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March
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; Eadio, 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
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May
In This Issue - How To Guard Your Home Against Fire (Prevent tragedy in your home inexpensively); Egg For An Atomic Engine (Building a power plant for the submarine Sea Wolf); The Owners Report: Mercury For 1954 (Clymer records pros and cons of Merc owners); Mexico Builds A Glamour Campus (In color - Modern architecture south of the border); Guarding The Graveyard Of Ships (Coastguardsmen earn their pay here); Restoring Antique Cars Is My Hobby (Frank Stokes tells about a new, fast-growing hobby); It's Moving Day For Wildlife (Transplanting wildlife will mean better hunting for you) For The Craftsman - Care And Use Of Paintbrushes (Your task will be easier if you take care of 'em); Family Camping Trailer - Part 1 (Jim Kendall tells how it's built); Crusette - 12-Foot Utility Outboard (Tom Riley and John Bergen come up with a good one); From Tank To Carburetor (How the fuel system of your car works); How To Cut Coped Joints (Sam Brown takes the mystery out of a puzzler); The How Of Straight Shaping (Make your own special moldings) Special Features - Vertical Take-Off; New Tools For Your Lawn; Bathyscaphe; Magic Boxes; Firing Aluminim With Color; Lumber Cafeteria; Auto Penthouse; Boy's Room Goes Western; Make It A Magic Party; Let's Go Fishin' Regular Features - Detroit Listening Post; What's New For Your Home; Solving Home Problems; Plan Of The Month; Shopping For Tools Radio, TV, Electronics - Color TV Today; First Aid For Radios; Tiny Transistor Receiver Automotive - Plymouth Sport Coupe Has Matched Luggage; Chrysler's Plymouth-Installed Gas Turbine; Rear-Engine Auto Carrier Mounts Bunk Under Cab; Air Force Sergeant Builds Convertible For Son At Cost Of $125 Automotive Accessories - Nash Low-Cost Air Conditioner Cools Or Heats By Turning Knob; You Can Be Your Own Highway Patrolman With Buzzing "Speedometer"; Streamlined Aluminim Upper Berth Clamps To Automobile Roof; Crankcase-Oil Reservoir Fills Engine Automatically; You Can Assemble Your Own Four-Bunk Vacation-Trailer With Kit; Inside Windshield Wiper Anchored To Suction Cup; Auto Penthouse Will Sleep Four; Hinged Wings On Automobile Mirror Increase Rear Vision; Hand-Held Pneumatic Tool Forces Tire Bead From Rim Aviation - Electronic System Used By Air Force Lands 120 Planes Per Hour; Midget Pusher Sports Plane Can Fly 200 Miles Per Hour; Radio Waves Hold Robot HelicopterIn Fixed Hovering Position; "Tennis Net" Crash Barrier Halts Jet Planes At End Of Runway; German Pilot Builds "Windmill" For Ground-Sky Travel Boats And Boating - Variable-Pitch Propeller For Outboard Motor; Aircraft Engine And Propeller Blow Aluminim Craft Along Water; Transparent Plastic Boat Passes Tests In France; Working Model Of Columbia River Steamer Complete To Last Detail; Rolling Mast Platform Permits Easy Loading Of Long Cargo; Nylon Boat Cover Construction - Mexican Suspension Bridge Built In Shape Of Basket Handle; House Suspended In Space Rests On Tapered Beams; Earth Tamper Mounted On Trench Filler Packs Automatically; Self-Contained Electric Heating Shaft Installed Between Studding Farm And Garden - Two-Piece Kit Seals Breaks In Plastic Garden Hose; New Tools For Your Garden; Staggered Wheels On Rotary Mower; Lawn Trimmer; Leaf Burner; Robot Mower; Exhaust Silencer; Soil Aerator; Rotary Mower; Adjustable Sprinkler; "Whip End" Garden Hose; Root Soaker; Root-Crop Spray Prevents Sprouting; Burlap Grain Bin Industry - Roller-Welder Unit Does Work Of Seven Spot-Welding Machines; Hydraulic Rake Mounted On Tractor Clears Sugar Cane From Field; Clay-Extrusion Machine Recreation And Hobbies - Tiny Railroad With Only 156 Feet Of Track Spans Oceans; Plastic Pinochie Tally Keeps Changing Record Of Game Progress; Aluminim Golf Cart Has Numbered Slots for 14 Clubs Science - Pin-Size Neon Glow Lamp Aids Timing Of Film; Ten-Foot X-Ray Picture Reveals Minute Flaws In Steel Castings; Electrons Photograph Stars To Produce Sharper And Faster Pictures; H-Bomb Element May Help War On Cancer; Silicon Transistor; Atomic By-Product Gauges Irrigation; Algae "Seasoning"; Pressured Fluid Forms Tight Seal Around Supersonic Wind Valve; Titanium Plentiful In Hawaii; Locust Carousel Checks Duration And Speed Of Insect's Flight; Chemists Synthesize Sugar; "Atomic" Microscope House And Home - What's New Fir Your Home - Reservoir For Steam Iron; Pickup Cord; Hat Holder; Feed-Down Racks; Electric Frying Pan; Adjustable Glide; Wall Refrigerator; Knife Sharpener; Plunger For Drains; Candle Carburetor Miscellaneous - Plastic Shield For Police Offer Protection From Bullets; Adapter Converts Black-And-White TV Set To Color For $100; Dome Car Has Upper Lounge; Computers Use Costly Metal; Models Replace Surveyors In Planning New Jersey's Highway; Heart-Lung Machine Does Both Jobs During 26-Minute Surgery; Portable Chest Unfolds