Popular Mechanics

Apr 1946
298 pages
Vol. 85, No. 4
ISSN 0032-4558

Published by Hearst Magazines

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.

Operation crossroads	89
Nuclear weapons (Testing)
Flying water bugs	96
Boat racing
Lopsided locomotive has off-center boiler	104
Locomotives
Mechanical golf pro	106
Golf
Industry cooks with electrons	108
Industrial buildings (Heating and ventilation)

Designs for better living	170
Art and industry, Designers
Waste sawdust makes inexpensive wallboard	176
Wood waste, Wallboard
Smoking stand of contrasting woods	177
Tables
Occasional chair in Sheraton styling	178
Chairs
Motorize your lawn mower	183
Lawn mowers

They're warming up for the speedway	117
Automobile racing
Aluminum car with tiny engine	123
Automobiles
Pose your action photos!	124
Photography
Sealing fleet skipper	130
Ship and boat models
Lifts itself by its own bootstraps	133
Tractors
What will you fly?	134
Airplanes, Light
Seeds for the wide world	138
Seeds, Vegetables
Hit the trail by trailer	145
Automobile trailers
There's gems in them thar hills! prospecting for rubies and amethysts	153
Gems
Barbecue outfit folds into suitcase	158
Barbecue cooking
Photos printed on wood, cloth, leather or plastics with sensitized coating	158
Photographs on glass, metal, pottery, etc, Photographs on leather, Photographs on cloth
Mopping up starfish	160
Oysters, Starfish
Chrysler features safety rim wheel	162
Automobiles
Built by Baldwin locomotive works	163
Locomotives
Small gardens are turned quickly with pulltype plow	169
Plows

Let the wind give you a thrill	185
Boats and boating
25 insect pests and how to control them	188
Insect control
Play kitchen ensemble for the young miss	195
Toys
Folding paper is fun for everyone	196
Paper work (Art)
Toadstools grow in garden the year 'round	201
Garden ornaments, Outdoor furniture
How to recondition bamboo rods	205
Fishing tackle
Picture means more, when you do your own developing	209
Photography (Developing and developers)
Tractor scraper made in farm shop	213
Scrapers (Tools)
Switch on electrode holder decreases line load	215
Electric welding (Equipment)
Bookbinder's paper trimmer used like a hand plane	217
Bookbinding
Portable road-side stand	225
Roadside markets
Attention-getting displays	227
Display of advertising
Built-in radios for every home	229
Radio receivers (Cabinets)
Electronic volt-ohm reader for students and experimenters	230
Voltmeters
Ultra-sensitive television camera pickup tube	232
Television cameras

Books

Popular Mechanics

Browse all issues

Contents

Common terms and phrases