num_pages: 469
description: Here are over 700 practical projects (and over 800 illustrations!) with instructions for making kites, steam engines, cameras, toasters, swimming pools, lanterns, sundials, hammocks, model boats, and much more. Practical Projects for the Handy Man is a veritable how-to bonanza for any model maven, do-it-yourselfer, or just plain grown-up kid. Originally published in 1913 by the editors of Popular Mechanics Press, this great big book of activities and improvements for home, garden, transportation, and recreation could keep a man's hands busy for a lifetime. Here are just a few of the hundreds of projects from which to * Porch swing chair * Mission library table* Small gasoline engine * Caning chairs* Electric clock * Ornamental ironwork* Wooden paddleboat * Homemade still* Grape arbor * Toboggan sled* And more Written at a time when precision and craftsmanship was as important as the final product, the book gives clear step-by-step instructions and offers detailed illustrations with nearly every project. Practical Projects for the Handy Man is as satisfying and reliable a guide for the modern builder as it was at the turn of the century.
language: English
title: Practical Projects for the Handy Man
titlecomplete: Practical Projects for the Handy Man (Popular Mechanics)
ratings_count: 3
publisher: Lyons Pr