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

with apologies to Ogden Nash...

Friday, March 20, 2026

Adams-Farwell rotary engine

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    One of the first rotary gas engines, designed by Fay Oliver Farwell in 1896. The year before, he had joined joined the Adams Company of ...
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Fashion Friday, Puttees

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    In the comments on post on the Gouldcar a few days ago, there were people lamenting the demise of  jodphurs- sorry, jodhpurs as a fash...
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Thursday, March 19, 2026

Henry Boker tap and die set

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  A reader in New Zealand sent me these images of a Henry Boker tap and die set probably dating to the early 20th century. Oddly, it has the...
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Punch-Lok Clamp Master

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  Here's a little pressed steel ratchet wrench, fortunately with the patent number  (2507455) stamped in so I discovered that it dates ...
Wednesday, March 18, 2026

Dunelt two stroke

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  Here's an interesting concept for a two stroke. The typical ported cylinder has a step at the bottom, bored to a larger diameter.  The...

Burt Munroe as a young man

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  Burt bought this Indian in 1920, in 1926 it was clocked at 54 mph (with a following wind)  Not fast enough for him, he started modifying i...
Tuesday, March 17, 2026

Enterprise Engine and Foundry

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  Enterprise Foundry was founded in San Francisco in 1885 to make large castings for heavy machinery, mostly for the gold rush. The company ...

Monday Mystery, March 2 Round metal thing. Updated, jet engine hush kit

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 Displayed at a local antique market, this intriguingly shaped thing wasn't identified. It's all metal and about 3 feet in diameter....
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Monday, March 16, 2026

Manufacturing processes, Deep draw metal stamping

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Cyril Donaldson and George LeCain, Tool Design, Second edition , McGraw Hill, 1957  Hard to believe that the process can start with a simple...

Monday Mystery, another airplane part?

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 This looks like an air intake of sorts, about 3 feet wide and maybe 42 inches tall. Ideas? Best thing is there's more than one!
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