If this has already been shared here, I apologize. But I thought you guys might find this article interesting. It's from a popular science feb 1949 edition on stems.
http://books.google.com/books?id=pCQDAA ... q=&f=false
Popular Science Stem article
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I've got a set of Popular Science "Home Handyman" books, there are a couple of articles on pipe making and repair. One of the great things about that time is how it's taken as given that everyone has a lathe. : )
Jack
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Are you serious? They assumed that most "Home Handymen" owned a lathe!? Jeez, the US really was booming after the War. As I recall from the early 1950's, my dad didn't even own an electric drill, let alone a lathe.JHowell wrote:I've got a set of Popular Science "Home Handyman" books, there are a couple of articles on pipe making and repair. One of the great things about that time is how it's taken as given that everyone has a lathe. : )
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I guess it was assumed that many people had access to lathes at the factories or workshops where they worked, since being in manufacturing was still a large part of life-making at that time. I've seen the hobbies of men of my parents' age who were factory workers - making lamps, ashtrays, noodle makers, cookers... which often required lathes or more complex equipment. What I wonder is, did they at that time see cranking things out of those machines as a "hobby" as much as we do today?JHowell wrote:I've got a set of Popular Science "Home Handyman" books, there are a couple of articles on pipe making and repair. One of the great things about that time is how it's taken as given that everyone has a lathe. : )
Jack
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I've seen articles in old magazines, like Popular Science and their ilk, where it's clear that they assume the reader has access to woodworking and metalworking equipment. However, if you look around today, you'll find magazines that assume the same thing - like 4-Wheel And Off-Road or Popular Woodworking come to mind. I suspect that Popular Science has a much different core audience now than it did 60 years ago.
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Well yeah. All the subscribers from 60 years ago are dead.
Man you say a lotta stupid stuff, Kurt.
Man you say a lotta stupid stuff, Kurt.
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Oh man, are you ever in for a serious oil bath. Not going to be a pretty sight after you're flattened by a Crazed Oversized Ostrogoth covered in Olive Oil.Sasquatch wrote:Well yeah. All the subscribers from 60 years ago are dead.
Man you say a lotta stupid stuff, Kurt.
Regards,
Frank.
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People usually get the gods they deserve - Terry Pratchett
Frank.
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Grouch Happens!
People usually get the gods they deserve - Terry Pratchett
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LMAOSasquatch wrote:Well yeah. All the subscribers from 60 years ago are dead.
Man you say a lotta stupid stuff, Kurt.