[geeks] PM Home Handyman Encyclopedia & Guide (1961)

[John Francini]

Utterly fascinating!

The thing I note is that it assumes more basic "how things work"  
knowledge than is likely for the average PM reader today.  Modern  
tech hides how it works under many more layers of miniaturization,  
plastic, monolithic circuits, etc.

j

On 5 Jan 2008, at 20:00, Bill Bradford wrote:

> I recently came across a 4-volume set of the Popular Mechanics  
> Illustrated
> Home Handyman Encyclopedia & Guide (from 1961) in the bargain bin at a
> local used book store.  Of course, I grabbed them.
>
> The ~4000 pages of projects are amazing - it's basically your  
> grandparents'
> equivalent of MAKE Magazine.  Tons of the projects wouldn't even be  
> printed
> today due to liability concerns.
>
> Everything from planning/building/remodeling a house, woodworking,
> metalworking, making your own boat/go-cart/children's playground  
> equipment,
> indoor shooting ranges, to gardening, farming, and equipment to make
> handling your animals easier.
>
> Over the past four days I've taken pictures of the title pages and
> illustrations for the most interesting articles, and put them up on  
> Flickr.
> I've also contacted Popular Mechanics to see about getting  
> permission to
> break out the scanner and make proper PDFs of the best projects.
>
> The Flickr collections page, with one set for each volume, is here:
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/mrbill/collections/72157603639900790/
>
> Bill
>
> -- 
> Bill Bradford
> Houston, Texas
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