[SEL] Curved spokes ...engine rotation

[Curt]

Hey Ron, where is your sense of excitement? I'm certain you recall the 
stories of "Maytag roulette" that Fred and the shop boys would play 
during after hours binge drinking at the washer factory. The last job of 
the day on Fridays in the lathe department was to opposite thread both a 
crankshaft and flywheel for the evening festivities.  The assembly 
department would tightly affix the flywheel as best they could so as to 
extent the anticipation as long as possible.  After much consumption of 
corn distillate, a spare kick starter was spun on the floor to decide 
which of the fellows standing in the circle around the running Maytag 
would be next to stand in the flywheel path. What ever unlucky sot took 
eventually took the flywheel in the shins and up the chin was still 
expect to report for work come Monday, for as we know, Fred was a bastard!
Reenactments of these glory daze can still be observed at events like 
Portland, whereas if you actually see a running Maytag there will 
certainly be a group of chaps standing around shaking their heads at the 
smoky beast all wondering if they are the next victim. :-)
See ya,
Curt Holland
Gastonia, NC


MaytagTwin at aol.com wrote:

>Hi Rob,
>I think I'll go out to the Maytag Shed and equip my favorite engines each 
>with a compass, so that on overcast days I can align the engine in such a manner 
>as to keep the flywheels tight while running. 
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>Were it not for your kindness in sharing this critical information, many 
>lives could have been lost should one of the Maytag flywheels loosen, fall free 
>while turning, and run amok through the crowd.
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>Thank you.
>Ron
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