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March
In This Issue - Wanted: Jobs For A Trillion New Chemicals; Science Tackles The "Sixth Sense"; Treasure Hunting Is Good Business' The '52 Ford Rolls Out; Report On The Foreign Cars (Part 1); The Bottom Of The Barrel; Army Meets The Big "A"; From Boot To Electronic Whiz Kid; I Was The Gadgeteer For A TV Madhouse; What's New For Your Home; Mexican Safari; Sports Cars Take Over The Town For The Craftsman - Adding The Final Touch; Build A Desk For Your Typewriter; Cookie - 15" Model Hydroplane; Combination Bed-Tent Fits On Car Roof; Finding And Stopping Roof Leaks; Know Your Car's Nervous System; Servicing Geared Drill Chucks; Better Metal Drilling; Shopping For Tools; Radio, TV and Electronics; Clinic For Homeowners Atomic Research - Science Manufactures Two Heaviest Atoms; Atomic Reactor Makes Electricity; Atomic "Trace Track" Boosts Electron Speed Automotive - Trailer Bed Folds Out Of Way; Detroit Listening Post; 1952 Plymouth; "Level Loat" Trailer Axle Aviation - Helicopter Forecast From England; Turbomotor Helicopter; Biggest-Known Jet Bomber; Flying Flashlight Pinpoints Targets; Portable Elevator; Ten-Jet Troop Carrier; Speedy Refueling Of Jets Farm And Garden - Pills For Plants; Chemical Prevents Elm-Tree Disease; Water Heater Floats In Stock Tank; Beetle Fights A Battle; Brush Cutter Hobbies And Novelties - Nylon Trappings For Cowboy Trade; Chains For Shoe Soles; Reclining Bicycles; Chalk Sculptor; Child's Jet Airplane Powered By Vacuum Cleaner House And Home - Stick-On Ruler; Shelf Unit; Freezer Thermometer; Canned-Milk Dispenser; Venetian Blind Cleaner; Curved Toothbrush; Dish Rack; Pan Gripper Industry - Robot Machinist; Automatic Paint System Uses Electrostatic "Spray"; Tin-Can Compressor; Explosion Test Chamber; "Pipe Organ" Oil Driller Military - Army Unwraps Improved Rifles; Test Gun Fires Tiny Missles; Altimeter Is Supersensitive Photography - Lens Test Bench Produces Parallel Rays; "Inside The Camera" View; Tough Base For Movie Film Miscellaneous - Aerial Cable Car Pulls Itself Along; Machine Replaces Heart Or Lung; North America Abounds In Harmful Insect Pests; Spider-Leg Cataran; One-Piece Hooks Attached By Feel; Hot-Air Radiant Heat In Catacombed Floor; Model Tames Raging River; Plastic Tie Plates For Rails; "Yacht Of Future" Is Enclosed From Deck To Trim Superstructure; London's Post Office Railway Craftsman And Shop Notes Index - Automotive - Boiled Sun Visors Renovated By Reversing Positions; Tire Talcum Dusted On Tube Lessens Pinching Tenderness; Matchbox Abrasive Used As File For Breaker Points Farm - Pig Creep Built From Gates; Adjustable Outboard Ground Shoe Protects Combine In Rough Fields; Tractor-Tire Valve Stems Protected With Sheet-Metal Guards House And Home - Newspaper Guide Helps Position Pictures When Hanging; Decals Conceal Chipped Porcelain; Cleanout Pipe Set In Ground Simplifies Cleaning Of Sewer; Solving Home Problems; Locating A Short Circuit In Home Appliances; Trapped Water In Steam Radiator Siphoned With Syringe; Placing Spring On Bed Frame; How To Build A Flower Box; Corner Rack For Bath Towels; Rubber Tubing Connected To Faucet Secured With Waterproof Tape Metalworking - "Tooled" Pictures In Metal Foil Simulate Hammered Designs; Porch Lanters; Dial Indicator From An Old Watch Novelties And Toys - Candle Placed Inside Flowerpot Produces Novel "Hurricane" Lamp; Inexpensive Easter Baskets From Berry Boxes; Clock With Works Removed Makes Inconspicuous "Piggy" Bank Paint And Painting - Tips On Enameling Woodwork; Painting