Popular Mechanics

Νοεμ. 1972
236 σελίδες
Τόμ. 138,Αρ. 5
ISSN 0032-4558

Εκδόθηκε από 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.

Ironing-board shooting table	14
Photography (Equipment)
Let the snowthrower do the work	62
Snow blowers, throwers, etc (Maintenance and repair)
Now Surform makes anyone a sculptor	81
John MATTHEWS, Tools, Wood carving
TVs are up to new tricks	87
Television receivers
Superdogs are made, not born	88
Police dogs

Colonial bookstand	121
Bookcases
Wild on a hill	122
Scooters
Liven up your slide shows with sound	126
Slides (Photography) (Projection, Sound accompaniment)
Replace drum brakes with discs!	130
Brakes, Automobile
Old 5300 rolls again	146
Model railroads

World's mightiest iron mine: Pilbara ore fields	90
Iron mines and mining (Australia)
Those great-sounding new cassettes and how they got that way	96
Tape, Magnetic
New Leica M5	100
Cameras
U.S. automakers inch toward the metric system	102
Automobile industry, Metric system
Mechanical hand to probe ocean depths	106
Research ships
Trick-wing glider gets a lift when it needs it	108
Gliders (Aviation)
Hi, there! Lawn Santa that greets passersby	109
Christmas decorations, Outdoor
Facelift the fireplace and you remodel the room	110
Fireplaces
Fancy candies; colorful Christmas gifts	114
Candles
Christmas gifts from your workshop	118
Christmas gifts
Heirloom wall clock	118
Clocks
Rustic slab stool	120
Stools

Furnace that burns water	148
Eric C. COTTELL, Combustion
Tunnel they said couldn't be built!	150
Tunnels
Pushbutton traffic control: modern answer to the bumper-to-bumper mess	152
Traffic engineering, Express highways (California)
Simple way to adjust VW valves	154
Automobile engines (Valves)
Navy's deep-diving sea lions	158
Seals (Animals)
Homebuilt masher puts the squeeze on trash	162
Refuse and refuse disposal (Equipment)
Make your own bar clamps	165
Clamps
Sabre-saw table saw for those small jobs	166
Saws and sawing
Radial-saw hold-down	172
Holding devices (Machine work)
BD-5: bullet-nosed beauty you can build yourself	174
Airplanes, Light
Pint-size formula racing	178
Midget automobile racing

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