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The Boy Mechanic: 200 Classic Things to Build

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Its vintage boyhood and a miscellany of marvelous ideas: from kites and toboggans to workbenches and birdhouses, this collection of projects from Popular Mechanics issues of long ago captures all the appeal of American ingenuity at the start of the last century. 

 

With the rawest of materials, a minimum of technology, and a maximum of ingenuity, men and boys in the early 1900s dedicated themselves to crafting wonderful items, both practical and fanciful. It was a highly valued skill that revealed the measure of a man, and Popular Mechanics honored it and led the way in instructing these handy creators. Take a look back at those simpler, good old days—and at what we may have lost in our high-tech era—through these engaging projects, all published in the magazine during the first two decades of the 20th century. The range is simply amazing, and bound to appeal to woodworkers who love classic ideas. They include tools, like T-squares and sawhorses; an animal-proof gate latch and a birdhouse made from an old straw hat; household gadgets and handcrafted furniture; camping gear (including a screen door for a tent); and toys and games. And many of these appealing trellises, decoys, puzzles, and tents are quite doable today. Inveterate do-it-yourselfers will be astonished at the resourcefulness required to build a stove for a canoe and even a houseboat.

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From kites and toboggans to workbenches and birdhouses, these engaging projects were published in "Popular Mechanics" magazine during the first two decades of the 20th century. Now today's boys can hone their craft-building skills. Illustrations.
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ISBN:
9781588165091
Author:
Popular Mechanics
Publisher:
Hearst Books
Editor:
The Editors of Popular Mechanics
Editor:
Popular Mechanics Magazine
Author:
The Editors of Popular Mechanics
Author:
Popular Mechanics Magazine
Subject:
Handicraft
Subject:
Crafts & Hobbies
Subject:
Woodwork
Subject:
CRAFTS & HOBBIES / General
Subject:
Woodwork - General
Subject:
Handicraft for boys
Subject:
Crafts/Woodworking
Subject:
PHILOSOPHY - PHILSPHY WEST TRD PB
Subject:
MUSIC and DANCE - INSTRMTS/INSTRCT TPB
Copyright:
2006
Edition Description:
Trade Cloth
Publication Date:
20060331
Binding:
TRADE PAPER
Language:
English
Illustrations:
b/w illus. throughout
Pages:
272
Dimensions:
7 x 5 in
Age Level:
08-12
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