On Wed, 29 Jun 2016 13:48:23 -0400, Bob wrote:

Hi,

I would like to get my son a subscription to either Popular Science, or
perhaps Popular Mechanics.

I see that both are (still) publishing, but seem a lot thinner than I
remember them.

Might I please have your opinions as to which one is considered "better"
these days ? Why ?

Home fix-it-ups, would be his major interest.

e.g., which types of screws to use, where, etc. Replacing a door lock,
etc...

Thanks,
Bob

Popular Science would have more varities of articles, and probably more
home repair stuff. 30 or more years ago, I got both of them, as well as
Popular Electronics (now gone). Back then, they were good magazines.
Most magazines these days are worthless crap, with mostly advertising. I
wonder how these are now????

Hi,

I would like to get my son a subscription to either Popular Science, or
perhaps Popular Mechanics.

I see that both are (still) publishing, but seem a lot thinner than I
remember them.

Might I please have your opinions as to which one is considered "better"
these days ? Why ?

Home fix-it-ups, would be his major interest.

e.g., which types of screws to use, where, etc. Replacing a door lock,
etc...

Thanks,
Bob

On Wed, 29 Jun 2016 13:48:23 -0400
Bob wrote:

Hi,

I would like to get my son a subscription to either Popular Science,
or perhaps Popular Mechanics.

I see that both are (still) publishing, but seem a lot thinner than I
remember them.

Might I please have your opinions as to which one is considered
"better" these days ? Why ?

Home fix-it-ups, would be his major interest.

e.g., which types of screws to use, where, etc. Replacing a door
lock, etc...

Thanks,
Bob

Purchase a copy of each off the news stand,
read them then you make your choice.

On 6/29/2016 1:48 PM, Bob wrote:
Hi,

I would like to get my son a subscription to either Popular Science, or
perhaps Popular Mechanics.

I did not renew my Pop Sci subscription. Articles are very different ,
type font way too small for my old eyes. Nothing in it relevant to me
personally, so bye bye.

On Wed, 29 Jun 2016 13:16:00 -0400, wrote:

Home fix-it-ups, would be his major interest.

e.g., which types of screws to use, where, etc. Replacing a door lock,
etc...

Maybe http://www.oldhousejournal.com/ ? Much is on fixing up one's house.

Don. www.donwiss.com (e-mail link at home page bottom).

My vote would be Scientific American. There's not much home fixup stuff, but then I don't see much in Pop Sci or Pop Mechanics anymore either, and the articles are usually good quality.

On Thursday, June 30, 2016 at 8:08:54 AM UTC-7, TimR wrote:
My vote would be Scientific American. There's not much home fixup stuff, but then I don't see much in Pop Sci or Pop Mechanics anymore either, and the articles are usually good quality.

Subscribed to SA 30+ years ago when the articles were a lot more technical.
I'm sure by now they've dumbed down the subject matter a lot to appeal to right wing readers and added lots of pretty pictures
STG

On Wednesday, June 29, 2016 at 1:48:26 PM UTC-4, Bob wrote:
Hi,

I would like to get my son a subscription to either Popular Science, or
perhaps Popular Mechanics.

I see that both are (still) publishing, but seem a lot thinner than I
remember them.

Might I please have your opinions as to which one is considered "better"
these days ? Why ?

Home fix-it-ups, would be his major interest.

e.g., which types of screws to use, where, etc. Replacing a door lock,
etc...

Thanks,
Bob

Unless I'm confused by your requirements, it doesn't seem to me that either
of those two magazines would be the correct choice. How often do you think
Pop Sci or Pop Mech publishes an article on replacing a door lock or fixing
a sink or hanging a door?

It seems to me that a book dedicated to home repair would be the better choice.

When I bought my first house about 30 years ago, someone gave me a book on
home repair. A big mother, probably 3" thick. I used extensively for a
number of years as I upgraded a lot of my electrical and plumbing systems,
built and roofed a shed, built a deck, etc. I learned a heck of a lot from
that book. A lot of my friends were buying houses at roughly the same time
and that same book was my standard house-warming gift.

