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

They outsmart death in the air
81
United States Naval Air Force, Korean War, 1950-1953 (Aerial operations), Survival after airplane accidents, shipwrecks, etc
Midsummer ski meet, Belknap recreation area
86
Skiing
Want to borrow a porcupine?
88
Children's museums
Beef on the wing in Australia
94
Air freight service, Cattle (Transportation)
Lightweight trailer collapses for travel
96
Automobile trailers

UN's world capitol
97
United Nations (Headquarters)
Four wheels waiting for a face lifting
106
Automobiles
Paper mill, sample size
111
Paper mills
Recipe for the farm mechanic
114
Agricultural equipment, Agricultural mechanics
Water jet propels boat
123
Jet propulsion, Marine engines
This curiosity shop beats the dickens
124
Russell JAMES, Antique dealers, Seattle (Wash.) (Stores)
Trouble shooters for the tv skyway
132
Television relay systems
Automatic dry cleaner
136
Cleaning machinery and appliances
Owners report on the Ford six
138
Floyd Clymer; d. 1970, Automobiles (Testing)
Here's the house I built for $3500
146
Building, Houses
Giant bridge to dip under island
152
Bridges
Twin outboard motors power poor man's yacht
160
Motor boats
Antiques from a modern shop
162
Donald C. WORKS, Antiques, Woodworking
Plan of the month
184
Tables
Build Wild Goose, a sturdy overnight trailer
187
Automobile trailers
Laminating arched rafters
194
Rafters
Stepladder step-savers
197
Ladders
Overhaul your bike
199
Bicycles (Maintenance and repair)
Stolen, $19,000,000
203
Automobiles (Theft)
Plug-in foot control switch
207
Electric switches
Shaper jigs for end cuts
209
Jigs (Tools)
Can you saw straight?
212
Saws and sawing
It's fun to tool metal
218
Metalwork
Tv recording systems
227
Videotapes (Television programs)
Six-in-one radio lab. project for beginners
228
Radio circuits
Tools for radio students and experimenters
231
Tools

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