Outdoor Furniture; Spray-Gun Water Trap Photography - Synchronized Flash With A Studio Shutter; Storage Cabinet For Hobby Photos; Roll-Film Tank Emptied Quickly By Blowing Into Filler Hole; Bobby Pin Suspends Thermometer To Check Bottled Solution; Flashlight Fitted With Filter For Darkroom Use; Rubber Bands On Lightstand Arm Improve Gripping Surface; Packing Cut-Film Holders In Carrying Case; Flood-Reflector Ventilation Holes Indicate If Lamp Is Turned On; Auxillary Strap Added To Camera Case Used For Carrying By Hand Tools - Wire Stand Attached To Electric-Drill Housing Protects Bit Cutting Edges; Miter Box Adjustable For Wear; Improved Grip On Drill Chuck; Plumb Bob For Emergency Use; Beam Compass Improvised From Dowel Rod; Using C-Clamp On Pipe; Hose Washer Protects Lathe Center; Converting Lathe Dog To Safety Type; Graphite Lubricates Drafting Tools; Wing-Type Bit; Chisel-Tooth Circular Saw Blade; Combination Wrench; Shaper Head; Voltage Calculator; Twist Drills For Portable Electric Drills; Claw-Hammer Attachment; Earth-Sugar Accessories; Parrot-Head Pruner; Sharpening Jig; Auxillary Clamp On Lathe Chuck Increases Capacity Woodworking - Plan Of The Month - Extension Dining Table; Wrench Aids In Driving Screw Eyes; Out-Of-Reach Nail Started Easily When Held By Hammer Claws Miscellaneous - Sponge Rubber Protects Fingers While Starting Small Nails; Boat Traile Has Fenders Made From Old Tires; Clothespin Serves As Clamp To Hold End Of Steel Tape; Paper-Bag "Mittens" Aid Dressing Child; Alarm-Clock Movement Cleaned Without Disassembiling; Tracing Legibly Onto Copper; Method For Determining Location Of Concealed Leak In Vertical Run Of Pipe; Sponge-Rubber "Ball" Provides Realistic Drive During Golf Practice; Heat From Light-Bulb Clusters Speeds Seedling Growth; Swinging Shelf At Top Of Ladder Provides Extra Tool Space; Plastic Straps Clen Files; Campfires Started Quickly With Waterproof Igniters; Bar Clamp Made Like Sawhorse; Cushion Holds Phonograph Needles; Sections Of Car Inner Tubes Make Bins For Small Parts; Paper Coated With Lighter Fluid Made Temporarily Transparent; Drawer Pull On Glue-Can Lid Facilitates Opening; Plastic Jig Holds Ribbon Taut For Hand-Lettering; One Man Is Able To Load This Mixer Onto Truck Or Trailer; Section Of Eave Gutter Shields Mouse Trap; Test Shows Polarity Of Electric Wires; Holder For Job Tickets Radio-Television, Electronics - TV-Set Data For Servicemen; Putting Movies On Tape; Electronic Range; Plastic Lens For Big-Screen TV; Portable TV-Set Has Big Screen; Spacemaker Record Storage Unit; Metal Detector; Pack Set Power Unit; Vari-Typer Branding Machine; Scotch Electrical Tape; Modular Radio Equipment
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November
In This Issue - Hollywood's TV Bug Eradicator; Atomic-Age Troop Transport; Heating With Log Burners; Sulphur - Scarcity In Abundance; The Owners Report On The Willys; Revolution In The Test Tubes; Strait Jackets For Ol' Man River; Timesavers On The Dairy Farm; Acrobats In Side Cars; HSR Talks Ships Through Fog; 1000 Miles Per Hour On Rails For The Craftsman - From Paleface To Indian; Once A Tin Can (Part II); Heating With Continuous Circulation; Toys For Christmas; Shooting Wildlife With Flash; Motorize Your Hacksaw; Jointer Know-How; Tip Your Tools With Carbide; Radio, TV and Electronics; Clinic For Homemakers Automotive - Electric Choke Ends Flooding; Here Come The '53 Cars; Detroit Listening Post; Auto Air Conditioning For Cadillac, Oldsmobile; Miniature Mercedes-Benz Built By British Major; Plastic Battery