[TheForge] Grinding wheels....

[Phlip]

Ene bichizh ogsen baina shuu...

 He was amused that I wanted to
> fix it up and make it work again. Told me stories of guys who would go
> up and down the neighborhood streets with a pedal powered sharpening rig
> and sharpen the housewives knives.

Yeah, they used to do that in Georgetown, in DC, when I was a kid. Then, a
few years ago in Zanesville Ohio, I guy started doing it. Very nice guy, and
with a bit of guidance, would get my knives beautifully sharp...

> The lower third of the  stone ran in a small  rounded tank of water that
> hung from the axle frame so the stone cut cool and never loaded up. The
> tank has to be drained when not in use or the stone will soak up water
> on the bottom and be out of balance.
> When I got mine functioning  I found that they were designed for smaller
> folk than myself...felt like an adult trying to ride a kiddie's
> hotwheel......Pete

His was rather small, too. I'm wondering if it might be a portability issue,
requiring that particular designe to have shorter pedals to avoid hitting
the ground, or other interference. Of course, it could also just be that the
parts scavenged to make them came from kid's bicycles ;-) I'll keep the
water tank idea in mind. I'm now talking to a couple of people- may wind up
wwith a pair of wheels in different grits- and in both cases, it looks like
I might hafta do some frame repair and modification, so adding in a water
tank might be an interesting addition.

The first one looks like in might arrive via SCA mail Tuesday, when I go to
work, so I may be able to play with it at Vinland Raids, that weekend ;-)

Phlip

"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....