Chisels and Chipping

Shop Theory, Henry Ford Trade School, McGraw Hill, 1943

 

Oh yeah, this will definitely be on the test.

Metropolitan police

 Dibs on the Harley!

Radical Software #2

  Seems like a hippie new media project. At the time, the term radical software referred to the content of information rather than to a computer program. The cover image was computer-generated, a novelty at the time. 

  The magazine was an outgrowth of the Raindance Corporation in New York during the summer of 1969. Their intention was to found an alternative media think tank; a source of ideas, publications, videotapes and energy providing a theoretical basis for implementing communication tools in the project of social change. The magazine struggled along to number 6 as the founders were seeing the production was a distraction from their overall mission of the Raindance Corporation. 

The whole story here.

Tatra V8

  A rather unique Czech car built from 1936 to 1950, with a break for WW2.  The rear mounted 3 litre air-cooled V8 could push the car to nearly 160 kph.  3056 units were made.

 

1986 Suzuki Samurai

 We need something like this again. 

Manufacturing processes, metal stamping

Volkswagen hoods

 

Renovation solutions

 Here's a hard one. A heritage house comes up for sale and you want it. Price is right but it's rough, nothing is near code... 2nd floor is a bit spongy, etc etc.. and you really don't like the seven foot ceilings. Hmmm So you bite the bullet... and realize its going to need a roof... and floor joists etc. Eight foot ceiling height requires raising the roof.  This of course is going to affect the overall aethetic of the building. you do it.

So, was this a successful solution?

Sidecar Sunday

No, that's not a Zeppelin.  When gasoline got scarce during both world wars, there was a lot of development on wood and coal gas as fuel. These vehicles required a large bag for the gas, previous post here.

 This image is a colorized version of this photo and I bet those smiling passengers are paid actors.                  Thanks, André!

Armstrong fork, 1955

This fork was presented as an alternative to telescopic or Earles forks as manufacturers moved away from girders. Honda stepthroughs used a variation of this design slightly later.

Cast iron bench

Nice lines on this cast iron bench. It looks vintage, or at least old enough for the wood to rot. No name cast in that I could see so maybe it is actually fairly modern.. I'd buy one.