Progress is fine, but it's gone on for too long.

with apologies to Ogden Nash...

Friday, August 15, 2025

Johnson Motors for Ariel in 1959

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Acme No 2 stapler

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   Probably more sculptural than necessary and certainly that cast base is fancier than it needs to be but I'd put it on my desk.    Acm...
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Thursday, August 14, 2025

Special Safety Matches

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  The "Safety Match" replaced the very self-igniting white phosphorus with the calmer red phosphorus, an 1844 innovation from   Sw...

Automobile body patent USD286865S

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Big hit for Chrysler.  Nicest thing here are the super-styled "Fig" titles.  
Wednesday, August 13, 2025

Matchless 1950

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 "Predominate" Wasn't that a British Dreadnaught?  I'll guess that that word has never been used in advertising copy in th...
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Identifying steel types by their sparks

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Tuesday, August 12, 2025

Packards

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  I remember these hood ornaments being nicknamed "Lady pushing donut", these days it's apparently just "Donut pusher...
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One of my vises is vises, A homemade fabrication?

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 This looks like another homemade vise, with parts welded together instead of being cast. No name or markings on it. Nicely done.
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Monday, August 11, 2025

Monday Mystery, sailboat logo wrench

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Here is a basic-looking 3/4" wrench. Other than the fact that it is "drop forged alloy steel" we have no information. I'v...
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Sunday, August 10, 2025

Model T truck chassis

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