of a cargo Read more…
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…
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…
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…
Garden plot owners are very fond of “Krot” (Mole) cultivators with gasoline engines. At first, I was also extremely happy with such a mechanical assistant. However, over time, I still decided to get rid of the noise and harmful exhaust of the gasoline engine and make an environmentally friendly electric cultivator, safe from electric shock. Read more…
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…
