Popular Mechanics - 1960

If an issue that you are looking for is not listed here, please inquire. We have just begun to list everything that we have.

e-mail Vic with questions


INTERNATIONAL CUSTOMERS
The PayPal buttons are intended for use by domestic customers only. They do not include the proper shipping charges for international shipments. If you would like to purchase something and have it shipped outside of the United States, please contact me and I will send a PayPal invoice to you with the proper charges.


HOME
PAGE
AD
PAGE
MAGAZINE
PAGE
HOW TO ORDER
PAGE
NEW LISTING
PAGE

 
ISSUE
CONTENTS
QTY.
PRICE
PAYPAL
March
In This Issue... - We're Going To Work Miracles; First Of The Big Small Cars - The Comet; Should We Let Nature Take It's Course?; X-Ray Detectives; Owners Report On The Corvair; Olympic Horsemen Go To School; This Company Loves Tough Problems; Physical Fitness Factory Annual Boating Section - Offshore Cruising By Outboard; Kolumaron!; Three New Boats For 1960; For Better Boating...Trim Ship!; Boatman's Burden; New For Your Boat; PM Reports On The Jet Boat; Sink-Proof Your Boat; Trail It Right For The Craftsman - Make Your Own Water Skis; The PM Houseboat - Part IV; Make Your Own Glass-Fiber Awnings; TV Snack-Tray Set; How To Cut Mortise-And-Tenon Joints; Radio, TV And Electronics Regular Departments - Clinic For Homeowners; An Eye On Space; Detroit Listening Post; What's New For Your Home; Solving Home Problems; Car Trouble Shooting; On The Market; Shopping For Tools Aviation - Army's Helicopter Fires Surface Missle; Jet Plane Gets Roller Skate; Huge "TV Screen" Plots Aircraft Thousands Of Miles Away Boats And Boating - First Diesel Outboard Motor; Tall Boat; All-Aluminim Catamaran Uses Crescent-Shaped Hull; Trim Elevators For Boat; "Pontoon" Tires Float Marsh Buggy; Long Lever Swings Boat Onto Dock; Small Electric Boat Sneaks Angler Into Good Fishing Holes; Kolumaran; Boat's Wheels Retract In Water; Cruiser Buttons Up, Sleeps Four; Two-For-One Boat Uses Sail Or Motor; Coskpit Seat Cushions; Overboard Fuel Tank; Water-Ski Towlines; Motorless Bilge Pump Fishing - Fish Dispenser; Look Firemen - No Hands; Fishing Junks Get Diesel Power Miscellaneous - No Redcaps Need Apply; Blast Of Horn Changes Slides; Bicycle Built For Family; Loader Seperates Operator From Shovel; Army Howitzer Weighs Eight Tons Less; Safety Switch Cuts Off Car's Power; Buoy Unloads Oil; Women In Giant "Sewing Bee" Prepare Fabric For Blimps; Amsterdam's Saturday Mountain Climbers; Clockwatchers Paradise; Custom Auto Body Finished In Mosaic; Tape Holds Photo Lamp; Giant "Footballs" Protect Freight; Cactus To Order Science - Gravity Meter Detects Hidden Cavities, Pits Beneath Street; Rubber-Clad Submarine Ahead; Chemical Spray "Prunes" Trees; Largest Mail Sorter Zips Through Letters; Beware, Your Ears May Give You Away; Salt Water Made Fresh By Energy From Sun; Helicopter Kits; Morse-Code Sender Has Typewriter Keyboard; High-Pressure Oxygen Aids In Radiotherapy What's New For Your Home - New Beds Created From Old Ones; Drying Tray For Drip-Dry Clothing; Lemon Peeler; Tilting Picture Window; Portable Step; Cord Caddy; Storage Chest Craftsman And Shop Notes Index - Automotive - Auto Ash Tray Lined With Foil; Turn-Signal Lights Switch To Trailer; Cylinder Pinging; Bumper Guards; Cooling Fan; Rusted Parking Light; Loose Handbrake Lever Farm Shop Ideas - Tire Chains On Gate Serve As Poultry Guard; Permanent Barn Window Support Swings Away When Not In Use; Livestock Watering Ideas House And Home - Garden Tool Shed Combined With Play Fort; Broken Panel In Garage Door Replaced The Easy Way; Garden Gate Gives Privacy; Solid-Unit Form For Pouring Concrete Steps; Pad Protects Wooden Floors And Aids Removal Of Nails Miscellaneous - Rubber-Band Helps Self-Timer Snap Reflex-Camera Shutter; Feathered Pets Travel In A Portable Bird Cage; Gambrel For Skinning Small Game; Raincoat Used As Storage Bag; Shelf Mounted Between Studs; Light Warns Drill Operator When Bit Contacts Buried Pipe; Merry-Go-Round Improvised From Wagon Wheel And Axle; Pincushion Glued To Caster Cup Used As Dress-Pattern Hold-Down; Reflective Tape On Flashlight Makes It Easy To Find In Dark; Oil Spreading On Water Drives Model Boat; Adhesive Tape Is Guide In Using Stapler; Easy To Accuracy On A Paper Cutter; Precut Tape Placed On Glass Simplifies Wrapping Problems; Suggestions For Care And Use Of The Versatile Flashlight On The Market - Remodelers Hardwood Flooring; Paintbrush Cleaner; Precut Wood Pictures; Ready-Mixed Wallpaper Adhesive; Liquid Gold-Plating Solution; Corrugated Metal Roofing; Plastic Tape; Multicolor Paint Shopping For Tools - Metric Taps; Air-Operated Marking Tool; Quick-Change Tool Holder; Tilting Arbor Saw; Universal Turret Vise; Planting Tool; Thread-Measuring Wire Carriers; High-Speed Spinner; Micrometer Head; Automatic Electric Stapler; Nippers With Carbide Cutting Tips; Metal Disintegrator; Paint Roller; Portable Tool Kit Solving Home Problems - Desk Blotters Cut To Lie Flat; Vacuum Cleaners On Wheels; Weatherproof Name Tags For Garden Flowers; Hat And Coat Rack Easily Made; Chain And Spring Combination For Doors That Jolt; Keep Small Framed Pictures From Tilting; Applying Clean Varnish To Floor; Applying Wallpaper Patches Workshop Hints - Screening Protects Bristles Of Soaking Paintbrush; Edge On Transparent Plastic Polished On Leather "Stone"; Electrical Junction Box Holds Spare Fuses; Tool Handle Wrapped In Foil Remain Free Of Paint And Tar; Knob On Carpenter's Square Makes Handling Easier; Simple Aids And Hints For Cutting Glass; Tape And Sandpaper Are Aids For The Busy Craftsman; Dividers Become Calipers For Small Precision Work; Dowels Hold Miter Box Firmly On Workbench; Workbench And Odd Corners Make Storage Hooks For Saws; Radius Turning Tool; Suspending Brush In Solvent Prevents Bending Of Bristles; Tape Attached To Micrometer Records Measurement Figures; Tubing Cutoff Tool
1
$9.00

