[TheForge] I gotta have one of these! OT:

[Peter Fels & Phoebe Palmer]

It's why those willows weep, doubtless.

Jerry Frost wrote:
> What a great thought Pete! I love it.
> Jer
> -------------------------
> If it ain't forged
> It ain't real
> wrought iron is
> The Frostworks
> 
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Peter Fels & Phoebe Palmer" <artgawk at thegrid.net>
> To: "Blacksmithing List Sponsored by ABANA" <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Thursday, January 28, 2010 1:11 PM
> Subject: Re: [TheForge] I gotta have one of these!
> 
> 
>> Well then, ax that suggestion.
>> At least tree trunks come in their own coffin.
>>
>> Jerry Frost wrote:
>>> WHAT?! You'd wish victory for the TREES, Pete! I participated in one of
>>> those and have the dents in my head to prove it was no fun. <Shudder>
>>> Frosty the Lucky
>>> -------------------------
>>> If it ain't forged
>>> It ain't real
>>> wrought iron is
>>> The Frostworks
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>> From: "Peter Fels & Phoebe Palmer" <artgawk at thegrid.net>
>>> To: "Blacksmithing List Sponsored by ABANA" <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
>>> Sent: Wednesday, January 27, 2010 9:49 AM
>>> Subject: Re: [TheForge] I gotta have one of these!
>>>
>>>
>>>> Lemmie try this again...Jon is gonna build one..see
>>>>
>>>> http://www.formandreform.com/wordpress/?tag=screw-machine
>>>>
>>>> It's a victory ride for the tree Jerry~
>>>>
>>>> Jerry Frost wrote:
>>>>> That is cool Larry though I have NO idea why you'd want one so the 
>>>>> trees
>>>>> can
>>>>> ride around.
>>>>>
>>>>> While I've never seen this video I have seen the idea. Sometime in the
>>>>> mid
>>>>> 60's films (yeah, I'm THAT old) of similar rides were making the 
>>>>> rounds.
>>>>> The
>>>>> drive augers were smaller in diameter and the blades were larger but 
>>>>> the
>>>>> idea was the same. The ones I saw though were being run on everything
>>>>> from
>>>>> dirt and rocks to pavement and swamps. The auger drums were hollow and
>>>>> sealed so the vehicles floated. There were no films of em on snow, 
>>>>> maybe
>>>>> Henry had THAT idea patented? Anyway, it was a way cool all terrain
>>>>> vehicle
>>>>> especially if you weren't averse to literally plowing the landscape.
>>>>>
>>>>> And yeah, I want one! Heck, it shouldn't take a rocket scientist to 
>>>>> build
>>>>> one eh? Heck, I liked Henry's hat, I want one of those too. <grin>
>>>>>
>>>>> Frosty the Lucky.
>>>>> -------------------------
>>>>> If it ain't forged
>>>>> It ain't real
>>>>> wrought iron is
>>>>> The Frostworks
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>>>> From: "Larry Brown" <lp.brown at verizon.net>
>>>>> To: <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
>>>>> Sent: Monday, January 25, 2010 3:29 PM
>>>>> Subject: [TheForge] I gotta have one of these!
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> Frosty, this made me think of you. Whip one up for the logs
>>>>>> Larry Brown
>>>>>> in non snowy NYC
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Subject: I gotta have one of these
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> This is a rare video of an invention that never went very far.
>>>>>> Wait until you see the automobile version it is all on here.
>>>>>> 1926 Snow Tractor. Talk about ingenuity!
>>>>>> This is a 1926 silent film (on video) of a tractor-snow-machine 
>>>>>> invented
>>>>>> by
>>>>>> Henry Ford, shown here driving it.
>>>>>> Watch the whole thing. Note the "hat."
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.php/topic,213971.0/topicseen.html
>>>>>>
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