[TheForge] Re: Ralph, Mike and their toys (Was: OT Threads ?)

[Grover Richardson]

Why not put them on the forge and hammer.  I can watch a woman work allll
day long.

Yes, for the females on the list, YES, I do say that in front of my wife.
And yes, she always has a snappy come back<G>.  We like to work the crowd.
I'll say something chauvinistic, and she gets to do the snappy come back<G>.
People will start to back away just waiting for one of us to slug each
other.  We just smile<G>.

>*>-----Original Message-----
>*>From: theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net 
>*>[mailto:theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Justin Fellenz
>*>Sent: Thursday, February 16, 2006 3:56 PM
>*>To: Sponsored by ABANA
>*>Subject: Re: [TheForge] Re: Ralph, Mike and their toys (Was: 
>*>OT Threads ?)
>*>
>*>
>*>If we're talkinig about governors through the centuries, why 
>*>not take the roman approach and use a few pretty girls in 
>*>skimpy costumes, captured (dramatically) after some battle 
>*>or other? They could take turns keeping the rpm's constant 
>*>and fanning the smith with palm fronds.
>*>   
>*>  Just a thought.
>*>   
>*>  JRF
>*>
>*>Jerry Frost <frosty at customcpu.com> wrote:
>*>  I didn't get the electronic speed control either other 
>*>than it counts the 
>*>RPM and keeps it uniform. A speedOstat so to speak. 
>*>
>*>Okay, so what's the big deal about a speed control? There've 
>*>been so many 
>*>different kinds over the centuries I'd think it's just a 
>*>matter of picking 
>*>one and adapting it.
>*>
>*>For instance the wind flappy gizmo governor would be a piece 
>*>of cake to make 
>*>and adjust. Pick or make and attach a fan, blower, bicycle 
>*>wheel with 
>*>playing cards in the spokes. Attach a vane in the output 
>*>airstream with a 
>*>control arm to the throttle and a return spring opposing it. 
>*>The higher the 
>*>RPM the more force backing out on the throttle, the lower 
>*>the RPM the more 
>*>the return spring turns it up.
>*>
>*>If you wanted to get creative and perhaps a little artistic 
>*>about it you 
>*>could set the governor up with a float in a section of clear 
>*>plastic pipe. 
>*>Attach the pipe to the water pump and let the head pressure 
>*>from the pump 
>*>determine the height of the boyancy actuated throttle 
>*>position system.
>*>
>*>You could set the same thing up using the oil pump but it 
>*>probably wouldn't 
>*>be as scenic.
>*>
>*>Okay, this should be simple and even maybe practical. Use a 
>*>vacuum actuated 
>*>diaphram, or even a pneumatic cylinder.
>*>
>*>Basically just pick the RPM sensitive device and build in plenty of 
>*>adjustment till you get it tweeked into tune.
>*>
>*>Frosty
>*>-------------------------------
>*>If it ain't forged
>*>it ain't real.
>*>Wrought iron is.
>*>The FrostWorks
>*>
>*>Meadow Lakes, AK.
>*>
>*>http://www.artmetalradio.com/
>*>
>*>From: "Ralph Sproul" 
>*>
>*>
>*>
>*>>
>*>> .........Aaaahh, I dunno.......if Mike thought he could use an old
>*>> computer
>*>> to trigger a mouse in a squirell cage - to engage the 
>*>throttle to said
>*>> engine, for pouring the coal to it - to make that A&O 
>*>run.........I've got
>*>> the feeling he'd probably try it. (but that's just a wild 
>*>> guess).
>*>> :-)
>*>>
>*>> I also couldn't understand the electronics Grover 
>*>mentioned - it went 
>*>> WAY over my head. I'm low tech for sure.
>*>>
>*>> Ralph
>*>>
>*>
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