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

with apologies to Ogden Nash...

Saturday, March 14, 2026

Another job you may not want to do, boring deep holes with twist drill, 1902

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 Modern Shop Practice Vol 1,  American Technical Society, 1903  

Betty Boop technical drawings

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  Drawing guide for the artists who drew the cartoon.

Apperson 100 HP Runabout

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Cyclopedia of Modern Shop Practice , American Technical Society, 1907  
Friday, March 13, 2026

Gouldcar

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I found the above classified ad in a 1943 Motorcyclist magazine, it's a product of the Goulding sidecar company.  Of course Jesse a t Ju...

We used to make things in this country #377 Lincoln Toys power shovel

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This beat up stamped excavator toy was seen at a local antique store, the Lincoln name was not familiar but it turns out Lincoln Toys was a ...
Thursday, March 12, 2026

With tools he is all

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Wisdom from the inside cover of The Starrett Story , 1982 edition...  
Wednesday, March 11, 2026

Russian constructivist graphic design

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 This is a vintage Soviet poster promoting using advertising services on trams, designed by Dmitri Bulanov in the 1920s.  The text highligh...

Eysink parallel twin

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This was one of motorcycling's first parallel twins, obviously the designer was concerned about overall width, the crankshaft had one th...
Tuesday, March 10, 2026

Indian Motocycle Co. 1935

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L S Starrett's first invention

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