Country_boy

I want to buy or build a treadle grinder. I've had no luck finding one, and I can't find a stone larger then about 14" (available either for the Tormek grinder or from Norton) There are bigger wheels available for snag grinders but they are much too course. Anyone know of a source for either?

Or to be more real world about it would I rather see TVA or Southern Nuclear Services operate a plant. Well I'd have to say SNS. We have plants from both in AL. Farley has an enviable safety record. Browns Ferry, the TVA plant, not so. Years ago they their maintainance guys were using candles to find air leaks where a a cable tray carried the reactor control cables through a wall. They were plugging the leaks with flamable insulation. Anyway they set the insulation on fire, tried for 15 minutes to put it out, then called for help, but the emergency instructions had the wrong phone number on it. Automatic fire extingushers had been intentionally disabled, and the manual overides still have protective plates screwed on top of them. Finally the FD shows up, and they won't allow them to use water because it is an electrical fire. Eventually after all attempts to put it out with CO2 and dry chemical fail, they allow the FD to put it out in seconds with water, by this time, the control room was full of smoke,and they had lost much of their controls and warning indications. Estimates were that 2 tons on PVC had burned, and the plant (each reactor is a seperate plant) was out of service for 18 months. Then 10 years latter the NRC forced BFNP to shut down all of their reactors due to safety issues. I think #1 reactor (that burned earlier) stayed out of service for 17 years In fact we have a second TVA site that was never finished. When TMI had a partial melt down, they were considering shutting it down due to cost overruns After TMI, shutting it down was a no brainer. Oh yeah, the only fatal stationary reactor accident was in an army reactor. So yeah, I do trust private industry more, particularly with good government oversight. While I'm no Obama fan, any long term reduction in coal is going to come from regulating it's burning, not mining. Thats why it's called energy policy, not minerals policy.