- ISBN13: 9781588165091
- Condition: NEW
- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
Product Description
It’s selected boyhood as well as a pick up of works of miraculous ideas: from kites as well as toboggans to workbenches as well as birdhouses, this pick up of projects from Popular Mechanics’ issues of prolonged ago captures all a interest of American skill during a begin of a final century. With a rawest of materials, a smallest of technology, as well as a limit of ingenuity, group as well as boys in a early 1900s dedicated themselves to crafting smashing items, both unsentimental as well as fancif… More >>
The Boy Mechanic: 200 Classic Things to Build
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If you are looking for a book of small projects to do with kids, find something else!!! The copyright says 2006, but maybe it should be 1906. It is certainly not what I expected. While most projects have a diagram to help you out, the instructions are a little sketchy. We were looking more for small projects a kid and his dad could build together, not “safety chopping block”, “self-closing gate”,”attachment for glasses aids marksman”, or “webfoot attachment for swimmers”. I’m NOT joking…it’s in the book! I do recomment “101 Activities for kids in tight spaces”. It’s a little less crafty, but quite creative.
Rating: 1 / 5
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 on a project from this book.
Rating: 5 / 5
This is an interesting read if you enjoy old books and are a do-it-yourself type person, but it’s not good if you are hoping for some old type projects to do. The articles don’t seem to be quite detailed enough to actually build most of the items and a lot of the projects are simply lame. No “boy mechanic” would be interested in doing a lot of these today. I guess some people were more easily entertained back then.
Rating: 3 / 5
This is a great book for any boy! It’s got great projects, most of which you can do together as a family or just for some time with dad. Recommend it to anyone with a boy!
Rating: 5 / 5
i hoped to get a book ful of projects to do with my boys. while there are many projects in the book, most are so out dated there is no point in making anymore. it is fun to read for reasons of nostalgia, but few usable project ideas.
Rating: 2 / 5