[SEL] Small scale machining...

[frank skinner]

Hi Reg;

Same here & I'm just 64, but my grandfarher was my mentor & could do anything 

& was born in 1881, self tought & had books on everything one could imagine.

Thank god there was no TV or computers back then ;-}

 

I remember making a rope making machine, I guess I was around 12 Y/O or so

I showed it to my dad, he said it was great, then said, you know, 

"rope has been made for a couple thousand years "

I really thought I was on to something  LOL

        Franklin S. Skinner 
    Marine Surveyor & Consultant 
3428 Talon Court Wilmington NC 28409 
       34'10.9 North 74'52.4 West 
PH 910-791-8870 Cell 910-612-7470



 
> From: randmingold at hotkey.net.au
> To: sel at lists.stationary-engine.com
> Date: Sat, 20 Jun 2009 19:35:18 +1000
> Subject: Re: [SEL] Small scale machining...
> 
> Hey Frank, I am 73 and I can remember my Dad having a lot of back issues of 
> Popular Mechanics in a bookcase in my bedroom.( I was about 8 or 9 then)
> They were from the early 30s ish. I wandered the pages over the years and, 
> to this day, remember vaguely some of the articles. (And the covers). There 
> were a lot of predictions that came into being many years later. In those 
> days, in the backstreets of London, the chances of ever making things shown 
> in them was a far distant dream. But, I did dream! (Grin).
> Perhaps that is why I enjoy what I do these days so much.
> That magazine opened the imagination in a way that seems impossible today, 
> with video games, etc.
> However, your mail opened the doors of memories long thought forgotten.
> Thanks.
> Reg.
> 
> 
> Reg & Marg Ingold.
> Newcastle, NSW, Australia.
> randmingold at hotkey.net.au
> http://www.oldengine.org/members/randmingold
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "frank skinner" <marinesurveys at msn.com>
> To: "AA_OLD ENGINE" <sel at lists.stationary-engine.com>
> Sent: Saturday, June 20, 2009 7:03 PM
> Subject: Re: [SEL] Small scale machining...
> 
> 
> >
> > Dave;
> >
> > Thanks for the posting, reminds me of some things when i was a kid,
> >
> > that were in "Popular Mechanics" " Build this at home".
> >
> > Franklin S. Skinner
> > Marine Surveyor & Consultant
> > 3428 Talon Court Wilmington NC 28409
> > 34'10.9 North 74'52.4 West
> > PH 910-791-8870 Cell 910-612-7470
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >> Date: Sat, 20 Jun 2009 04:38:20 -0400
> >> To: sel at lists.stationary-engine.com
> >> From: kosh at ncweb.com
> >> Subject: [SEL] Small scale machining...
> >>
> >> http://www.shorpy.com/node/6328?size=_original
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Dave Merchant
> >> kosh at nesys.com
> >> nesys_com at ameritech.net
> >> dmerchant at layerzero.com
> >>
> >> http://www.nesys.com
> >> http://www.nesys.org
> >> YouTube: SteamCrane
> >>
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