To Provide Table For Drawing Or Drafting; Train For Turkey Has Compact Diesel Engine Built Into Truck; Quickly Erected Portable Grandstand Will Seat Nine Spectators; TV Links Bank And Brunch To Speed Operations; Two-Part Baby Carriage Divides To Carry Groceries Or Parcels; Airborne Baby's Berth Suspended From Wall; Bedside Air Conditioner Purifies, Cools And Dries Air; Balloon-Type Seat Cushion Folds To Fit Shirt Pocket; Los Angeles Bus Loaders Use "Pogo Stick" Fare Boxes; Lamp Mounted On Typewriter Floods Paper With Light; Adjustable Canvas To Tent Or Tarp; Transparency Viewer Carried In Vest Pocket; Telephone Transistors; "Brief Case" Camp Kit Totes Shovel, Ax And Water Craftsman And Shop Notes Index - Automotive - Black Tape On Automobile Antenna Stops Reflected Spotlight Glare; Battery Cable Quickly Attached By Using Grip-Type Pliers; Burned Distributor Cap Contact Causes Misfiring Of Engine Farm - Hand Grip For Dairy Brush; Tags Attached To Young Trees With Split Section Of Hose; Junked Walking-Plow Beam Supports Rural Mailbox; High-Pressure Insecticide Sprayer Utilizes Gear-Type Pump; Trailer-Mounted Corn Sheller Driven By Tractor Take-Off; Hayrake Teeth Divide Trough; Fence Opening For Farm Dogs Provided By Suspended Tire Fishing And Boating - Let's Go Fishin'; Antproof Docking Facilities Improvised For Cabin Cruiser; Inner Tube With A Sail Tows Heavy Fishing Line Offshore Hobbies, Novelties And Toys - Bas-Relief Carving Of Lincoln Bust; Make It A Magic Party; Small Doll's Bed Is Assembled Quickly From Two Cigar Boxes House And Home - Porcelain Insulator Converted Into Clothesline Clamp; Emergency Plug For Small Leak Cut From Sheet Rubber; Cord Shortened Without Cutting By Taping Inside Lamp Base; Laying Roll Roofing Effectively; Replace Venetian-Blind Cord By Using Old One As A Guide; Steel Angle On Stairwell Railing Prevents Dangerous "Perching"; Curtain Rod Easier To Push Through Curtain; Linoleum-Binding Tape; Milk Carton Filled With Sand For Doorstop; Individual Saltcellars For Picnicking; Sealing Envelopes With Ice Cubes And Cloth; Children Can't Lock Themselves In Bathroom; Handy Basement Rack; Rubber Pad For Food-Chopper Clamp; Storing Canned Goods; Cuup-And-Saucer Rack Fashioned From Brass Or Copper Wire; Inexpensive And Decorative Patio Gate Insures Privacy; Metal Shelf Brackets Modified For Use As Temporary Supports; Water Tank Decorate Driveway; Pencil Ferrule Pits Cherries; Stair Tread Protects Window Sill Against Flowerpot Stains; Sill-Cock Provides Handy Drinking Fountain For Children Lawn And Garden - Protect Knees When Gardening With Pads Cut From Inner Tubes; Make Handy Offset Weeding Tool From Ordinary Table Knife; Tipping Bird Bath Attracts Songbirds And Keeps Cats Away; Garden Watered From Leaky Hose; Light Attached To Lawn Mower Powered By Small Generator; Discarded Hacksaw Blade Made Into Effective Garden Weeder; Plant Cuttings Rooted Easily In Plastic Wrapper Miscellaneous - Refinish Metal Name Plates With Lacquer And Sandpaper; Dip-Painting Irregular Objects; Mirror Used For Emergency Notes When Paper Is Not Available; Wooden Strip Used As Handle For Small Magnifying Glass; Flexible Water-Pipe Joints From Auto-Radiator Hose Office, Shop And Store - Yellow Laundry Soap On Fingers Aids Rapid Handling Of Papers; Roughened Surface Of Triangle Takes Pencil Marks Easily; Ash Tray Beside Drawing Board Keeps Works Space Clear Photography - Ornamental Plastic Switch Plate Masks Photographic Prints; Ventilator For Photo Darkroom Made From Stovepipe Elbows; Emergency Darkroom Safelight; Mixing-Spoon Handle Graduated To Measure Photo Solutions; Plastic Food Boxes Protect Film When Stored In Refrigerator; Speed Graphic Operating Steps Noted On Parallax Finder; Keep Prints From Slipping; Photo Lamp From Odd Parts; Camera Support Is Improvised With Two Chairs And Books; Hose Used As Funnel Holder; Negatives Stored In File Box; Hot Water Softens Sponge For Wiping Photographs; Print Drier; Curved Tin Deflector On Tray Permits Uniform Print-Washing Tools - Solder Reduces Punch Anvil; Notched Jaws Improve Vise; Wheel Puller; Shopping For Tools: Hole Saw; Mortising Table; Rolling Tool Rack; Variable-Speed Drive; Vibrationless Filing Machine; Angle Gauger; Double-Cut Linoleum Knife; Impact Press Workshop Hints - Chrome Kitchen Chair Converted To Temporary Youth Seat; Release Clutch Of Bar Clamp By Using C-Clamp; How To Cut Coped Joints; Internal Screw Threads Measured With Aid Of Lead Pencil; Movable Light Over Workbench Slides Along Overhead Wire; Spring Unwound On Steel Rod; Left-Hand Thread On Round Stock Cut With Right-Hand Tap; Angle-Steel Spring Compressor For Valve-In-Head Engine; Rack Formed With Sawhorses Aids In Cutting Fence Wire; Hyprodermic Syringe Lubricates Small Electric Motors; Screwdriver Holds Small Bolts To Loosen Rusted Nut Radio-Television, Electronics - Television Today; First-Aid Hints For Table-Model Radios; High-Frequency Transistors In Experimental Receiver
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