20 世纪初人们的心态肯定跟现在不一样。《Popular Mechanics》出版的《The Boy Mechanic》[1] 系列丛书就是同一路数的。再晚一点，还有德国那套双卷本《The Way Things Work》[2]（抱歉，不是 Macaulay 后来写的同名新书）。……
There must have been a different mindset in the early part of the 20th Century. "The Boy Mechanic" [1] book series from Popular Mechanics are of the same pedigree. And a little later, the German "The Way Things Work" [2] twin set of books (sorry, not the newer books by Macaulay with the same name).…
没错，我刚才也就是在那儿看到有人提到这本书的。我简直太爱这类书了。我小时候在一家朋友的农场家里偶然撞见了名字取得不太走运的《The Boy Mechanic》[1]，当时就彻底着迷了。后来我才发现它其实是一整个系列[2]。《Popular Mechanics》在 1940 年代也出了新版[3]。我发现了那惊人的两卷本……
Yes, that is where I just saw this book mentioned. Absolutely love these kind of books. I became fascinated as a kid when I stumbled upon the unfortunately named The Boy Mechanic [1] at a friend of the family's farm house. I later found that there were a whole series [2]. Popular Mechanics did a newer version in the 1940's as well [3]. I discovered the two volumes of the mazing…
如果你喜欢这个，那你一定会爱死这套 1913 年的《Boy Mechanic》系列。《The Boy Mechanic》第一卷：男孩必做的 700 件事 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/12655 《The Boy Mechanic》第二卷：男孩必做的 1000 件事 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/44585 一……
If you like this, then you will love this 1913 Boy Mechanic series. The Boy Mechanic Volume I: 700 Things For Boys To Do https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/12655 The Boy Mechanic, Book 2: 1000 Things for Boys to Do https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/44585 One…
……（不过它居然还存在，我很欣慰。）天哪，我太爱《Modern Mechanix》以及那个时代其他刊物所映射出的那个“DIY 黄金时代”了。我记得自己还是个小男孩的时候，在一朋友家的书架上发现了好几卷《The Boy Mechanic》（呃对，就这名字，不过人家大概是 1900 年前后出版的）。我当时整个人都被迷住了。我觉得那些文章里的图解、照片和描述给得恰到好处，正好能推你一把……
…(I'm happy it still exists though.) Man, I love that "Age of DIY" that "Modern Mechanix" and other publications of that era reflected. I remember when I was a boy discovering volumes of the book "The Boy Mechanic" (yeah, that title: they were published around 1900 though) on the bookshelf of a friend's home. I was captivated. I think the articles had just enough diagrams, photos, description to give you a nudge…
我搬过好多次家，书已经被我精简掉相当一部分了。但我割舍不下的几本书有：原版的《The Boy Mechanic》丛书、《The Complete Tales of Uncle Remus》、《Jingo Django》（其实 Sid Fleischman 的书我收了好几本）、一套《一千零一夜》（The Arabian Nights）……到……
I've moved enough times to have thinned my book collection down quite a bit. Books that I can't quit, the original "The Boy Mechanic" books, "The Complete Tales of Uncle Remus", "Jingo Django" (I have quite of few of Sid Fleischman's books, actually), a set of "The Book of a Thousands Nights and a Night" (the Arabian Nights) ... to…
我承认铣床加车床在过去大概也一直属于小众圈子，但在《Popular Mechanics》（以及他们整个出版线：《The Boy Mechanic》、《Shop Notes》等）的全盛时期，喜欢“鼓捣/折腾东西（tinkerer）”的人绝对要多得多。
I admit the mill+lathe has probably always been a small crowd, but there definitely were a lot more "tinkerers" in the heyday of "Popular Mechanics" (and their entire press: "The Boy Mechanic", "Shop Notes", etc.).
20 世纪初人们的心态肯定跟现在不一样。《Popular Mechanics》出版的《The Boy Mechanic》[1] 系列丛书就是同一路数的。再晚一点，还有德国那套双卷本《The Way Things Work》[2]（抱歉，不是 Macaulay 后来写的同名新书）。……
There must have been a different mindset in the early part of the 20th Century. "The Boy Mechanic" [1] book series from Popular Mechanics are of the same pedigree. And a little later, the German "The Way Things Work" [2] twin set of books (sorry, not the newer books by Macaulay with the same name).…
没错，我刚才也就是在那儿看到有人提到这本书的。我简直太爱这类书了。我小时候在一家朋友的农场家里偶然撞见了名字取得不太走运的《The Boy Mechanic》[1]，当时就彻底着迷了。后来我才发现它其实是一整个系列[2]。《Popular Mechanics》在 1940 年代也出了新版[3]。我发现了那惊人的两卷本……
Yes, that is where I just saw this book mentioned. Absolutely love these kind of books. I became fascinated as a kid when I stumbled upon the unfortunately named The Boy Mechanic [1] at a friend of the family's farm house. I later found that there were a whole series [2]. Popular Mechanics did a newer version in the 1940's as well [3]. I discovered the two volumes of the mazing…
如果你喜欢这个，那你一定会爱死这套 1913 年的《Boy Mechanic》系列。《The Boy Mechanic》第一卷：男孩必做的 700 件事 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/12655 《The Boy Mechanic》第二卷：男孩必做的 1000 件事 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/44585 一……
If you like this, then you will love this 1913 Boy Mechanic series. The Boy Mechanic Volume I: 700 Things For Boys To Do https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/12655 The Boy Mechanic, Book 2: 1000 Things for Boys to Do https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/44585 One…
……（不过它居然还存在，我很欣慰。）天哪，我太爱《Modern Mechanix》以及那个时代其他刊物所映射出的那个“DIY 黄金时代”了。我记得自己还是个小男孩的时候，在一朋友家的书架上发现了好几卷《The Boy Mechanic》（呃对，就这名字，不过人家大概是 1900 年前后出版的）。我当时整个人都被迷住了。我觉得那些文章里的图解、照片和描述给得恰到好处，正好能推你一把……
…(I'm happy it still exists though.) Man, I love that "Age of DIY" that "Modern Mechanix" and other publications of that era reflected. I remember when I was a boy discovering volumes of the book "The Boy Mechanic" (yeah, that title: they were published around 1900 though) on the bookshelf of a friend's home. I was captivated. I think the articles had just enough diagrams, photos, description to give you a nudge…
我搬过好多次家，书已经被我精简掉相当一部分了。但我割舍不下的几本书有：原版的《The Boy Mechanic》丛书、《The Complete Tales of Uncle Remus》、《Jingo Django》（其实 Sid Fleischman 的书我收了好几本）、一套《一千零一夜》（The Arabian Nights）……到……
I've moved enough times to have thinned my book collection down quite a bit. Books that I can't quit, the original "The Boy Mechanic" books, "The Complete Tales of Uncle Remus", "Jingo Django" (I have quite of few of Sid Fleischman's books, actually), a set of "The Book of a Thousands Nights and a Night" (the Arabian Nights) ... to…
我承认铣床加车床在过去大概也一直属于小众圈子，但在《Popular Mechanics》（以及他们整个出版线：《The Boy Mechanic》、《Shop Notes》等）的全盛时期，喜欢“鼓捣/折腾东西（tinkerer）”的人绝对要多得多。
I admit the mill+lathe has probably always been a small crowd, but there definitely were a lot more "tinkerers" in the heyday of "Popular Mechanics" (and their entire press: "The Boy Mechanic", "Shop Notes", etc.).