[TheForge] magic tumblers

Thu Oct 24 08:59:00 2002

Terry,
Happens I looked into the "Stickler" (as it's called) thinking it might be =
a cheap solution to an unrelated problem (to log splitting).  It's still =
available, but not cheap enough for my purpose (and it wouldn't have =
worked anyway - I expected larger screw threads).  Do a google.com search =
on "stickler" and you'll find it.
Bruce
NJ

>>> "Terry L. Ridder" <[email protected]> 10/24/02 01:09AM >>>
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>=20
walt> Terry,
walt>=20
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>=20
walt> We don't think about simple solutions today because
walt> a lot of them can be unsafe.  But they work.
walt>=20
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>=20
walt> Walt
walt>=20

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Terry L. Ridder ><>

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