Belt operated by clock feeds aquarium fish automatically
This is great, the food rolls down the belt and drops into the tank! – Link.
Modern Mechanix
Rubber-band sharpshooter
Popular Science 1946 – How a North Carolina Sportsman Makes and Shoots His Slingshots. ONE OF boyhood’s traditional toys has come of age. Jim Gasque, North Carolina sportsman, has proved that the ordinary slingshot, when properly made and used, can be an adult weapon of deadly accuracy at distances up to 30′–a range sufficient for […]
Flashlight beams make music on photo-electric marimba
Modern Mechanix 1935 MODERN electronic engineers duplicate the music of a primitive marimba band with light beams, photo-electric cells and radio tubes. Dr. Phillips Thomas of the Westinghouse Research laboratory recently demonstrated a “light music” instrument which played by waving flashlights held in each hand. Dozens of photo-cells and radio tubes are lined up side […]
Modern porch furniture from old car parts
Modern porch furniture from old car parts. Popular Mechanics 1938 – Link. Related: Car hoods roof – Link.
Merry-go round driven by hand
Kid powered merry-go round, Popular Science 1934 – Link. More: PlayPumps – Kid powered merry-go-round water pumps – Link. Propeller drives homemade flying merry-go-round – Link.
Making odd masks is the new hobby
Modern Mechanix 1933, it’s still the new hobby!
Bed headboard holds many gadgets
Gadgetbed from Mechanix Illustrated 1938, I like the swing out door with rotary phone… – Link.
