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Contents: Uncle Sam’s “How-To” Men Show The World; If It Can’t Be Repaired – Send It Here; Owners Report On The Plymouth; Trailers Join The Country Club; Throw Back The Big Ones; Go To College Outdoors; Missle With A Frozen Heart; The Woodcarvers Of Spillville; There Must Be A Better Way For Ther Craftsman… – Step Table; Car-Top Boat Toters; More Quiet In Your Home; Lake-Front Float; Building A Long-Arm Buffer; New Rasps Shape Wood And Metal; Tips On Lubrication; Radio, TV And Electronics Regular Departments – Spotlight: VW Microbus; Science Bulletins; Know This Old-Timer!; Pentagon Sidelights; Pioneer In Science; Tune In On The Inventors; Keeping Up With The Atom; What’s Up In The Air; Items From All Outdoors; An Eye On Space; Detroit Listening Post; What’s New For Your Home; Solving Home Problems; On The Market; Shopping For Tools; Clinic For Homemakers With Sources Of New Products – Aviation & Automotive – Helicopter Proves Successful At Minesweeping; Compressed-Air Vacuum Cleaner; Communist China’s First Passenger Car; Window Insert Vents Stale Air; Second Top For Car Keeps Interior Cool Boats – “Clinometer” Indicates Boat Trim; Boat Top Unzips To Let Air In, Boaters Out; He Lets His (Sailing) Car Out Of The Bag; Compromise Cruiser; Hose Connection Flushes Outboards; Hydraulics Handle Motors Construction – Military Bridge Floats Without Pontoons; Japanese House Is Boxed Against The Weather; “Orange Peel” House Miscellaneous – Sacramento-Ocean Port; Lots Of Summer Fun With Outdoor Toys; Portable Sprayer With Extension Covers Wide Area; Ultrathin Record Slips Into Package; Battery Corrosion Preventive; Radio For Sunglasses Has Station Selector; Mosaic Tile Set In Rubber; “Belly Whopper: Goes Anywhere; No More “Bricklaying” With Hay Bales; Filter For Back Yard Pools; VW Doesn’t Go Under Down Under; Camera Can Shift Speed, Zoom In; “Airlift” Camera Tripod; Hand-Propelled “Water Wings”; Chair Has Built-In Tackle Box; Traveling Photographer Builds A “Photomobile”; Roller On Tractor Levels Rough Land; Auto Cooler Features Built Ins; Aerial Tramcar Serves As “Elevator”; Camper’s Shower Is Set Up On Car; Plastic Balls Float Pulpwood Chips To Mill; Magnetic Door Retainer; Sound Movie Camera In 8mm; Pushbutton Shear Chews Up Freight Cars Science – Strange Music; Army Tests Nike Zeus At White Springs; U.S. Navy’s Space Surveiliance System Tracks All Satellites; Automatic System Lands Two Planes A Minute; Gyroscope Spins At -456 Degrees; Retreat Of Glacier Indicates Warmer Climate; Machine Reads Handwriting; Missel With A Frozen Heart; Even Skin Divers Can Use This Flashlight; Beeps, Hums, Time Signals Are Station WWV’s Program What’s New For Your Home – Removable Oven; Dripless Aluminum Grill; Center Drawer Refrigerator; Adjustable Shower Head; Hosiery Dryer; Electric Broiler For Patio; Safety Gate; Remote Control Dial For Water Heater Radio – TV And Electronics – Inexpensive Test Set For Radio Experimenters; Molecular Electronics – A New Concept In Electronic Technology; Tuning In On New Problems Craftsman And Shopnotes Index – Automotive – Youngsters Are Safe Behind Station-Wagon Window Screen; Trouble Shooting The Tough Ones; Replacement Brackets; Switch-Arm Breakage; Loose Jumper Wire; Air-Filter Rattles House And Home – Flower-Pot Match Snuffer; False Beams Decorate Your Living Room; Cord Suspended From Sun Lamp Gauges Proper Height; Filing Corrects Strike Plate Fit; Improved Downspout Guard Made From Hardware Cloth; Adjust Binding On Rattling Sashes Solving Home Problems – Emergency Repair For Freezing Water Pipe; Metal Pulls And Handles Tightened; Stepladder Treads; Substitute Applicator For Paste Jar; Handy Place To Store Hose Nozzle; Burned Out Fuse Easily Located; Old Binder Rings Can Be Useful; Protect Marring Lower Panel Of Piano; Clogged Jets Of Gas-Stove Burners Easily Cleaned; Starting A Nail In A Hard-To-Reach Place; Shade Rollers Lawn And Garden – “Dustpan” On Hedge Trimmer Catches Thick Clippings; From Hoola-Hoop To Sprinkler; Mowing Patterns Keeps Cord In Tow; Shower-Curtain Hook On Hose Keeps Spare Washers Handy On The Market – Cedar Chests; New Roll-On Trimmer; Metal Window Sash; Plastic-Panel Resurfacer; New Plug Guard; Three Ladders In One; Ready-Mixed Spackling Paste; Mix-It-Yourself Patching; Spring Clips Allow Installation Miscellaneous – Wax Paper Lines Soap Case; Ball Points Find Their Place Among Draftsman’s Equipment; Planned For Cookout; Four-Sided Pencil Pointer; Match Held To Thermometer Rejoins Mercury-Column; Tape Mounted On Waxed Paper Can Be Inserted In Typewriter; Cellophane Tape Makes It Easy To Remove Mailbox Wrapper; Decorator’s Lamp Base From Plywood; Clip And Wire Trammel Scribes Outsize Circles; Scales Taped To Triangle Speeds Scale Drafting; Lake-Front Float; Meter Case Holds Data; Print-Tong Holders; Stop For Tripod Screw; Faster Film Loading; Cable Release Through Hand Strap Permits Off-Camera Flash; “Painting” Out Backgrounds; Vacuum Cleaner Makes Quick Work Of Removing Dust From Boat Bilge; Farm-Built Tools Speed Haymaking; Tips On Lubrication; Washer Aids In Drawing Ellipse Shopping For Tools – Handle Locking Wedge; Hand-Fed Power Threader; Cutting Wheel; Carpenter’s Plane; Radial Drill Press; Steel Bridging; Extractor; Drill Press; Race-Winning Engines; Saw Setter; Automatic Contour Cutter; Outside Micrometer Workshop Hints – Never A Dull Edge; Two-Handed Sanding Block; Cement Tube Slipped Over Hook Saves Frequent Recapping; Correct Use Of Push Stick; Inside Cuts On Circular Saw; Nut Run Up On Clamping Screw Forms Shoulder For Wrench Forms; Small Work On Sandpaper Base Stays Put Under Sander; Loose Joints In Old Work Anchored With Steel Wool; Slip-On Stop Block Holds Original Setting; Mushroom Anvil; Sheet-Metal Chip Tray; Vibration Dampener; Building A Long-Arm Buffer; Double Work Range Of Bench Saw; How To Slot Sheet Metal; Scribe Angles With “V” Block; Straightening Kinked Wire; Use Tape To Back Sandpaper; New Rasps Shape Wood And Metal; Lathe-Dog Insert Grips Work; Pulley Hub Holds Round Stock; Rack Protects Split Dies; Rule Used As Wire Stripper; Chip Guard For Saber Saw; Guided Punch For Accurate Layout; Improvised Ring Compressor; Chucks Take Pin-End Blades; Driving Rows Of Tacks In Line; Power-Cleaning A Paint Roller
Issue: July 1960
Condition: Very Good