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So, a month or two ago I was in a used stuff store and saw for the first time a complete set of the 1955 Popular Mechanics Do it Yourself Encyclopaedia - bought a set this week.
https://www.kijiji.ca/v-art-collect...nt/1156197096?enableSearchNavigationFlag=true
Not that set BTW paid much much less - what a fascinating world! Not just back to a time when those magazines actually taught you to make stuff and repair it but what they made! Some articles - make your own ARC welder. Electric Iron repair. Electric motor rewinding Electroplating without Cyanides (I am glancing at the "E" book - and of course lots of uses for Asbestos!
One of my favourite lines (from the article on making an electrical tester) is "Utilizing equipment found in almost any shop or home..."
One of my Vauxhall manuals says "The average handyman should be able to remove the engine in about four hours.
Some other favourites are the APARTMENT tool bench and tool set disguised as a ottoman and likewise the apartment film developing station.
It is a great slice of life and actually there will be a few useful things regarding cars and bearing and rewinding etc but, My how the world has changed!
(and not entirely for the better - though not entirely for the worse either!) (witness the article on making a Baby Car Crib!
https://www.kijiji.ca/v-art-collect...nt/1156197096?enableSearchNavigationFlag=true
Not that set BTW paid much much less - what a fascinating world! Not just back to a time when those magazines actually taught you to make stuff and repair it but what they made! Some articles - make your own ARC welder. Electric Iron repair. Electric motor rewinding Electroplating without Cyanides (I am glancing at the "E" book - and of course lots of uses for Asbestos!
One of my favourite lines (from the article on making an electrical tester) is "Utilizing equipment found in almost any shop or home..."
One of my Vauxhall manuals says "The average handyman should be able to remove the engine in about four hours.
Some other favourites are the APARTMENT tool bench and tool set disguised as a ottoman and likewise the apartment film developing station.
It is a great slice of life and actually there will be a few useful things regarding cars and bearing and rewinding etc but, My how the world has changed!
(and not entirely for the better - though not entirely for the worse either!) (witness the article on making a Baby Car Crib!
