[TheForge] A&O power source (not OEM)

Sun Aug 24 08:35:06 2003

I agree with the others on the sheer ingenuity of this.  I have thought of
this sort of thing many times, but never got it set up.

Phlip - what is the set of letters after your name recently?  I can never
get these things figured out, and they really bug me!

Rick Crawford at Rafter Lazy C
Home of Rick's Forge and LEM the Wonder Mule
In the middle of Northern Illinois
http://www.rafterlazyc.com
[email protected]
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Phlip" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, August 24, 2003 6:29 AM
Subject: Fw: [TheForge] A&O power source (not OEM)

>
> Ene bichizh ogsen baina shuu...
>
> >         Mike,  I'm proud to know of you and your activities.
> >
> >         Your projects are a constant source of entertainment. Now I've
> > always got something to say when anyone asks for a blacksmithing story
> about
> > power hammers!
> >
> > Ralph
>
> I tend to keep my roommate, Rob, apprised of your current madnesses, with
> all this new-fangles equipment you characters use (Hey, if it had been me,
> I'd have hooked the bloddy thing up to a team of oxen and worked out a
> favorable gear ratio ;-)
>
> He got to telling me about a contest, of sorts, sponsored in the Norfolk
> Naval yard, about who was using the oldest piece of equipment. The
> blacksmith's shop won- not for their anvils- they didn't count, but
because
> of a drop hammer they'd gotten in 1837, which had been in continuous
service
> ever since....
>
> Saint Phlip,
> CoDoLDS
>
> "When in doubt, heat it up and hit it with a hammer."
>  Blacksmith's credo.
>
>  If it walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, it is probably not a
> cat.
>
> Never a horse that cain't be rode,
> And never a rider who cain't be throwed....
>
>
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