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Click to enlargeThe Boy Mechanic: Best Projects from the Classic Popular Mechanics Series

Popular Mechanics
Our Price$7.95
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ISBN: 0486452271
Page Count: 144
Dimensions: 6 1/2 x 9 1/4
A nostalgic flashback to a simpler time, this compilation features a variety of profusely illustrated craftwork projects that range from the everyday (birdhouse, bean shooter), to the highly unusual (ice glider, magnetic theater). Provides hours of entertainment, whether used as a manual or simply read for pleasure.
Selected from the Popular Mechanics Press, Chicago, 1940 and 1945 editions.

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