ThomasPowers Posted June 13, 2019 Share Posted June 13, 2019 You buy a copy of Moxon's "Mechnicks Exercises" and peruse the section on building one. Note if you get a copy of the Facsimile edition they use f instead of s in the write up as it was published in 1703. Lindsay's "Iron and Brass Implements of the English House" has a couple of drawings but they are not construction drawings. Of course a dangle spit is much easier to make... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irondragon Forge ClayWorks Posted June 13, 2019 Share Posted June 13, 2019 19 minutes ago, ThomasPowers said: Moxon's "Mechnicks Exercises" It's available as a PDF download for free, just google the complete title like you suggested in an earlier post, which I don't think the poster bothered to read. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobody Special Posted June 13, 2019 Share Posted June 13, 2019 And a string jack is easier still. Of course being a nail and a wound piece of string, there's very little forging involved. I like smoke jacks, but with modern chimney flues, there's not a lot of places you could install one. Nah, Digital for chat and video, analogue for pleasure reading. Plus I can take it into the shop without risking my laptop. I've lost two or three phones in there already. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted June 13, 2019 Share Posted June 13, 2019 Heh, heh, heh. When I was looking to do serious work in my shop I'd planned on picking up a projector for my laptop so I could project plans on the wall or maybe even 1:1 scale on the bench top. Better than a chalk drawing eh? Not now though, I lose too much stuff in the shop, I'm hoping someday I'll find the electronic video recorder I lost first time I used it. I only take stills with the smart ? phone, I don't have a good way to hold it and don't want to lose it. I'll print what I want from PDF books to use in the shop. I hate to expose REAL books to that environment. Even if I have the book I'll download a PDF version and print sacrificial pages for the shop. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irondragon Forge ClayWorks Posted June 13, 2019 Share Posted June 13, 2019 Same here about printing the pertinent pages. If I had a smarter than me phone, I would probably take pictures of the pages like my wife does. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted June 13, 2019 Share Posted June 13, 2019 You can SEE images on your smartphone? Folks who know me are finally getting the idea texting me is a waste of time. I can read them but HATE trying to type in the silly little keypad so I never return texts. Call and talk or send an email eh? Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted June 13, 2019 Share Posted June 13, 2019 My phone has an actual keyboard; unfortunately 5G is supposed to kill it off and finding a new one with a physical keyboard seems to be nigh on impossible. I keep hanging onto it hoping a retro craze will save me... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted June 14, 2019 Share Posted June 14, 2019 I want a cell with a rotary dial. I can't get Dan, Deb's son the IT to write the app either. What good is marrying into kids if you can't get them to do simple stuff for you? I liked my flip phone but when Verizon bought all the cell towers and took over services without paying roaming phones all needed the Verizon chip to work and gee whiz we had to buy new Iphones. <grrrrr> Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irondragon Forge ClayWorks Posted June 14, 2019 Share Posted June 14, 2019 I still have my old Motorola flip phone and love it and my plan $19.95 a month. It never bothers me with all the new gadgets. My wife on the other hand has a phone that is about the size of a tablet and it's always jingle jangling all day & night. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillyBones Posted June 14, 2019 Share Posted June 14, 2019 21 hours ago, Frosty said: I want a cell with a rotary dial. I have a rotary dialer on my Galaxy. It is just a digital app but it is kind of cool. The problem i have found though is i do not actually know anyones phone number anymore. If i need to call the woman, i just hit "old lady" the daughter "woman child" my dad "Geritol general" etc. 20 hours ago, Irondragon Forge & Clay said: always jingle jangling all day & night My old ladies did that for a while, she finally figured out how to turn off her notifications. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Sells Posted June 14, 2019 Share Posted June 14, 2019 Here is the download link https://blog.lostartpress.com/2013/05/13/free-download-joseph-moxons-mechanick-exercises/ https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015028306002&view=1up&seq=7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeremy k Posted June 15, 2019 Share Posted June 15, 2019 On 6/13/2019 at 7:29 PM, Frosty said: I want a cell with a rotary dial. Frosty - don't fret - there are rotary dial apps for cell phones you can download!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted June 15, 2019 Share Posted June 15, 2019 Thanks Jeremy but I realized Billy is right, I don't know anybody's number anymore. If they call I can save them by name or tell the phone to look them up. Yeah, I'm actually adapting . . . some. I do like being able to tell the phone to record audio of video verbally while it's in my pocket. "Hey (secret phone name) record video" or Audio. It's a handy thing in a single party consent state, such recordings are admissible in an Alaskan court of law. Thank you Steve! Oh NUTS. I think I downloaded it from this site already but can't find where it's saved or open a full screen view. Do I need to sign up with the site? Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLAG Posted June 15, 2019 Share Posted June 15, 2019 Steve, Thanks for the Hathi Trust pdf download reference of Moxon's book. It looks for a good read during the heat of late July and August. Regards, SLAG. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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