Theo: There is at least one set of "plans" on the web, as well as countless articles and photos. I cannot imagine that in Africa there are not a number of...
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Pat Delany
rigmatch
Dec 21, 2012 4:55 pm
Late or not, a GREAT job! Pat ________________________________ From: Shannon DeWolfe <sdewolfe@...> To: multimachine@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday,...
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Larry Bentley
waterpumptech
Dec 22, 2012 12:37 am
Howard is right the cable tool machine can drill just about anything and the EMAS videos on youtube and Vimeo show very basic low tech ways of using homemade...
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StoneTool
owly055
Dec 22, 2012 4:50 am
Larry: Actually cable tool works fine in sand and gravel. You start a piece of casing and the casing follows the drill right down. With a rotary machine in...
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T T
taylor_theo
Dec 22, 2012 7:28 am
Hi! I have been researching on the web methods on how to drill and how to make the bits etc. What intrigues me is that in various articles I have read they...
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Pat Delany
rigmatch
Dec 22, 2012 5:13 pm
Thanks guys! When Jeremmy gets over his bouts of malaria and typhoid we will narrow down the problem. Pat ________________________________ From: T T...
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Shannon DeWolfe
s.dewolfe
Dec 22, 2012 6:31 pm
I followed the link to wellspringafrica.org in a post by Larry Bentley. (Thank you, Larry!) I have wondered why attempts to help poor people consist of...
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David G. LeVine
sirdave144
Dec 22, 2012 10:51 pm
... Copper, brass and bronzes were common at that time. Hard copper runs Rockwell F of 87, and strengths of 48 KSI. High strength aluminum bronzes run Brinell...
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Pat Delany
rigmatch
Dec 23, 2012 4:12 pm
Shannon I could not agree more. The only way projects work over the long run is if someone has a financial stake in it. The MM changed from a hobby project to...
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oldhermit
Dec 24, 2012 12:14 pm
Shannon, That was fascinating. Harold...
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oldhermit
Dec 24, 2012 12:21 pm
I believe it was Christmas of '62 that I watched our local well driller deepen my grandfather's well with a cable rig. You've brought back memories. Harold...
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Shannon DeWolfe
s.dewolfe
Dec 29, 2012 1:38 pm
Greetings all, I was contacted by the granddaughter of L.I. Yeomans's personal secretary. I am very grateful that she took the time to let me know that her...
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drpshops@...
drpshops
Dec 29, 2012 5:41 pm
Hi Group If I was building the spindle, would an inch& half (1.500) shaft work? Would a needle bearing work as a thrust bearing on the front, the chuck end? ...
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David G. LeVine
sirdave144
Dec 29, 2012 11:39 pm
... It should, I would suggest that DOM tubing might be a better choice (since the through hole will already be there), as long as you can cut threads. ... ...
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keith gutshall
drpshops
Dec 30, 2012 12:28 am
Hi David
I was planing on use a piece of DOM tube,1.500Â OD with a 0.750 ID for
 the spindle. That will fit a #3 morse taper in the end.
Â
 I was going to...
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David G. LeVine
sirdave144
Dec 30, 2012 1:36 am
... Sounds good to me. ... Sounds like a poor choice to me. If you look at the thrust bearing, it needs two precisely machined surfaces on which to run. In...
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David G. LeVine
sirdave144
Dec 30, 2012 1:43 am
... The problem here is that as the bit "bites", the shaft will move out and then, chatter central. Dave 8{) -- /"Among the many misdeeds of British rule in...
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Theodore Hahn
greengrowing...
Dec 30, 2012 11:42 am
Thank you very interesting, T.J. ________________________________ From: Shannon DeWolfe <sdewolfe@...> To: multimachine@yahoogroups.com Sent:...
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Shannon DeWolfe
s.dewolfe
Dec 30, 2012 6:28 pm
Yesterday I had a very entertaining conversation with Mrs. Lyons, daughter of the personal secretary of L.I. Yeomans. Well, conversation is a bit of a stretch....
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Shannon DeWolfe
s.dewolfe
Dec 30, 2012 6:39 pm
This has nothing to do with the multimachine, the concrete lathe, nor anything else remotely to do with those machines. An article about L.I. Yeomans mother: ...
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GGB
girlguidebis...
Dec 30, 2012 7:31 pm
Personal stories from yesteryear always hit a soft spot with me. It seems the lady may have been referring, in terms of bridges, to the N. Wells St bridge...
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Pat Delany
rigmatch
Dec 31, 2012 5:22 pm
Wonderful job Shannon! This could be important if the concrete tool idea ever takes off. ________________________________ From: Shannon DeWolfe...
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Pat
rigmatch
Dec 31, 2012 5:33 pm
I hate to start something I don't really understand but one of my sons (who makes his living at things like this) has convinced me that Twitter is the best way...
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pokerbacken
Dec 31, 2012 5:34 pm
Hi new to the list. when searching the list for alignment tools I have found the "carpenter square plum-level" in the files section but not the "mirror"...
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Pierre Coueffin
darkblood_
Dec 31, 2012 9:47 pm
Things may have changed since I last looked into Twitter, but several years ago I dismissed this tool as being a frivolous waste of effort. My problem is that...
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Adam Simmons
xyrth
Dec 31, 2012 9:53 pm
If time and effort should be put into anything, it should be a wiki. Twitter would be good for linking to updates of builds, and short answers to questions. ...
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Pat Delany
rigmatch
Dec 31, 2012 10:49 pm
I don't like Twitter either! However my son assures me that it is the best way to reach people that are otherwise unreachable and he sent me a series of steps...
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StoneTool
owly055
Jan 1, 2013 2:42 am
I have yet to figure out what to use twitter for??? I do use as similar site a bit called Stock Twits, but it is easy to configure to generate relevant...
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David G. LeVine
sirdave144
Jan 1, 2013 7:30 am
... I don't like Twitter either. I would suggest Facebook as a better choice. Dave 8{) Not a twit... -- /"Among the many misdeeds of British rule in India,...
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mlsmith@...
mlsmith201
Jan 1, 2013 1:02 pm
Probably need both. Younger folks are all about Facebook, twitter, etc. Some of us "more experienced" (read: "Old, and stuck in our ways") folks are email /...
