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Contents: In This Issue – Mel Koontz Twists Tiger’s Tails; Owners Report On The ’54 Chrysler; How To Produce New Ideas; Pipe-Line Archeologists; “Jimmy” Engines For Extra Horsepower; The Sub That Can Lick A Plane; Bedside Radio Network; The Shape Of Tomorrow’s Planes; What’s New For Your Home; Where To Find Fish In A Stream; Radio, TV And Electronics For The Craftsman – Martin Motel; Here Come The Outboards – Part 1; Color-Size Your Home; New Faces For Old Ceilings; Know Your Cooling System; Modeling The Midway – Part III; Flame Soldering; Shopping For Tools Automobiles – This Year’s Crop Of Dream Cars; Low-Slung Custom Sports Car Built From 1948 Oldsmobile; American “Snowmobile” Ends Need For Dogs In Artic; Willys’ Aero Jeep Matches Speed And Light Weight Of “Mighty Mite”; Jeep For Mail Carriers Mounts Steering Wheel On The Right; $5,000 Sport Car Has 205-Horsepower Engine, Glass-Fiber Body Automotive Accessories – Here’s The Long-Life Battery; Ceramic “Towels” Dry Spark Plugs Aviation – United States Airlines Set Safety And Traffic Volume Records; Air Force Uses 10,000,000-Candlepower light For Night Photos; British Sherpa Airplanes Headed For High Places; Aircraft Fuel Weight Indicator Construction – Superheated Welding Rod Melts Stone And Concrete; Lightweight Building Block Is Made Of Clay; Quartered Skyscraper Suspended From FIns House And Home – Home Improvements: Light Switch On Door, Alarm For Boiling Pot; Machine “Plays Records” To Sew Desired Stitches; Electric Switch Mats Placed Under Rugs Set Off Burglar Alarm; Electric Cooker; Loaded Brush; Hair Brush; Silent Switch; Timer; Cutlery Tray; Shelf Supports; Revolving Shoe Rack; Guard Rails; Revolving Fireplace Can Throw Heat To Different Parts Of Room; Plastic Window Frame Offers More Glass Area Industry – Rear-End Pallet Loader Hoists Bricks On Truck; Begin First Telephone Cables To Connect The Hemispheres; Dye Sprayed From Pressure Can Find Flaws In Metal; Pipe Clamps Tightens To Form Seal Around Leaks And Connections; Giant Drilling Barge Can Sink Well 20,000 Feet Deep; Self-Loading Truck Picks Up Huge Logs Military And Naval – Heavy Webbing Muzzles Bombers During Pressurization Tests; Navy’s Shipboard Radar Gauges Speed Of Landing Carrier Planes Science – Skinner Box Tests Rat’s IQ’s; Freezer Aids Surgery; Whirling Magnetic Drum Classifies And Remembers Mail Orders; Heartbeats And Brain Waves Telephoned To Distant Specialists; Plants Raised On Radioactive Atmosophere Aid Tracer Studies; Radar Spots Cancer; Midget Gyros To Guide Missles Miscellaneous – Two Headlights On Power Mower Permit Lawn Cutting After Dark; Underwater Bike Propels Submarine Swimmer At Rapid Rate; Six-Second Loader For Spraying Planes; Lightweight German Streamliner Has Engines At Front And Back; Gigantic Japanese Carp Kite Requires 200 Anchor Men; Midget Diesel Bikd Engine Gets 300 Miles Per Gallon; Carrier Model Rides Landlocked Course On Scooter Wheels; Curved Meteor Film; Electronic Nutcracker Severs Walnut Halves Without Damage; Plastic Drain Unit Features Trap That Unscrews Without Damage; Electric Massage Chair Lessens Body Fatigue; Plywood Chair On Wheels Aids Crippled Children; Coated Lamp Repels Insects; Expert Predicts A Big Boost In Latin American Population; Photoelectric Cells Grade Eggs Into Six Shade Classifications; Thirty Irishmen With Shillelaghs; Disposable Mousetrap Holds Poisoned Bait; Pocket Calculator Aids Solution Of Trigonometry Problems; Coliseum Without Girders; Fingerprint Accompanies Check; Rubber Raft Scoots Across Ice Or Water To Rescue Drowning Skater; Transparent Typewriter Bar Aids Typist In Reading Copy; Mobile Disaster Unit Carries Rescue And First-Aid Equipment Craftsman And Shop Notes Index – Automotive – Plastic Bottle Used To Spray