[TheForge] OT....story of Ketchikan

Fri May 9 19:46:01 2003

Aaron,
I knew Dick and I can't remember his last name either. He was on the city
council and I was the fire chief.
Darrell

http://www.machinemaster.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "aaron craig" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, May 09, 2003 3:55 PM
Subject: Re: [TheForge] OT....story of Ketchikan

> here is a lesson about alaska ,it cost me a beer to
> learn. What is the biggest state ? Alaska what is the
> second biggest state ? also alaska only with the tide
> in.
>   Darrel Thats kind of funny My dad Jon Craig lived
> there for a couple of years around then, he was
> working as an electrician on the schools they were
> building around then . As near as I can figure the
> summer I spent there was 83 I worked for a guy whose
> last name I cannot remember but was known as logger
> Dick he had a little sawmill set up on the road to the
> cold storage ,was building some spec houses and had a
> small seine boat, we lived on a float house in a
> little bay just outside of town . Wish I could
> remember more detail but hey if I wanted to remember
> more I shouldent have applied  my 20s to nural pruning
> .
> --- Darrell <[email protected]> wrote:
> > I lived in Craig from 1981 to 1985. We had the gas
> > station by the boat
> > harbor. To make a living I ran the gas station, sold
> > propane, repaired
> > marine electronics, sold and repaired TVs, repaired
> > house hold appliances
> > and I had a backhoe, dump truck, log skidder and a
> > Mighty Mite saw mill to
> > fill in my time. I made good money but darn near
> > killed my self doing it.
> > Darrell
> >
> > http://www.machinemaster.com
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "aaron craig" <[email protected]>
> > To: <[email protected]>
> > Sent: Friday, May 09, 2003 11:57 AM
> > Subject: Re: [TheForge] OT....story of Ketchikan
> >
> >
> > > Cool to see ketchikan and hollis mentioned here I
> > was
> > > born in ketchikan and spent a summer in Craig on
> > > prince of wales island as a teenager of course I
> > live
> > > in sunny new mexico now !
> > > --- Reynolds <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > You might enjoy this Jerry. A friend of mine was
> > an
> > > > opthamologist in Ketchikan for about 8 years. He
> > > > decided to move back to Anchorage about 2 years
> > ago.
> > > > We were vistiting at my brothers' home there and
> > he
> > > > told me about Ketchikan over pizza. Said if you
> > > > liked bears, it was the place to be!<p>
> > > > He was divorced for years and found it difficult
> > to
> > > > meet mutually compatible females while there,
> > and
> > > > that is what pushed him back to the city. He
> > said to
> > > > me, "Do you know the standard introduction line
> > to
> > > > women in Ketchikan?" I thought for a second and
> > then
> > > > replied I didn't have a clue.<p>
> > > > He chortled and said, "Hey, nice tooth.">p?
> > > > I rolled.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >  --- On Fri 05/09, Darrell <
> > > > [email protected] > wrote:
> > > > From: Darrell [mailto:
> > [email protected]]
> > > > To: [email protected]
> > > > Date: Fri, 9 May 2003 10:12:14 -0700
> > > > Subject: Re: [TheForge] Line Shaft Driven
> > Factories
> > > >
> > > > Jerry,<br>If you take the ferry from Ketchikan
> > to
> > > > Hollis after you pass Kasan the<br>ferry makes
> > about
> > > > a 90 deg left turn heading to Hollis. About half
> > > > way<br>between that turn and Hollis on the right
> > > > side of the channel there was a<br>large
> > building.
> > > > This was about
> > > >
> > >
> >
> 1980.<br><br>Darrell<br><br>http://www.machinemaster.com<br>-----
> > > > Original Message -----<br>From: "Jerry Frost"
> > > > <[email protected]><br>To:
> > > > <[email protected]><br>Sent: Thursday,
> > May
> > > > 08, 2003 10:38 PM<br>Subject: Re: [TheForge]
> > Line
> > > > Shaft Driven Factories<br><br><br>> I spent
> > quite a
> > > > bit of time on Prince of Wales Island a few
> > years
> > > > back and<br>> though I asked, nobody told me
> > about
> > > > such a shop.<br>><br>> Do you have more
> > specifics on
> > > > the shop's location? It's mostly just<br>>
