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

with apologies to Ogden Nash...

Sunday, October 18, 2026

Swallow Sidecars, Model 4, 1928

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Saturday, October 17, 2026

We used to make things in this country #381; Cast iron kettles

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  Here's a cast iron kettle made by the Terreau and Racine company of St. Paul St., Quebec City, a maker of kitchen kettles and other co...

Exact C Clamp

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  These "Exact" C-clamps were manufactured by the Exact Level & Tool Manufacturing Company, which was better known for their t...
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Friday, October 16, 2026

Locomotive Catawissa

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  The Little Schuylkill Navigation, Railroad & Coal Co. was incorporated in 1826. Amazingly, that was 200 years ago.   As that time pred...
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Fashion Friday, riding gear

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Norton Commando, for the space race?  
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Motor Cycle May 1967

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Developing the Triumph Daytona bikes ...

Grapple Hook

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    This hook is actually shown upside down. The hooks are intended to grab into the sides of a barn beam to give a hooking point for a pull...
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Wednesday, October 14, 2026

Today's big job

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 Admittedly not a good photo, but you get the idea. A  full size Excello Bridgeport-type lathe has a new home. Its too heavy to lift with th...
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We used to make things in this country #380; Hornet chainsaw

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 Here we have a chain saw from the late 1940s made in Guelph, Ontario. This saw had a two stroke engine that used a float type carb. The pro...

One of my vices is vises, machinist milling vise

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No name on this one that I could find...  
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