| Take a look back at the simpler, good old days of the early 1900s – and at what we may have lost in our high-tech era – through these engaging projects, all published in Popular Mechanics during the first two decades of the 20th century. The range is simply amazing, and bound to appeal to woodworkers who love classic ideas.
Projects include tools, like T-squares and sawhorses; an animal-proof gate latch and a birdhouse made from an old straw hat; household gadgets and handcrafted furniture; camping gear (including a screen door for a tent); and toys and games.
Many of these appealing trellises, decoys, puzzles, and tents are quite doable today. Inveterate do-it-yourselfers will be astonished at the resourcefulness required to build a stove for a canoe and even a houseboat.
Book specifications: paperback, 272 pgs., 5 in. x 7 in.
Publisher: Hearst Books, 2006. |
