| |  | Books The Boy Mechanic: 200 Classic Things to Build |  | | | | | | | | | | Rating:  - The Boy Mechanic: 200 Classic Things to Build
My hubby requested this book for his 55th birthday and really enjoys it.As soon as he's done with his current remodeling project,he'll probably start ona project from this book.
Rating:  - For reading, not building.
Interesting example of the material available to boys in an earlier era, but if you're a much older boy looking for nostalgic things to build, this book does not produce usable plans.There are much better books available.
Rating: - Kids used to do this stuff?!
This is a wonderful look back into the pages of Popular Mechanics Magazine as it was in the early 1900s.It consists of reprints of how-to articles for boys.(Back then, girls just didn't read Popular Mechanics or get their hands dirty building furniture.)
The striking thing is the difference between what was considered appropriate and realistic entertainment for kids then and what is now.For example, today a kid who wants to build a model train layout has an enormous range of often enormously expensive equipment from which to choose.Then, a kid would literally build the train layout; that is, he would wind the motor, machine the track, etc.
I have have mixed feelings about whether that was a better day for kids, but it sure was a different day, and this book is a look back to it.
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