> > curiosity
> > > > now as I don't expect to ever get back there but
> > > > nothing's<br>> impossible.<br>><br>> There used
> > to
> > > > be a line shop in Seward AK. the Seward Machine
> > > > Shop. I<br>> happened to be doing a job in the
> > > > locale and heard the shop e
> > > >  quipment and<br>> tools were for sale and soon
> > to
> > > > be auctioned. I looked up the fellow<br>>
> > handling
> > > > the estate and got to take a tour.<br>><br>> It
> > was
> > > > a very complete shop started in the late oughts
> > or
> > > > early teens. It<br>> stayed in the family till
> > the
> > > > old man died, his kids had no interest in
> > it<br>> so
> > > > it got sold off. The old man built about half
> > the
> > > > equipment himself<br>> seeing as Alaska was so
> > > > remote at the time. He had a number of steam
> > > > tools<br>> converted to compressed air and a
> > home
> > > > made pneumatic car lift to name a<br>>
> > > > few.<br>><br>> Anyway, what really got my
> > attention
> > > > was the smithy, I ended up taking<br>home<br>>
> > about
> > > > 500 lbs of various tools, mostly set hammers and
> > > > tongs. The one<br>thing<br>> I wish I could've
> > taken
> > > > but had no place to put it was a 1,200+lb
> > > > anvil,<br>> Fisher as I recall. The other real
> > > > roadblock to taking it home was the<br>>
> > charming
> > > > way the old man had built his shop, it started
> > small
> > > > and he kept<br>> adding on. No biggy except the
> > onl
> > > >  y way out was across a turn of
> > the<br>century<br>>
> > > > wooden floor over a full basement, running
> > through a
> > > > maze of . . . stuff.<br>> One piece of stuff
> > being a
> > > > dump truck.<br>><br>> Yeah, there was a dump
> > truck
> > > > parked on a wooden floor over the basement.<br>>
> > > > (one of the basements actually) I thought that
> > was
> > > > scary enough but AFTER<br>he<br>> showed me the
> > > > basement(s) we climbed up on the mezanine and I
> > > > discovered<br>it<br>> was full of scrap
> > > > steel.<br>><br>> Frosty<br>>
> > > > ------------------------<br>> If it ain't
> > > > forged<br>> it ain't real.<br>> Wrought iron
> > > > is.<br>> The FrostWorks<br>><br>> Meadow Lakes,
> > > > AK.<br>><br>><br>> ----- Original Message
> > -----<br>>
> > > > From: "Darrell" <[email protected]><br>>
> > To:
> > > > <[email protected]><br>> Sent: Thursday,
> > May
> > > > 08, 2003 3:59 PM<br>> Subject: Re: [TheForge]
> > Line
> > > > Shaft Driven Factories<br>><br>><br>> > There
> > was a
> > > > nice shop on the bay on the way to Hollis Alaska
> > on
> > > > Prince<br>of<br>> > Wales Island.<br>> > It had
> > > > about an 8" dia wate
> > > >  r line from a creek up the mountain that
> > ran<br>> >
> > > > everything by hydro power. Even had a small
> > > > generator for lights. All of<br>> the<br>> >
> > > > equipment was line shaft driven. It was a boat
> > > > shop.<br>> > Darrell<br>> ><br>> >
> > > > http://www.machinemaster.com<br>> > -----
> > Original
> > > > Message -----<br>> > From: "RIES NIEMI"
> > > > <[email protected]><br>> > To:
> > > > <[email protected]><br>> > Sent:
> > Thursday,
> > > > May 08, 2003 3:26 PM<br>> > Subject: [TheForge]
> > Line
> > > > Shaft Driven Factories<br>> ><br>> ><br>> > >
> > > > Snohomish Ironworks is an intact line shaft
> > driven
> > > > shop- its not<br>exactly<br>> a<br>> > >
> > factory-
> > > > the grandson, who runs it now, is more of a
> > > > fabricator, and<br>> down<br>> > > the middle
> > bay he
> > > > has a large hydraulic ironworker and a couple of
> > > > mig<br>> > > machines, which is mostly what he
> > uses.
> > > > On either side there are line<br>> > > shafts,
> > and
> > > > nothing has been touched or even cleaned up
> > since at
> > > > least<br>> the<br>> > > 40's, so there are
> > operating
> > > > lathes, drills, mills and a big plane
> > > >  r<br>off<br>> > the<br>> > > line shaft.<br>> >
> > > > ><br>> > > But even in the Northwest, its not
> > very
> > > > unique- I recently sold a line<br>> > shaft<br>>
> > > >
> > > > lathe, and in the process ended up finding out
> > about
> >
> === message truncated ===
>
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