Water On Dirty Windshield; Lunch Box Hooks Over Car Seat; Tracing Car Serial Number; Sponge Holds Chamois Flat When Drying Car; Test Inner Tube For Tiny Leaks With Aid Of Hand Wringer Boats – Slack On Mooring Lines Of Boat Taken Up By Rubber Band; Adjustable Rower’s Seat For Flat-Bottomed Boat Farm – Low-Cost Hinged “Tractorport” Stores Simply By Folding Against Barn Wall; Frame Covered With Fencing Keeps Birds And Eggs Clean; Hanging Of Meat In Smokehouse Speeded By Using Hog Rings Fishing – Prevent Spinning Lures From Kinking Fishline; Rubber Ball On Fishing Rod Lessens Hand Fatigue; Matchbox Cover Holds Flies In Sportsman’s Hatband; Snag Hook Catches Nibblers Lawn And Garden – Forms For Concrete “Stones” Are Discarded Cooking Pots; Wagon-Wheel Lawn Bench Adds Beauty To Yard; Buggy Wheel Is Removable For Mowing Lawns; Hose Section Over Hoe Handle Measures Garden Rows; Flowerpots On Wagon Wheel increase it’s useful beauty; Old Railroad Ties In Garden Add Attractive Rustic Touch; Generator On Power Mower Runs Hedge Clipper; Seed Germination Percentage House And Home – Removing Grease Spots From Rugs; Weighted Drapes Hand Straight; Patching Torn Window Screens; Projecting Doorknobs Replaced By Recessed Cabinet Pull; Hook Taken From Fish’s Mouth With Aid Of Vegetable Tongs; Screen-Wire Pad Removes Labels On Bottles And Jars; Three-Tiered Plant Holder; New Faces For Old Ceilings; Floors Given Light Wax Coat; Storm Sash And Screens Marked With Carbon Paper And Dye; Method For Hanging Screen Door; Wrapping Materials Are Dispensed Through Bottom Of Cabinet; “Kit” Permits Variety Of Bric-A-Brac Shelves Tools – Die Made Of Steel-Rule Stock Cuts Accurate Duplicates; Cutter And Ratchet Screwdriver Is Substitute Hand Grinder; Oil-Soaked Sand Keeps Tools Rust-Free In Damp Location; Jig Assures Accurate Sanding Of Miter Cuts On Moldings; Plane-Iron Sharpening Jig Is Made From Wood Scraps; Lever-Actuin Tenoning Jig; Grinding Jig For Lathe Chisels; Glass Cutter Held In Lathe Tool Post Scores Bottles Accurately; Lathe Center With Driving Pin For Machining Small-Diameter Work; “Tow Bar” Is Quickly Improvised From Pipe And Chain Workshop Hints – Turn Button On Workbench Aligns Boards For Marking; Waste Piece From Curved Cut Used As Sanding Block; Small Objects “Clamped” In Clay While Soldering Joints; Sharpen Scissors On Circular Saw; Wire-Solder Dispenser; Plan Of The Month: Chaise Lounge; Hinged Stop On Miter Gauge Of Circular Saw Eliminates Waste; Insulation “Brushed” From Wire; Soak Tools To Remove Rust; Outboard Motor Stored On Bracket Fastened To Exposed Studding; Accurately Aligning Dowel Holes Requires Only Carbon Paper; Drill-Press Clamping Kink; Machinist’s Layout White; Handle For Carrying Vise Miscellaneous – Postage Stamp Carried Conveniently Inside Pen Barrel; Cane-Woven Hot Pad; Papers Held By Envelope Flap When Stapling Several Sheets; File For 35-mm. Transparencies Made From Photo-Paper Carton; Paper-And-Paraffin Starters Ideal For Outdoor Fire Use; Flashing Grade-Crossing Signals For Toy Trains; Transfer Pictures Decorate Photograph; Power For Electric Shaver Supplied By Dry-Cell Battery; Reflector Surfaces Renewed With Reflective Beads; Waterproof Your Hunting Boots; Things To Do With Milk Cartons; Electro-Etched Name Plates; Rear Sight On Gun Painted Red To Improve Accuracy Of Aim; Pillow Kept On Camp Cot By Removable Headboard; Securing Temporary Wire Fencing; Clothespins Provide Leveling Wedges For Resilvering Mirrors; Wire-Solder Hook Assures Submerging Of Pail In Cistern; Keeping Water Warm In Pail; Inking Device On Pantograph Utilizes Refill Cartridge Radio-Television, Electronics – For The Sake Of The Record; 1954 “Little Giant” Low-Cost Multistation Intercom System; Back-Loaded Cabinet For Super-Fidelity Home Phono
Issue: March 1954
Condition: Very Good