I don't recall the name/publisher of the book, but I know exactly where it is
so I'll take a look tonight. It may be somewhat outdated by now, but perhaps
they've printed a more modern edition. In any case there are lots of books
out there, but of course some are more in depth than others. This was one of
the good ones. I'll post back once I have the info so you'll see what I'm
talking about.

On 6/29/2016 10:48 AM, Bob wrote:
Hi,

I would like to get my son a subscription to either Popular Science, or
perhaps Popular Mechanics.

I see that both are (still) publishing, but seem a lot thinner than I
remember them.

Might I please have your opinions as to which one is considered "better"
these days ? Why ?

Home fix-it-ups, would be his major interest.

e.g., which types of screws to use, where, etc. Replacing a door lock,
etc...

Thanks,
Bob

For homeowner articles and how-tos, I like Family Handyman. I used to
get Pop Sci, but like Steve, I can't read many of their articles anymore
due to their use of small fonts combined with colored backgrounds.

On Wednesday, June 29, 2016 at 1:48:26 PM UTC-4, Bob wrote:
Hi,

I would like to get my son a subscription to either Popular Science, or
perhaps Popular Mechanics.

I see that both are (still) publishing, but seem a lot thinner than I
remember them.

Might I please have your opinions as to which one is considered "better"
these days ? Why ?

Home fix-it-ups, would be his major interest.

e.g., which types of screws to use, where, etc. Replacing a door lock,
etc...

Thanks,
Bob

OK, I found the info on the book I used when I bought my first house.

Renovation: A Complete Guide, by Michael W. Litchfield

I had the first edition, published in 1983, but a 4th edition by the
same author came out in 2012 (hardcover) and 2013 (softcover).

Here is a link to the most recent edition:

https://www.amazon.com/Renovation-4t.../dp/1600854923

On Thu, 30 Jun 2016 18:07:26 -0700 (PDT), DerbyDad03
wrote:

On Wednesday, June 29, 2016 at 1:48:26 PM UTC-4, Bob wrote:
Hi,

I would like to get my son a subscription to either Popular Science, or
perhaps Popular Mechanics.

I see that both are (still) publishing, but seem a lot thinner than I
remember them.

Might I please have your opinions as to which one is considered "better"
these days ? Why ?

Home fix-it-ups, would be his major interest.

e.g., which types of screws to use, where, etc. Replacing a door lock,
etc...

Thanks,
Bob

OK, I found the info on the book I used when I bought my first house.

Renovation: A Complete Guide, by Michael W. Litchfield

I had the first edition, published in 1983, but a 4th edition by the
same author came out in 2012 (hardcover) and 2013 (softcover).

Here is a link to the most recent edition:

https://www.amazon.com/Renovation-4t.../dp/1600854923

This is the one I made good use of.
No longer have it, but I kind of miss it. Of course there was no
internet back then.
https://www.amazon.com/Readers-Diges.../dp/0895770105

On Thursday, June 30, 2016 at 10:15:42 PM UTC-4, Vic Smith wrote:
On Thu, 30 Jun 2016 18:07:26 -0700 (PDT), DerbyDad03
wrote:

On Wednesday, June 29, 2016 at 1:48:26 PM UTC-4, Bob wrote:
Hi,

I would like to get my son a subscription to either Popular Science, or
perhaps Popular Mechanics.

I see that both are (still) publishing, but seem a lot thinner than I
remember them.

Might I please have your opinions as to which one is considered "better"
these days ? Why ?

Home fix-it-ups, would be his major interest.

e.g., which types of screws to use, where, etc. Replacing a door lock,
etc...

Thanks,
Bob

OK, I found the info on the book I used when I bought my first house.

Renovation: A Complete Guide, by Michael W. Litchfield

I had the first edition, published in 1983, but a 4th edition by the
same author came out in 2012 (hardcover) and 2013 (softcover).

Here is a link to the most recent edition:

https://www.amazon.com/Renovation-4t.../dp/1600854923

This is the one I made good use of.
No longer have it, but I kind of miss it. Of course there was no
internet back then.
https://www.amazon.com/Readers-Diges.../dp/0895770105

When I read the title shown in the link I thought it was one of those self help, reach-your-true-potential books. ;-)