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

[Justin Fellenz]

Grover raises the point that some people might take offense to my suggestion that the governors be pretty girls. I am in certain that all of us here are complete support of opening the position up to men--males?--as well, and to People of Other Attractivenesses. I absolutely support equal opportunity for everyone, including scantily-clad governor-tweakers and palm-frond wavers and those form whom they wave and tweak.
   
  My apologies to any who might have been offended.
   
  JRF

Grover Richardson <grover.richardson at gtri.gatech.edu> wrote:
  Hmm. Re-reading the message. I do admit that I should have been much
politer and said "the ladies on the list." 

Bad Grover. No milk bone for you tonight.



>*>-----Original Message-----
>*>From: theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net 
>*>[mailto:theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of 
>*>Grover Richardson
>*>Sent: Thursday, February 16, 2006 4:16 PM
>*>To: 'Sponsored by ABANA'
>*>Subject: RE: [TheForge] Re: Ralph, Mike and their toys (Was: 
>*>OT Threads ?)
>*>
>*>
>*>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. We like to work the crowd. I'll say something 
>*>chauvinistic, and she gets to do the snappy come back. 
>*>People will start to back away just waiting for one of us to 
>*>slug each other. We just smile.
>*>
>*>>*>-----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 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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