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

with apologies to Ogden Nash...

Saturday, January 31, 2026

Know your micrometers

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 Above, parts of the micrometer. below, the first micrometer made by Jean Palmer of France in 1848, as brought back to the US by Joseph R Br...

Illustration from 1936

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 Child-Life Arithmetics 6 by Breed, Overman & Woody, 1936. Oneletterwords  Wasn't the future womderful?
Friday, January 30, 2026

Wrench etiquette

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  Why doesn't everyone know this?
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Basset -Lowke steam toys, 1904

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  I'd probably have more fun with these at retirement age than I would have as a kid.  
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Thursday, January 29, 2026

Ride-on drill press

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John L Feirer Earl Tatro, Machine Tool Metalworking, McGraw Hill 1961  
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Test rides today!

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1917 Powerplus  

Jubilee clips

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 The first and ubiquitous worm drive hose clamp invented in 1921 by Commander Lumley Robinson of the British Royal Navy. Usually made from s...
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Wednesday, January 28, 2026

Avon Tyres, 1935

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 11,000 miles? I'm sure I don't get that from my modern motorcycle tires.
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Tuesday, January 27, 2026

Log marking hammer

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  This unusual hammer is a log marking hammer. Back when there was a logging industry, the logging company and sawmills had to keep track of...

Air Pictorial magazine

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 This British aviation magazine featured modern developments and current events as well as historical subjects over the years. It went throu...
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