Popular Mechanics

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Popular Mechanics inspires, instructs and influences readers to help them master the modern world. Whether it’s practical DIY home-improvement tips, gadgets and digital technology, information on the newest cars or the latest breakthroughs in science -- PM is the ultimate guide to our high-tech lifestyle.
 

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Contents

Life it saves may be your own
106
Life preservers
Replace mufflers yourself, and save!
112
Automobile engines (Mufflers)
Overhead projector you can build from a kit
115
Projectors
Big ear
116
Sound equipment, Sound waves (Reflection)
How and where to look for leaks
118
Automobile engines (Maintenance and repair)

Bicycle shop
76
Brakes, Bicycle
How to save money on your next car loan
78
Loans, Personal
Record your own cartridges?
81
Tape recorders and recording
PM owners report
84
Pontiae Ventura
Boating '72
90
Boats and boating
New for the '72 waterways
90
Motor boats
Boats you blow up
96
Boats and boating
Pick your prop
98
Propellers
Group rates for budget boating
101
Boats and boating (Economic aspects), Partnership
At sea, with PVC.
104
Boats and boating (Equipment), Pipes, Plastic
Before termites put the bite on you
124
Termites
How a lathe can solve bolt problems
134
Bolts and nuts, Turning (Machine work)
Scottie bookrack
136
Bookends and bookracks
Things to make for fun and function
136
Woodworking (Projects)
Early American minishelf
138
Cabinets (Furniture)
Rotating seesaw
140
Seesaws
Flying duck weathervane
144
Weather vanes
From PM's workshop: a radial-saw accessory cabinet
148
Cabinets (Furniture)
PM tests the Flottiet: combination jointer and thickness planer
158
Planes and planing (Equipment)
Safety-glaze your storm door with plastic glass
162
Doors (Maintenance and repair)

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