How to Make It 1926

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How To Make It
Automata maker extraordinaire Dug North says:
I went into an antique shop that was going out of business and picked up a large-format magazine/book entitled How to Make It. The book is made up of selected excerpts from Science and Invention Magazine published in 1926. You would not believe the stuff in there -- some of it really cool and really dangerous.
  • An motor-powered ice sled that uses a sawmill-sized circular blade as the front wheel.
  • A brazing torch powered by gasoline
  • An airplane using a motorcycle engine
  • A xylophone/thumb-piano made of razor blades
  • A motor driven mono-wheel that you ride inside of
  • And so on...

It made me think of you and your magazine.

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