[TheForge] magic tumblers

Thu Oct 24 02:53:00 2002

Ayup, they worked like a charm. Wood Grenades they were called back in the
day. <grin> Don't know what happened to mine either, fit a 6 lug Chevy. I
guess somebody needed it more than I did.

Sure miss the thing. <sigh>

Frosty
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If it ain't forged
it ain't real.
Wrought iron is.
The FrostWorks

Meadow Lakes, AK.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Terry L. Ridder" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, October 23, 2002 9:09 PM
Subject: Re: [TheForge] magic tumblers

> hello;
>
> i remember a simple device for splitting wood.
> it was a cone that had a flange which fit the bolt
> pattern for the rear wheel of cars. the cone had
> a minimal screw thread. you could just bearly feel
> the screw thread but it was there. jack the car up
> take off the rear wheel and mount the cone. than you
> put the car in low and let the cone turn at a low engine
> rpm. you would feed log into the cone point the they would
> screw right unto the cone being split in the process.
> the cones were not entirely hollow but nearly.
> split a good deal of wood for many years with one
> several decades ago.
>
> i have looked for years to find a replacement. i do not
> know what happened to the old one. was left somewhere
> after taking it off when log splitting was done probably.
>
> now days osha would have a fit if they saw such a thing
> in use. lawyers would see dollar signs from product liability
> law suits. yes the good olde days before the government and
> lawyers became in daily life.
>
> On Wed, 23 Oct 2002, Walter L. Mullett wrote:
>
> walt>
> walt> Terry,
> walt>
> walt> This reminds me of some of the old Popular Mechanics
> walt> how to articles.  I can picture in my mind somebody
> walt> with a jacked up model T using a tire rim and
> walt> flat belt to run a sawmill or something else.
> walt>
> walt> We don't think about simple solutions today because
> walt> a lot of them can be unsafe.  But they work.
> walt>
> walt> A belt around the rim (no tire) works fine as a
> walt> pulley.  I've also seen just a rope used.... knot
> walt> and all.  If it slips, just through another loop around
> walt> the rim.
> walt>
> walt> Walt
> walt>
>
> --
> Terry L. Ridder ><>
>
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