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

with apologies to Ogden Nash...

Wednesday, October 21, 2026

Steam Yacht Lyndonia

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  A picture to hang in the mancave. The Lyndonia was a yacht built for Cyrus Curtis of the Curtis Publishing Company of Saturday Evening Pos...

Ford 5-Z-829 wrench

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 Another Ford Model T tool. The left end is for adjusting the bands in the transmission and the right end fits the oil pan drain bolt.
Tuesday, October 20, 2026

One of my vices is vises, Armstrong Pipe Vice

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    Frank Armstrong and Henry House started working in the sewing machine factories in Bridgeport Conn but formed their own company in 1870,...

Short C-23 Sherpa

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  To paraphrase interior designer Dorothy Draper "If it looks right, it will fly right".  This isn't one of those. It looks li...
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Bikes in the 'hood, KZ650

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Considered fast in its day, the KZ650 followed the styling lead of the Z1. I remember them mostly in the green. Get a front fender, man!  
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Monday, October 19, 2026

Utica Tools 2001-8 pliers

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  Difficult to read the stamped text, but these are "Side Cutting Pattern Button's Pliers" made by Utica Tool. The wire cutte...
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1968 Fiat 850 cutaway drawings

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 Some nice technical cutaways from the Dutch 850 Fiat Special instruction book.
Sunday, October 18, 2026

Swallow Sidecars, Model 4, 1928

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Saturday, October 17, 2026

We used to make things in this country #381; Cast iron kettles

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  Here's a cast iron kettle made by the Terreau and Racine company of St. Paul St., Quebec City, a maker of kitchen kettles and other co...

Exact C Clamp

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  These "Exact" C-clamps were manufactured by the Exact Level & Tool Manufacturing Company, which was better known for their t...
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