Reader's Digest Fix-it-yourself Manual

Reader's Digest

Reader's Digest Association, 1977 - House & Home - 480 pages

Diagrams and instructions show how to repair furniture, appliances, cameras, slide projectors, cars, bicycles and camping equipment

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Love it. I remember when my dad picked up the first of these back in 1977, 40 years ago, and I just picked one up for $1 in great shape at a garage sale. Love it!!!

Contents

• Adhesives: 10
• China porcelain and glass: 18
• Jewelry: 24
• Lamps outlets and switches: 32
• Scissors pocketknives: 46
• Furniture Repair and Refinishing: 53
• Drill bits screws and nails: 59
• Doweling: 65
• Reseating chairs: 72
• Tables: 80
• Patching veneer and wood: 86
• Reupholstering: 105
• Cutting the cover: 112
• Electrical AppliancesRepair: 121
• Repair basics: 128
• Other electric motors: 135
• Blankets: 140
• Blenders: 144
• Can openers: 148
• Clocks and timers: 152
• Coffeemakersdrip type: 155
• Coffeemakersperk type: 160
• Fans: 164
• Fryers and cookers detachable control type: 168
• Hair curlers: 171
• Hair dryersbonnet type: 174
• Hair stylerdryers: 178
• Heaters: 182
• Heating pads: 185
• Hotplates: 187
• Irons: 190
• Knives: 196
• Mixers: 199
• Rotisseries and broilerovens: 204
• Shavers: 209
• Toasters: 213
• Toothbrushes: 219
• Vacuum cleaners: 220
• Wafflers corn poppers and slow cookers: 226
• Large Appliances: 231
• Air conditioners: 232
• Dehumidifiers: 238
• Dishwashers: 240
• Dryers: 246
• Humidifiers: 254
• Ranges and ovens: 256
• Refrigerators and freezers: 264
• Sewing machines: 272
• Washing machines: 276
• Waste disposers: 284
• Audio and Visual: 289
• Still cameras: 290
• Slide projectors: 293
• Motion picture cameras: 294
• Motion picture projectors: 295
• Hifi radios phonographs and tape recorders: 296
• Car radios: 306
• Television sets: 308
• Television antennas: 311
• The Automobile: 313
• You as the mechanic: 314
• Tools and techniques: 316
• Body and interior: 319
• Brakes: 324
• Cooling system: 328
• Electrical system: 332
• Engine: 336
• Exhaust system: 351
• Lubrication: 352
• Steering and suspension systems: 354
• Tires: 356
• Transmission and drive train: 357
• Lawn Basement Garage and Garden: 361
• Tools and techniques: 362
• Small engines: 370
• Chain saws: 388
• Garden tools and hoses: 392
• Lawn mowers: 394
• Lawn tractors: 402
• Pests and: 404
• Power tools: 410
• Pumps: 416
• Pruning and trimming tools: 418
• Screens and storm windows: 419
• Snow throwers: 420
• Sprinklers: 421
• Thermostats: 422
• Tillers: 424
• Water softeners: 425
• Water heaters: 426
• Sports and Camping: 429
• Bicycles: 430
• Camp stoves: 445
• Canoes: 446
• Chemical toilets: 448
• Fishing tackle: 449
• Flashlights and lanterns: 455
• Pools and equipment: 456
• Rackets: 462
• Skis: 464
• Tents backpacks and sleeping bags: 465
• Consumer information: 468
• Index: 472

Bibliographic information

• Title: Reader's Digest Fix-it-yourself Manual
• Author: Reader's Digest
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: Reader's Digest Association, 1977
• ISBN: 0895770407, 9780895770400
• Length: 480 pages
• Subjects: House & Home / Do-It-Yourself / General