Cedge
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The local literacy group holds a huge used book sale once a year. It's held in what was once an indoor shopping mall and you can hardly move when the crowd is digging among the old books. We wound up in this mad throng saturday morning and I finally got back to the technical and hobby sections after being battered by soccer moms and grumpy husbands...LOL.
I found nothing of interest in either place, but as I was passing a table marked "published before 1960" I spotted a group of 6 books which were taped into a bundle and marked at $5.00. What I'd found was the 1st 6 volumes of an unknown number of Popular Mechanics "Do it Yourself" encyclopedia from 1955, the year I was born.
There are a number of machinist related articles and I'm still thumbing through them. It's a hoot to look back at the technology and the things available to the general public that would get you investigated these days.
Definitely an entertaining find and one I'll be adding to as I can find more of them.
Addendum:
I just visited Ebay and bought the whole collection of 12 volumes. There are about 3 more sets being offered if anyone is interested. There are several items in the ones I have that I'll be wanting to build for my own shop, including a motoroized filing table. No engine pans so far, but enough tooling ideas to keep me busy for a while.
Steve
I found nothing of interest in either place, but as I was passing a table marked "published before 1960" I spotted a group of 6 books which were taped into a bundle and marked at $5.00. What I'd found was the 1st 6 volumes of an unknown number of Popular Mechanics "Do it Yourself" encyclopedia from 1955, the year I was born.
There are a number of machinist related articles and I'm still thumbing through them. It's a hoot to look back at the technology and the things available to the general public that would get you investigated these days.
Definitely an entertaining find and one I'll be adding to as I can find more of them.
Addendum:
I just visited Ebay and bought the whole collection of 12 volumes. There are about 3 more sets being offered if anyone is interested. There are several items in the ones I have that I'll be wanting to build for my own shop, including a motoroized filing table. No engine pans so far, but enough tooling ideas to keep me busy for a while.
Steve