Thread 2947057

Looking for book recommendations for boys outdoor crafts, similar to picrel which is from Modern Mechanics & Inventions, but hard copies of that are a fortune. Thanks

>>2947057 (OP)
https://archive.org/details/theboymechanicvo12655gut/mode/1up
theres at least 3 volumes but the joke was nobody survived to make it to vol 2 if they did all the shit listed

>>2947073
You say this but I remember having a book like this as a kid in the 90s, well illustrated, all in colours, the whole thing.
It started with very simple things
>how to whistle with a blade of grass
>how to safely carve a walking stick
>how to quickly build a lean-to
>how to build a tiny kite
And got gradually insane
>how to build a clay oven
>how to build a canal
>how to build a drawbridge
>how to build a house on stilts in a lake or river
>how to build a cabin in a tree with several rooms
When I'm back at my folks' place for christmas, I'll try to remember to pick it up so I can scan and translate it for shits and giggles.

>>2947057 (OP)
You're looking for The American Boys Handy Book. Its awesome. Has "plans" for building various weapons, rafts, hot air balloons, kites, etc. Super fun

>>2947057 (OP)
Hey does anyone have a recomendation for something like OP's pic but with a bunker?

>>2947106
>>2947073
Thank you
>>2947073
This sounds great

>>2947073
op musta gased himself playing around

Have you considered Boy Scout Merit Badge Pamphlets? They're short little how-to books for children. You can find lots online for cheap for nearly anything like mining to archeology. The new ones aren't nearly as good but they're still sold today for less than 10 dollars. Ebay prices vary but should still be cheap for physical literature if that's what you're wanting.

https://www.scoutshop.org/literature/program-literature/merit-badge-pamphlets.html

>>2947106
>>2951366
Looking at things like this now makes me wonder if it was all just a primer to set the boys up for a life of military service. I say that as someone who was in scouts from 12-16y/o and loved it.

>>2951399
astute observation there copernicus

>>2951399
Do you know anything about the history of the scouts and who set them up in the first place?