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

with apologies to Ogden Nash...

Sunday, March 15, 2026

F. W. Reed

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I swear lathe manufacturers around the turn of the last century were like software companies of this turn of the century, everybody's do...

Sidecar Sunday

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Thanks, Andre! Ok guys, stop fooling around.   
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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...
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