Seperators; Permanent Bronze-Cartridge Filter; Tinted Window Spray Reduces Heat And Glare Aviation - Martin Tests Hull For Jet Seaplanes; Robot Plane; British Triangular-Wing Jet; Helicopter Has Pulse-Jet Engines; Earthbound Glider Trains English Fledgelings; Numbered Airways Guide Pilots Across Country Hobbies And Novelties - Squirrel-Cage Track For Motorcycle Acrobat; Toothpick Tower Is 10-Foot Model Of Original In Paris; One-Horsepower Tricycle Built For Aussie Engine; Old Soldiers Are His Hobby House And Home - Prefabricated Lightweight Chimney Permits Easy Installation; Free-Wheeling Pulley; Ring Husher; Window-Lock Pegs; Handle Holders; Chef's Block; Dust-Mop Cleaner; Inflatable Cornice; Rotary Masher; Revolving Tray; Recipe Reducer; Electric Cord Slack; "Sunflower House"; Rotary Snowplow For Homeowners Propels Snow To Side; Plywood Floor File; Silent Air Valve For Steam Heating Systems; Asphalt Compounds Make Home Walks; Food-Preserving By Teakettle; Garage Door Uses No Tracks; Glass Block Ventilator Industry - Toothless Bandsaw Blade From Metal Strapping Slices Through Steel; Switchyard Television Facilites Movement Of Rolling Stock; Isotope Tool Permits Remote Control Of Radioactive Materials; Mechanical Scrubwoman Keeps Garage Clean; It's No Fun Fishing...In An Oil Well; Electricity From Atomic Energy; Jets Push Drilling Bits To Underground Speed Marks; Powerful Ram-Action Grease Gun Loaded In 20 Seconds; Test Old Indian Tanning Material For Modern Domestic Use; Atomic Radiations Control Automatic Elevators; Mail Bags Unloaded In "Cages"; Pipe Launcher; Aerator For Fresh Cream Quickens Cooling And Retards Souring; Antibotics Help Cheese Ripen Faster; Plastic Resembles Foam Rubber Medicine - Poletop First Aid Saves Hot-Wire Victims; Converging Beams Treat Cancer; Radioactive Needles Aid In Fight Against Cancer Military And Naval - Rugged Army Telephone Is Lighter, More Efficient In Combat; Rapid-Shooting Combat Camera Chops Off Pictures As Needed; Navy Adds Supersonic Punch To Its Carrier Air Fleet Photography - Portable Speed Flash Powered By Dry Batteries; Projector Shows Film In Four Directions Simultaneously; Electronic Flash Unit Designed For Color Work Sports And Recreation - Upside-Down Rides Thrill Viennese Crowds; German Floating Motor Propells Swimmer; Acrobats In Sidecars; Two-Piece Interlocking Plastic Handle On Bowling-Ball Bag Miscellaneous - Enclosed Gangplank Is Moveable Bridge; Rolling Hoosegow Serves Capitol Police; Money Rides On Glass Tapes; Boat Stabilizer Prevents Capsizing In Windswept Water; Community Nest; Giant Radiotelescope Maps Unexplored Skies; Survival Ration Lasts Six Days; Wading Bus For Sight-Seers; Blizzardproof Tent For Artic Use Goes Up Inside Out; Desk-Size Letter Folder; Aerator For Fresh Cream Quickens Cooling And Retards Souring; Craft Becomes "Flying Boat" With Hydrofoil Rigging; Lab Tests Indicate Mountain Ranges Determine World's Weather Craftsman And Shop Notes Index - Automotive - Snow Visor On Rear Car Window Keeps Portion Of Glass Clear; Car Horn Illuminates Ornament; Smoothing Small Scratches On Car; Releasing Stuck Thermostat Farm And Garden - Wooden Grating Protects Tree From Surrounding Stonework; Lawn Edger Assembled From Scrap Parts Is Always At Hand On Mower Handle; Farm Trailer Mounted On Three Wheels To Provide Maximum Maneuverability; Hand-Operated Hoist Mounted On Trailer Bed Permits Controlled Dumping Of Loads Hobbies And Novelties - Embossed Letters On Sheet Metal Created With Wire "Dies"; Bird Feeder; Plastic Balance; Drippings From Heated Crayons