How to construct wireless outfits, boats, camp equipment, aerial gliders, kites, self-propelled vehicles engines, motors, electrical apparatus, cameras and hundreds of other things which delight every boy.

This nostalgic flashback to a simpler time is filled with illustrated projects that range from the everyday (birdhouse, bean shooter) to the unusual (ice glider, magnetic theater).

Presents eco-friendly, thrifty and really cool activities--from turning ketchup bottles into nifty soap dispensers and building a window greenhouse for plants to making a power-generating windmill. Also features useful shortcuts for conserving our resources.

The Boy Mechanic--bigger and better! This handsome hardcover features every one of the fantastic vintage projects and handy advice from both The Boy Mechanic and The Boy Mechanic Makes Toys. Taken from the turn-of-the-last-century volumes of The Boy Mechanic, these 359 projects are still doable and delightful today. Like a miscellany for the home how-to crowd, the book offers instructions for making toy boats and planes, hammocks, sleds, skates, and special equipment for your own spy lab (such as periscopes), as well as fortune-telling tricks, illusions, games, and more. Charming original illustrations throughout make this an appealing, nostalgic, and fun guide for everyone.

One hundred and fifty-six marvelous magic tricks gathered from long agao issues of Popular Mechanics magazine reveal the secrets behind amazing feats of illusion! Now conjurers of all ages can discover crowd pleasers like these: Card levitation, The dancing handkerchief, The floating hat, The magic knot, The spinning egg, Making spirits play the violin, cutting a thread inside a glass bottle.

Drawn from the best of Popular Mechanics magazines from the 1910s and 20s, these vintage projects feature a tremendous range of possibilities -- model airplanes, greeting cards, a motion-picture camera, a radiophone, motor-driven sleds, and more. Step-by-step instructions include charming drawings and photos. Girls and boys will love these antique projects, and adults will appreciate their nostalgic charm.

A step-by-step guide to home repairs large and small from Popular Mechanics—the name that’s “synonymous with the ultimate in DIY knowledge” (Booklist, starred review). Got a squeaky floor or a rattling door? Is your grout a color you don’t recognize anymore? From quick fixes like linking broken chains and patching drywall to more involved projects like replacing a fuel line and bleeding your brakes, Popular Mechanics How to Fix Anything is the handy and reliable go-to guide for the most common household problems—offering a primer on plumbing; unexpected hacks like using a golf tee to fill a stripped screw hole; instructions for tuning up the garage door; and so much more. Throughout the book Roy Berendsohn, Popular Mechanics’ senior home editor, answers questions about the trickiest fix-its, including how to deal with recurring ceiling cracks or get rid of that stench from the kitchen sink. And because it’s organized room by room, from basement to bathroom to bedroom, it’s simple to find the solution you need—so you won’t have to hire someone else to do the job.

The 160 amazing projects, experiments, and devices make science fun for young and old alike.

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