July
In This Issue... - 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; Missle 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; Hoisery 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
1
$9.00

October
In This Issue - PM Looks At The First Of The 1961 Cars; The Dam That Spans The Canyon; Mr. Rescue And His Bloodhounds; Our Moon Program Starts Now; "Poly" Cuddles Plants; Leap For Life!; T'ai Chi For Your Muscles Annual Home Section - PM House Of Built-Ins; How To Build The Sleeping Wall; It's New; The House You're Kids Will Live In; Where Does The Money Go; Sun, Shade And Wind Where You Want Them; Before You Buy-; Before The Siren Sounds; What To Do About Excess Humidity; Wiring Your Basement Playroom For The Craftsman - They're Off And Running; Play It Safe With The Right Lock; Fluxless Soldering At Last; Combination Shop Tool; Lathe Doubles As Metal Shear; Radio, TV And Electronics Regular Departments - Know This Old-Timer; Tune In On The Inventors; Pentagon Sidelights; What's Up In The Air; Keeping Up With The Atom; Science Bulletins; Items From All Outdoors; Spotlight: Triumph Herald; Detroit Listening Post; An Eye On Space; Solving Home Problems; Clinic For Homemakers; On The Market; Shopping For Tools Guide To This Issue With Sources Of New Products - Look, No Splash; Csompact Projector For Slides With Sound; Custom Tail Pipes From Straight Pipe; Flying Saucer? Well, Yes And No; Double-Duty Pump Handles Liquids Or Air; Arrester System For Jets Remodeled For Air Transports; Master Of THe Woodcut; Big Pipe Cleaner; Boating On The Railroad; Pay-TV Decoder; Jets Use Runway Three Days Old; Tank Trucks Load Fuels From Pipeline; Atomic Rocket Launcher; Luxury Home For The Road; Simple Chemical Treatment Restores Old Books And Manuscripts; "Power Wheel" For Bicycle; Trailer With A "Basement"; Chemical "Glues" Sand Down; Typewriter For Eskimo Dialect; "Poly" Coddler Plants; Operator Services Cars And Observes The Stars; Alarm System Maps A-Blasts; Rub-A-Dub-Dub, A Motorized Tub; Wigwag Warns Driver Of Unsafe Air Brakes; Electrocuter Kills Insects; Newark Airport Gets 150-Foot Control Tower; King-Sized Vacuum Unlocks Boat Hold; Movie Projector Is Also A Viewer; Truck Reaches High To Unload Cargo; Audience Turns Toward Action In Seating Bowl; Car Slide Sideways In Parking Garage; Do-It-Yourself Kit; Radid-Fire Field Gun For Marine Corps.; "Half Built" Ranch House; Winterproof Your Air Conditioner; Louvers In Color; It Warns You When The Sump Pump Fails; Prefinish Wall Paneling This Easy Way; Plastic Spray Protects Book Covers; They're Off And Running; Garments Kept On Line When Airing Outside; Removeable Heat Shield For Barbecue Unit; Cord Holder For Electrical Appliances; Glue Prevented From Hardening; Painting Areas That Are Difficult To Reach; Safe Place For Hot Pressing Iron; House Mouse Trap; Carpet Laying Time; Avoid Periodic Oiling Of Squeaking Door Hinges; Paper Cone Aids Printing; Cord Indicates Distance; Towel Protects Enlarger Cover; Pointing Board For Leads; Luggage Rack For The Guest Room; Sheath Protects Steel Square; Can Of Corn Attracts Fish; Braille Yardstick; Attaching Hinge To Plywood Edge; Strap Wrench Turns, Holds, Clamps Anything; Trouble Shooting The Tough Ones; Loose Pump-Arm Screw; Hard Starting; Sticking Ignition Switch; Removing Spring Retainer; Pilot Assures Accurate Drilling; Crash-Proof Shield For Plug Cap; A Patch For Tillie; Fluxless Soldering At Last; Small Parts Held In Place For Weld Applications; Scale Cemented To Yardstick; Four-Step Pulley Supports Clamp; Tape Reinforces Sandpaper Edges; Combination Shop Tool; Haystack Skidded To Feed Lot; Extendable Drawbar For Farm Trailer; Lathe Doubles As Metal Shear; Electronics Are Built-In, Too; Powdered Paint
1
$9.00






BACK TO HOME PAGE