This video showcases the restoration of a vintage table fan made in France in 1950, featuring a Bakelite base, the first ...

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This video showcases the restoration of a vintage CALOR table fan from France, made in the 1950s. The restoration process took 12 days and involved disassembling the fan, sandblasting the propeller ...

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Data, collected by rowers who circumnavigated Great Britain and analysed by university researchers, has found that sea temperatures have risen. A report by the University of Portsmouth and GB Row ...

Old sewing tins filled with buttons, thimbles, and spools of thread may be worth digging through. Vintage buttons — especially Bakelite or hand-carved types — are beloved by crafters and collectors, ...

I really ought to buy some art, I told myself recently. I can’t recall what prompted the thought. Perhaps I was looking for ...

The Goldtop Les Paul and the Les Paul Custom were a significant new direction for a traditional archtop guitar manufacturer like Gibson. The winds of change would soon blow through the company’s ...