Wow, I would love that place. Always liked things that didn't depend on electricity, like egg beaters, coffee grinders and such. Thanks for sharing. At 03:00 AM 7/4/2009, you wrote: >Yesterday, I was at the Kutztown Art and Folk Festival. This primarily is a >German theme with crafts and some great food. >One exhibiter was from Michigan who had some very old tools that he was >using for some wood crafts. >I was first checking out his drill press. It was very old cast iron and had >a crank and large gear on the side, it was like an old egg beater drill. The >table was about a six inch round piece of hickory wood. To operate it you >used the crank and your foot. While cranking you pushed down a pedal that >raised the table into the bit. He made some modifications so he could use >other things in the chuck. It originally used the square tapered bits like >in an old bit and brace. >I asked him what the ratio was between the crank and the bit and he never >was asked that question before. He was using a small drum sander in it so >with my finger on the bottom of the drum, I slowly turned the crank. It was >a three to one ratio. I told him that I would much rather use my Grizzly 12 >speed drill press. The next tool that he had was a scroll saw. This one was >powered like a very old treadle sewing machine. His sander was similarly >operated. He did some fantastic work with these tools. He told me that he >does not like power tools I joked a little and told Karen, that I know that >I need some exorcise but not to get any ideas. > >--- >Please visit my home page; it is motivational, inspirational and humorous >with many resources for the blind. >http://www.lennymchugh.com >Lenny > > > >------------------------------------ > >Send any questions regarding list management to: >[email protected] >To listen to the show archives go to link >http://www.acbradio.org/pweb/index.php?module=pagemaster&PAGE_user_op=view_page&PAGE_id=33&MMN_position=47:29 >Or >ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ > >The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. >http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday > >Visit The Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From >Various List Members At The Following address: >http://www.jaws-users.com/JAWS/handyman/ > >Visit the archives page at the following address >http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > >If you would like to join the JAWS Users List, then visit the >following address for more information: >http://www.jaws-users.com/ >For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy >Man list just send a blank message to: >[email protected]! Groups Links > > >
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