Sixteen needs met by ingenuity
“Sixteen Needs Met by Ingenuity” – Popular Science 1927. I like the pedal powered merry-go-round and the high speed bread toaster – Link.
Modern Mechanix
Salmon can fax machine
Plans from Modern Mechanix (1932) for building a “simplified electric picture transmitter” – “A COUPLE of sardine and salmon cans, a few bits of brass and several pieces of wood are all the materials that are needed to assemble an experimental but very practical picture transmitter and receiver. Two of each of the cans will […]
Use old phonograph as a grindstone
Nice retro re-use – Link.
Dynosphere – One wheeled car
Here’s another one wheeled car from the 30’s, somewhat like the one we featured in Makers – Link.
Wooden ball speed cycle wheels
Hmm, seems like something worth (re)making, I wonder if they’re better than pneumatics for dirt – Modern Mechanix 1932 – Link.
Use car power to grind meat
Use your car to grind meats, Modern Mechanix 1932 – Link.
Camera built from thread spool
Here another one for this retro Sunday, it looks like a tiny pinhole camera inside a spool of thread (Popular Science 1940) – Link. We have tons of how-to guides on making pinhole cameras, so you could likely (re)make this.
