Scott NC

He was one of a kind and I will miss him deeply. My prayers are with Deb and family. Rest in peace Jerry.

Well, I am sorry to hear this Aric, and I hope you feel better soon. Prayers for you and yours.

My prayers and thoughts for you and Deb, Jerry. Mayby sometime, when things are better and time allows, it would be good to hear the Snowgoose story. Be well. Scott

No, I'm sorry now I piped up. Those teeth would surely burn off. I get so many ideas that I can't think them through fast enough. You should see my pile of failures. I started off just wanting to tell that butterflys have scales. I'm going to build a bomb cabinet just for my own piece of mind and test purposes.

Wow. I was just thinking of heating one to white or yellow hot and appyling low pressure air to a slot and expanding it. I'm not sure what your describing. Bomb cabinets.... Hydraulics? No more gedanken for me.

I can imagine a way such a thin thing could be inflated. Can you?

Kudos for thinking outside the box. Not many do. Monkey see, Monkey do.... I've never tried a rasp or file but look forward to whatever you come up with. I actually wondered about doing a mini version of inflating one for a fish after reading this....somehow. You know butterflys have scales, it's actually where their color comes from. Bird legs/feet too, and many other things. What fun it all is......

Thank's Jerry. Your always there.... . Now how about a 3"×3"×1" square recess in a piece of quartzite?

That video's really not that big of a deal, I just mounted a spike "knife" on a motor shaft that goes round. I was just looking for ideas. I hope you can figure it out. I am having trouble embeding a photo in a simple email...... For sure. I can set any speed. I have some ideas on hiding the motor as well. I can get some nice sandstone slabs if I can bore a hole in them. I also like the idea of a rotating sculpture..... . Lamps good too. Thanks.

When I'm wrong I don't fool around.....

I wonder if something like this could be a marketable item for people that sell things at hammer in's and festivals, etc.... The turner, not the spike knife.... I know I could scale it up to 150 lb anvil or more. Table top ones for little smithed items or floor models for big things. This ones going a bit fast.

Touché. Just don't let the apprentice wander around too much. Or come into work with a hangover and get your head or other body parts tangled up around that thing.

I doubt it. Look how close his head is to that crank. Might make a fun automated diorama. A lot of bad engineering in that one.

Old turtoise here, I thought I'd wake up long enough to comment.. Very nice and job well done... It really is nice work.

I despise them as well. I got cleaned out once when I was out of town a long time ago. They got everything but I can't replace my dad's Stevens side by side double barrel 410. I often wonder where it's at today. It's usually somebody that's seen what you have. I hope they catch them.

I'll have to look up the Mole Machine, but here's a back saver I made to to pull behind the rider mower to make furrows in well tilled soil. With a couple of chunks of steel bolted on it turned potatos... A robot one would be even better. I had a 8n + plow but this actually worked better. I saw a youtube video of a guy that made a ride on tiller.

And fresh air. Here's a waterwheel contraption.

My knees at 59 sound like Rice Crispies standing up from a chair. Snap, Crackle and Pop. Leaning over to do a task binds up all my lower back for some time. I blame it on crawling around the garden picking stuff for the farm market. 20 years worth of that. It sure was fun but I'm not sure on the return on investment. I still like the lawn mower hammer though.

I know, Thanks. It's like a mini greenish yellow dust bowl. I mean it's everywhere. When a car goes by it kicks up a trail of it. There are those who suffer from it worse than me, I just tfy to stay out of it if possible. Never had allergies before but this is different. All my sculptures are coverred in it and I thought the green algea moss was bad....

I come and go. Right now I'm hiding out in the house from the tree pollen. When I can.

Trust but verify, eh?

Okay. I thought I was giving you a compliment. Don't bother.

In essence. I think your toying with me now. I dont even want to ask about your second comment.

There are times you remind me of Mark Twain.