Our Liftmaster gate opener quit last week, and we overhauled it with parts from a damaged actuator that we stashed years ago. It is a relief to have it working again without having to buy parts and pay for service calls.
Showing posts with label gadgets. Show all posts
Showing posts with label gadgets. Show all posts
Thursday, February 22, 2024
Monday, October 30, 2023
Electric Cider Press!
No hand cranking for this bunch. The folks who run Greenfield Grocery have a modern cider press with a hydraulic ram that gets every bit of juice from the apples.
Back To The Old Grind!
Sunday, October 29, 2023
De-Hull Your Walnuts For Cracking This Winter
Ozzie's Oddities has some pretty neat stuff on YouTube.
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Monday, June 19, 2023
Sunday, May 14, 2023
Thursday, January 12, 2023
Mechanical Music At A Whole Different Level
Tuning and maintaining one of these would be well beyond the abilities of most owners.
Thursday, September 8, 2022
Corncrib Capstan Winch
I think this was used in a corn crib. It would be a perfect tool for lifting the front of a wagon to dump corn or wheat into the drag for a bucket elevator. The top unlatches so you can flip a line around it. Rig the line to lift from the ceiling to a snatch block and hook then back to the ceiling, and you pull with two lines.
Sunday, June 12, 2022
Thursday, December 9, 2021
Everything But The Music Box!
One of my favorite poems has come true! Robert W. Service published this gem in his final volume in 1955. It should have more fame. Read to the end and see what is available in the marketplace today!
Toilet Seats, by Robert W. Service
While I am emulating Keats
My brother fabrics toilet seats,
The which, they say, are works of art,
Aesthetic features of the mart;
So exquisitely are they made
With plastic of a pastel shade,
Of topaz, ivory or rose,
Inviting to serene repose.
Rajahs I'm told have seats of gold,--
(They must, I fear, be very cold).
But Tom's have thermostatic heat,
With sympathy your grace to greet.
Like silver they are neon lit,
Making a halo as you sit:
Then lo! they play with dulcet tone
A melody by Mendelssohn.
Oh were I lyrical as Yeats
I would not sing of toilet seats,
But rather serenade a star,--
Yet I must take things as they are.
For even kings must coyly own
Them as essential as a throne:
So as I tug the Muse's teats
I envy Tom his toilet seats.
A Dream Come True!
Sunday, July 18, 2021
Weekend Steam II: We Don't Need No Stinking Steam Engine!
This is one of the neatest things I've seen!
Monday, May 31, 2021
I'd Probably Just Go To A Tool Rental...
...but here's how you can make your own! Thanks for the link, Zeke!
Back To The Old Grind!
Monday, March 16, 2020
Tuesday Torque: Super Slingshots
The Slingshot Channel is always fun to watch. These big slingshots are powered up with a windlass, and that takes torque, so here you go!
Sunday, March 1, 2020
Sunday, February 16, 2020
Sunday, February 9, 2020
These Things Keep Popping Up On Sunday Nights!
Back To The Old Grind! Photo Credit: Engineering Johnson
Friday, September 6, 2019
Many Things To Share From Rollag
There are buildings full of many wonderful things at the Western Minnesota Threshers Reunion. This brief video is from the Hot Air Engine Shed.
Sunday, July 21, 2019
Sunday, July 14, 2019
Revisiting Wildcat Den Mill: A Post From Ten Years Ago
This mill has most of the machinery that was used when it produced flour and corn meal. There are lots of elevators and chutes for moving product around to various bins, and there are rolling machines, plus quite large stone bur mills for making flour and corn meal. Wildcat Den is worthy of your time if you ever are in the area near Muscatine, Iowa. Back To The Old Grind!
Sunday, May 19, 2019
Sunday, May 5, 2019
An Oldie, and Now, A Goodie!
Here's a good look at the process of bringing an old tool back to life.
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