I hired an Amish craftsman in Missouri to make a 6’ diameter table with a 3’ turntable for me about 35 years ago. A few months later I went out to see how he was doing, his home and shop were totally new. The place had totally burned down. He said they had it back up in 3 days though. He asked me if I had paid him as he lost all his records. I told him no, not even a deposit.
I came back a month or two later to see if he was done. He was. I still have the table, it is a family heirloom now. But that is all a digression, the thing I wanted to say was his whole shop was run by line shaft. Each table saw, shaper, planer etc had a flat belt up to the shaft in the rafters. The shaft was powered by a gasoline engine at the end of the shop. He said each family group decided how much technology they are going to use. They had a car, painted flat black with a paint brush for runs into town, mostly to Walmart. I saw a young man driving a buggy that had dingle balls and a sound system. He was wearing shades. From: Adam Moffett Sent: Friday, April 21, 2023 3:07 AM To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT: Amish Lands Their rules are different in different communities. Some of them allow electric in a workplace but not in the home. The cheapest locations for sale have no electricity available at all. Get Outlook for iOS -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: AF <[email protected]> on behalf of Steve Jones <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, April 20, 2023 11:48:20 PM To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT: Amish Lands its not overly complicated to wire an unwired home, especially an amish built home which will follow specific design standards. Also, a lot of amish homes do have wire present, just not connected. Amish are frugal and hen amenities, but they are also business savvy and know about potential resale value. the referenced home has corded machines in the woodshop, so id guess when the heathens arent looking, the breaker behind the wood panel gets turned on On Thu, Apr 20, 2023 at 9:01 PM Bill Prince <[email protected]> wrote: The community just south of us is 100% off-grid. All of them are solar, and last I looked a couple also had wind generators. -- bp part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com On Thu, Apr 20, 2023 at 6:48 PM Chuck McCown via AF <[email protected]> wrote: I once did a complete telco C.O. with HVAC 100% solar. From: Jaime Solorza Sent: Thursday, April 20, 2023 7:25 PM To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT: Amish Lands Friend of mine has set up three homes with solar panels and batteries out in the desert near us...100% off the grid... On Thu, Apr 20, 2023, 7:14 PM Robert <[email protected]> wrote: Off grid homes are easy now with LFP batteries, it would just be the hassle of wiring it, specially as they probably don't use sheet rock interior walls. So you are probably doing conduit all around the outside walls. But they probably all have basements that you could also wire through. On 4/20/23 5:09 PM, Adam Moffett wrote: > The Amish are making a mass exodus from NY. You can drive through > Amish communities and see "for sale" signs one after the other. The > Amish are generally known for good workmanship, to the point where > some people go out of their way to get Amish building contractors. > They also have multigenerational households, so you get these large > properties with huge well-built houses, barns, and outbuildings. The > problem is they have no utilities at all. They'll have hand pumped > wells and outhouses and wood stoves. > > https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/234-Hunts-Corners-Center-Lisle-Rd-Marathon-NY-13803/223346029_zpid/? > > I linked the above example because it was easy to find, but that > particular one has electric out by the road. I saw a similar one for > sale where there was no electric service available and it was listed > for $140k. That's a friggin 'steal except for one thing: What could > you do with a huge house with no electricity? A scout camp? Start a > cult? > > > > > -- AF mailing list [email protected] http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- AF mailing list [email protected] http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com -- AF mailing list [email protected] http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com -- AF mailing list [email protected] http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- AF mailing list [email protected] http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com
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