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

with apologies to Ogden Nash...

Saturday, July 4, 2026

Lathe vs Milling machine

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The message is clear, nerds run lathes but cool, tough guys run mills. John Feirer and Earl Tetro,  Machine Tool Metalworking , McGraw-Hill,...
Friday, July 3, 2026

Bell 500 helmet

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  In 1954 California speed shop owner Roy Richter came up with a new design of  motorsports safety helmet,  utilizing the new fiberglass mol...
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Supercharged 1939 BMW

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The Classic Motor Cycle,  April 1986
Thursday, July 2, 2026

Styling 1958

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But did those fins need accentuating?  
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Gray Batavia speeder

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 Here's an interesting speed handle made by a Canadian company famously known as the only manufacturer of wrenches and hand tools in Can...
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Wednesday, July 1, 2026

Remco press

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Says easy to own, but in 1938, minimum wage in the US was 25¢ an hour and the average hourly wage was 55¢ an hour. I expect not many of thes...

Rise and fall of Ford tractors

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 From a book on general technology as it looked in 1986. Wow that's 40 years ago! Ford had just purchased New Holland. The Ford-New Holl...
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Tuesday, June 30, 2026

Sunbeam S-7 cutaway drawing

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  A nice cutaway of the inline twin said to be inspired by the prewar BMW twins...  Mr Fooks was an British motoring artist who turned out d...
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Trident- electric ships log, 1938

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 Definitely a must-have when you didn't have time to send a crewman aft to take readings on your minesweeper-sized yacht. 
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Lube NSU

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This is the first Lube-NSU I've seen. Parts are probably close to impossible to find, these bikes were made in Spain and do not show up ...
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