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

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Tuesday, November 18, 2025

Morgan 3 Wheeler 2011- 2021

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Powered by  a 2 litre S&S V twin coupled to a Mazda 5 speed transmission, I expect this thing is a lot of fun to drive. The replacement ...

Alnico magnets

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  Before there were rare earth magnets, there were  Alnico ( Aluminum Nickel Cobalt) magnets.   Flexible magnets, made by mixing ferrite mag...
Monday, November 17, 2025

Knott Apparatus clamp

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   Here's a nice little scientific apparatus over-center clamp , one of many types the Knott Apparatus Co. of Boston made over their 36 ...
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Monday Mystery, a cast iron scale?

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The name Fairbanks is cast into it, there seems to be a curved frame, possibly to hold a bowl or something similar and a strange tippy bird ...
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C E Jennings Expansive bit

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C. E. Jennings sold all sorts of tools under the Arrowhead label.  This expansive bit acknowledges the Steers patent of 1884 shown below.   ...
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Sunday, November 16, 2025

Sidecar Sunday

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 Cushman...
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Saturday, November 15, 2025

Know your hoses

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 Top to bottom; steel braided rubber, clear pvc, reinforced pvc, plain reinforced neoprene, textured reinforced neoprene, copper. A nice tes...
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Croname panels

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  Here's a metal promotional screw specification chart from the Croname company, who specialized in electroplated panels for instruments...
Friday, November 14, 2025

Can-Pro wrench

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I found this wrench at a thrift shop, never seen the name before and a quick Google search brings some conflicting results. This statement c...

Fashion Friday, The eyewatering '80s

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 No. That is not Kenny Roberts...  My experience with red leather indicates that the dye was never water proof- until it soaked into your sk...
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