Members Rahere Posted July 3, 2021 Members Report Posted July 3, 2021 Which also is a cheap source for 3-d printer feed materials, cuts down on recycling, etc etc. Quote
MikeRock Posted July 3, 2021 Report Posted July 3, 2021 I know that. She was asking for the machines. The splitter was illustrated with the first. I figured there are enough youtube movies she'd have gotten the point. Been making ropes since 1962 when we had the ranch in North Dakota. A hand on the ranch told a story once of making a hawser sized rope. The fellow he was making it for had a nice big truck. Rope maker tied of the far end to the towing ring and told the truck guy to put in in gear so it would move as the rope shortened. The rope machine was put on a large timber, propped up behind the timbers on a barn door.....big stuff, 4"x12" stuff. After walking all afternoon with the balls of twine, laying the rope, he started cranking, and cranking..... He was sure the truck was moving, the rope got tighter and tighter.....but he was sure the truck was moving. All of a sudden the barn door timber gave way, the machine and a days worth of work and twine shot out toward the truck and ended up in a heap. The fellow had put the truck in 'low, low' gear......It was my friends fault for not checking. He pulled out the undamaged rope machine and set the whole pile of twine on fire. He charged the guy for all the twines and made him a rope using a small tractor in high gear to pull against. Quote
Members Rahere Posted July 3, 2021 Members Report Posted July 3, 2021 (edited) Said dangerous clown's gone. He missed some important pointers, they're in the TKOR demo. My great granddad died cut in half when a hawser snapped, he was on a tug shifting a battleship in Portsmouth Harbour. Heavy engineering kit demands standards, not good-ole-boy tractors. This is what has caused around 150 deaths in Miami, My Dad, he wrote the ISO standard for pressure vessels used in the current and all likely future nuclear reactors. I've an honour to match. And zero patience with mouthy redneck farmers. Edited July 3, 2021 by Rahere Quote
Members kiwibraider Posted July 5, 2021 Author Members Report Posted July 5, 2021 Thank you both again for all your help, especially for those photos and videos as well! They were very helpful. It’s an art that no one here is willing to share any information on, there’s only one person who is currently twisting mecates so I really had no idea where I should be starting, but I’m making progress down the right track now thanks to you all have a wonderful day Quote
Members oltoot Posted September 2, 2021 Members Report Posted September 2, 2021 And a book by Julie Hough on horsehair Quote
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