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Popular Mechanics inspires, instructs and influences readers to help them master the modern world. Whether it’s practical DIY home-improvement tips, gadgets and digital technology, information on the newest cars or the latest breakthroughs in science -- PM is the ultimate guide to our high-tech lifestyle.
 

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Those fancy diagnostic centers: are they really better than Joe's garage?
72
Automobile service stations
Test your mechanical aptitude
78
Aptitude tests
Can we keep our astronauts alive in space?
82
Life support systems (Space environment), Space flight (Physiological aspects)
We'll never be no. 1!
86
Automobiles (Leasing and renting)
How to fish with a sky hook
90
Fishing (Equipment)
Holy Toledo, a jazzy jeep!
92
Automobiles
World's fastest color film
96
Photography (Films)
New paint wonder: water-thinned enamel
99
Paint
New home for old inventions
102
Patent models, Museums, Plymouth (N.H.)
How to spot a good used gun
106
Firearms, Used
Electric power from rocket blasts
110
Electric power production
Weekend projects for your home
132
Woodworking (Projects)
Build a bar just for the fun of it
136
Bars for the home, Woodworking (Projects)
Troubleshooting your outboard by ear
144
Outboard motors (Maintenance and repair)
Update your old shopsmith with this twoway stand
148
Update your old shopsmith with this two-way stand
148
Workshops (Equipment)
Eighteen ways to get more from your portable drill
152
Drills
Ventilating system for your car
160
Automobiles (Heating and ventilation)
Make your own metal castings
162
Lost wax process
Make your own Tiffany shade
166
Lampshades
Shortwave, have you listened to it lately?
170
Shortwave radio receivers

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