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

Richest hole in the mountain
65
CALERA mining company, Cobalt mines and mining
Models teach our fighting men
72
Models, Teaching (Aids and devices), United States (Armed Forces, Education)
Atomic-pile heat warms buildings at Harwell
78
Nuclear energy (Economic aspects)
Here comes the circus
81
Circus
Owners report on the '52 Pontiac
90
Floyd Clymer; d. 1970, Automobiles (Testing)
Reflecting camp oven
158
STOVES, Outdoor
Wren house features pull-out floor
161
Birdhouses
Loaf-sugar dispenser
165
Sugar bowls, etc
Plan of the month
168
Chairs, Folding furniture
Riding trailer for power lawn mower
171
Lawn mowers

Your home, 1902 to 1952
97
Houses, Housing research
Tall tales from Korean skies
104
Korean War, 1950-1953 (Aerial operations)
Lifeboat has invisible crew
110
Lifeboats, life rafts, etc
Portable pit for pole vaulting
112
Pole vaulting
Pigeonhole garage
114
A. G. DEZENDORF, Garages
What! no concrete mixer?
116
Concrete construction
Feathered racers on the beam
117
Tony D'ANGELO, Pigeon racing, Pigeons
Floating flame throwers
122
Flame throwers
He'll win the speedway on the turns
126
Automobile racing, Automobiles, Racing
Two-story British trailer
132
Automobile trailers
R.f.d
134
Mailboxes
How to keep fit at 50
136
Exercise, Middle age
There's a knack to mountain driving
142
Automobile driving
Restoring faded tapestries
149
Tapestry
Plywood dinette ensemble
150
Dining room furniture, Woodworking (Projects)
Faceplate lathe from polishing head
174
Lathes
Portable worktable for the gardener
175
Garden equipment
Laying flagstone
176
Walks (Paths)
How to make a flight bow
180
Bow and arrow
16-mm. movie-film viewer
191
Motion pictures (Viewers, Amateur films)
Keep your jointer sharp!
195
Jointers (Woodworking machinery), Sharpening of tools
Thread dial indicator and cross-slide stop
200
Indicating equipment, Lathes
Suitcase sawhorse
202
Sawhorses
Shadow comparator
204
Comparators
Precision modelmaker's bench vise
209
Vises
Radio and radar equipment for small craft
211
Boats and boating (Radio equipment)
Two-way loudspeaker system
212
Loudspeakers
Portable cabinet repairs
215
Radio receivers (Cabinets)
Unusual microphones and hearing aids
216
Hearing aids, Microphones

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