Used To Decorate Candles House And Home - Trowel For Patching Plaster Provided By Plate Scraper; Medicine Cabinet And Wiring For Light Fixture Installed In Hollow Portion Of House Trailer; Paint Applied To Edges Of Boards Seals Porch-Flooring Joists; Cleaning Soot From Chimney; Solving Home Problems; Holes In Closet-Shelf Support Accommodate Clothes Hangers; Tire Pump Used To Drain Pipes Of Summer Residence; "Private" Entrance For Pets Features Spring-Hinged Door; Pipe Handrail Warns Of Step; Drying Rack For Overshoes; "Pin Up" Towel Rack Mounted With Rubber Suction Cups; Method For Removing Moldings Without Damaging Walls Jigs, Gauges And Fixtures - Old Leather Punch Converted To Provide Eyelet Setter; "Table" Support For Coping Work Gripped In Bench Vise; Tape Container Used As Dispenser; Simple Center-Line Marking Gauge; Gauge For Installing Siding Made With Pencil And Eraser; Hollow Test Bar For Checking Lathe-Center Alignment Office, Shop And Store - Key Ring Reinforces Worn Tab On File-Index Card; Protecting Drill Bits; Antenna From A Car Radio Serves As Extension Rule; Taps Kept In Felt-Roll Kit; Yardstick Holder On Stepladder; Multiple Mounting Of Razor Blades Provides Useful Paper Shredder; New Blades Cut From Razor For Modelers Knife; Simple Unit For Testing Hydraulic Brakes; Rubber Band On Ruler Prevents Slipping; Handy Rubber-Band Container; Clipboard Aids In Tracing Work; Scraper Fitted Over Broom Handle Loosens Paper Stuck To Floor Photography - Renewing Lines On Photo Trimmer; Wooden-Type Print Frame Serves As Copying Easel; Testing Darkroom Safelight; Paper Held For Borderless Prints With Transparent Photo Corners; Crushing Of Chemicals Simplified When Placed Under Screening; Darkroom Safe Turns Out Light Tools - Nonslip Belt; Knife-Setting Gauge; Heavy-Duty Turning Tool; Dial Depth Gauge; Aligning Jig; Builder's Level; Wheel Puller; Corner Clamp; Disposable Circular-Saw Blade; Making Abrasive Polisher Woodworking - Functional End Table; Stack Tables; Plan Of The Month - Modern Gun Cabinet; Saw-Table Extension Supports Large Work; Wooden Strip Reduces Size Of Circular-Saw Insert Slot Workshop Hints - Nonremoveable Wood Screw; Leatherworker's Pricking Wheel Perforates Sandpaper; Toothpaste Tube Anchors Screw In Masonry Or Plaster; Soldering Iron Excels Burner When Flaring Glass Tubing; Tape Holds Sanding Strips In Vibrating Sander; Adjustable Curve For Home Shop Improvised From Hacksaw Blade; Cutting Left-Handed Threads With Right-Hand Tap; Positive Action For Vise Jaws From Auto-Valve Spring; Circle-Cutting Fixture; Tubing Turned Between Centers; Tape Keeps Sheet-Metal Template From Shifting On Work Miscellaneous - Rubber Pads Inside Boots Grip Trouser Legs; Clothespin Screwed To Side Of Boat Keeps Bait Can From Spilling; Electric-Plug Contacts Furnish Shelf Supports; Engine Hoods Welded Together Provide Neat Boat Hull; Cardboard Arrows Held By Canes Aid Volunteer Traffic Directors; Cowboy Carbine; Post Barricade Hinged At Base Tipped Over To Admit Cars; Doll Cradle Is Ideal Christmas Gift For Child; Basket Strapped To Baby Carriage Holds Bundles When Shipping; Nonspillable Water-Pail Holder; Auxillary Jaws Hold Hexagon Stock In Four-Jaw Lathe Chuck; Easy Way To Drive Ground Rods; Bending Conduit "By Eye"; Worn Plane Iron Too-Short For Regular Use Makes Ideal Scraper Radio-Television, Electronics 0 Small Electronic Organ Produces "Big" Music; Nested Loudspeakers For Portable PA Systems; RCA Portable Walkie-Lookie Unit; Safety First - With Fuses
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