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

with apologies to Ogden Nash...

Friday, August 14, 2026

Union Tool Co. tap handle

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  Union seemed to be a popular name to use for a company, this one was originally the Union Caliper company, located in Fitchburg, Mass. but...
Thursday, August 13, 2026

1922 Kissel 6-45 Speedster

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  The Kissel Motor Car company was founded in 1906 and produced quality cars and trucks out of its Hartford, Wisconsin factory. This Speedst...

Visualizing preignition

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Boston-Maine Airways

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  This is the showy side of a luggage label for Boston-Maine Airways. Boston-Maine Airways was established in 1931 by the Boston and Maine R...
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Wednesday, August 12, 2026

Vintage wood plane, convex

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  This unidentified, possibly homemade, wood plane has a profile I've not seen before, with multiple passes it would plane out a tapered...
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Tuesday, August 11, 2026

Oregon Wood Grenade

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  This solid hunk of cone-shaped aluminum was intended to be pounded into a log to split it in multiple directions. I like the portability ...

Tootsietoy panel delivery truck

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Shame about the kustom by kid paint scheme, but it's in pretty good condition otherwise,despite the eggshell-like zinc diecast body...Th...
Monday, August 10, 2026

Boeing 747 postcard, 1971

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  The 747 fleet served El Al from 1971 to Nov 2019.   Farewell video .

Philips Dyno flashlight

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  Here's a fun little device, a pump action flywheel-powered dynamo light (or squeeze flashlight). The fun goes out of it quick, as the ...
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Stanley Marsh no 100 mItre box

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   Here's the king of miter boxes seen at Liberty Tool in Maine. I thought it was just a big solid professional miter clamp, turns out i...
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