[TheForge] A&O Success!

Sun Aug 17 21:03:00 2003

        Congradulations Mike, I'm always a gracious looser when it comes to
having too much work to do for side  projects of my own.............    That
should give me the funds to play seriously with it this winter though.
        Really looking forward to your pictures, as I thought your leveling
rig was great.

Ralph


----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Spencer" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, August 17, 2003 1:06 AM
Subject: [TheForge] A&O Success!


>
> My son and I had the Alldays & Onions hammer running today!  It stays
> up, it comes down gracefully, it taps, it does single blows and,
> without a shred of doubt, it hammers.  A single heavy blow will
> completely disintegrate a piece of 1/2" thick rubberized fabric
> conveyor belt (the kind used in rock crushers) and make a little puff
> of rubber smoke.  It works!  Hot damn!
>
> Now, the drive power setup leaves something to be desired. It is not,
> you might say, for production, not what the techies call
> "enterprise-ready".  In fact, it's not for the faint of heart. You
> wouldn't believe me if I described it.  Some pics will be along in a
> week or so.  Rube Goldberg's heirs and assigns are gonna sue me fer
> sure.  Frosty is probably going to hock his collection of hand-tatted
> antimacassars and get on the Greyhound for Nova Scotia.
>
> So, Ralph, I'm first across the finish line. :-) But you may well have
> a usable hammer before I do because now I gotta slack off on this and
> get some other things -- umm, actually, quite a few other things --
> done.  (The lower die loosened up pretty quick but I expected that
> until it beds in real well on the copper shim.)
>
> Pardon the rave.  Can't he'p myself.  Been waiting a year for this.
>
> - Mike
>
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