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

Sweet little Santa Fe
112
Model railroads
Defusing Canada's sunken time bomb
116
Salvage (Ships)
Questions about the oceans
121
Ocean
Sitzen sie ski?
126
Skibobbing
Pump that works like a heart
128
Domingo LIOTTA, Heart, Artificial
Cruising the Cascades
132
Snowmobiles and snowmobiling, North Cascades National Park (Wash.)
Five steps to a troublefree cooling system
138
Automobile engines (Cooling)
How much carburetor do you need?
144
Carburetors
Bubble up boating
148
Boats and boating (Storage)
Rollaway projection stand for slides or movies
152
Stands (Furniture)
Build PM's sequence Santa electric greeting card
172
Christmas decorations, Outdoor
Electronic checker game
176
Checkers (Game), Electronic games
Early American wall clock
176
Clocks, Electronic
Holiday candle stand
182
Candleholders
Toast rack
184
Toast racks
Build this kitchen island
186
Kitchen furniture
How to fix those newfangled faucets
189
Plumbing (Maintenance and repair)
Make this faceplate lathe from odds and ends
194
Lathes
Jointers ain't what it used to be
197
Jointers (Woodworking machinery)

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