1912 ~ 1921 poplar mechanics shop notes

[CrealBilly]

Very useful information in these way back volumes of popular mechanics shop notes.

one method of Quarter-sawing
Bench Jack (alan's adjustable bench legs kinda)
A knife hone made from bass wood
Automatic feeding candlestick
Carpenters square used as a protractor
How to cover screw heads in cabinet work
...

Enjoy

http://www.wkfinetools.com/tMaking/z_reading/1912-popMechanics/popMech-ShopNotes.asp

 

[Sealeveler]

Thanks for the link.Tony

 

[Dusty Sawyer]

Awesome! I wonder what the copyright laws are on that kind of stuff are? Not complaining about your post - I have a similar old volume of publications and would love to share some of them.

 

[brian_hunt]

Please share!

 

[4yanks]

Thanks Jeff.

 

[MrAudio815]

That is cool,

Weired to see how they did some stuff back then.

That website it's on is very nice too.