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

Digging deeper for red metal
81
Copper mines and mining
Swiss wood carver brings back Hawaii's lost art
88
Fritz ABPLANALP, Wood carving
Eggshell on wheels challenges motorcycle speed mark
95
Motorcycle racing
Baseball with rackets! it's called wiskit
96
Baseball
Balloon man
97
Jean GROS, Balloons, Parades
Easier way to install glass-block windows
179
Glass blocks and bricks
Pottery from your back yard
180
Pottery
Toy wheels from tin cans
185
Toys
Porch lamp in copper
187
Copperwork, Lamps
Wet basement is lost space
188
Basements, Dampness in buildings

Rangers patrol the Everglades
102
Everglades National Park (Fla.)
Owners report on the '51 Kaiser
108
Automobiles (Testing)
Clymer tests the Henry J.
111
Floyd Clymer; d. 1970, Automobiles (Testing)
Style czar of GM gets custom-built car
116
Automobiles
Here's your helicopter coupe
118
Helicopters
One-wheel school for bullfighters
130
Bullfights
Hollywood's antique auto livery
133
Automobiles (Leasing and renting), Motion picture production and direction
High ride on a cable
140
Marble Gorge Dam (Ariz.: Proposed)
Muffler for jets
150
Airplane engines (Mufflers)
Torpedo retriever
153
Torpedoes
House that works on a dial system
156
Merton BASSETT, Houses (Mechanical equipment)
Railroad comes out of hibernation
160
Snow and ice removal
Simple blinker light
175
SIGNAL lamps
Do your shaping on contour wheels
195
Contourometers, Moldings (Architecture)
Two unusual tables for magazines
198
Magazine stands, racks, etc
Car-crib stroller
201
Baby carriages
Fish trophy in plaster
202
Plaster casts (Sculpture)
Roll-film adapter for view camera
205
Photography (Equipment)
Pipe fitting at home
209
Pipe fitting, Plumbing
Handy mash cart from oil drum
213
Carts
Mounted tractor mower
214
Mowing machines
Drill-press speed attachment
217
Henry SEVCIK, Drills
Smooth it with a portable belt sander
218
Sanding and sanding equipment
Super-fidelity amplifier
228
Amplifiers
Hams ready for emergency
231
Ham radio

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