My Amish buds have a similar set-up for their shop. They built a big
metal shed and poured a solid concrete floor with trenches in it to run
the shafts off a diesel engine. They have a bunch of really old big
stationary woodworking equipment, all driven off the shaft with belts.
They are
The way they described it to me (this was in the mid 80s) was that their
bishops decide what is acceptable or not as far as modern conveniences. From
what I could gather as long as it was something that was a necessity and
provided a direct benefit to the community in some way it could be
was previously a large piano/organ store), or bringing it down
from up north.
Gerry
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The way they described
I am willing to bet they are somehow connected with the community in Sarasota.
I know of an Amish retail furniture place in the Orlando area that is run by
members of this community. Pretty savvy bunch - they knew that being around the
attractions as they are known locally would bring them a
I was telling a guy yesterday, as we were stalling the belts on a jet
drill press about how I loved the old post drill with the automatic
feed (or manual) and if the drill did start to dig in, you just stop
the handle. It would go slow enough for 1/2 or larger drills and if
you had a small
Gerry Archer wrote:
They were very interested in our '67 200D; probably
because diesels were not as sinful as gasoline engines according to
their particular Amish sect.
My local sect can, if needed for business purposes (like a general contractor
for example) lease a motor vehicle, but
a term we used well over 50 years
ago to mean EARLY - TOO DAMNED EARLY.
Wilton
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Here's
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This talk of tobacco farms/barns makes me want to go find some of Aubrey
Bodine's prints...
--
John W Reames
several months later and was very disappointed to find
that the barn had been demolished.
Wilton
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My dad to this day leaves a little corner of bread on his plate after he
is finished eating. When I was little I used to tease him about this
habit, and he said it was because
I split 'baccer sticks for a while. That's about as close as I ever
got to the evil industry. I didn't mind splitting the sticks. I had
split enough farwood by then that I knew the splitting
characteristics well. I still love red oak!
I had such a hard life in them and around them, 'not
Might want to listen to this episode of Planet Money:
http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2013/03/05/173561926/episode-441-business-secrets-of-the-amish
Pretty interesting insight into how the Amish adapt to current society and its
needs with their businesses.
I used to do business with some of the
I was in the back end of a local electric motor shop and they were
using an old lathe built for a line shaft. (flat belt power) It has
been converted to electric motor. It works great and sounds great.
I worked on lots of cider presses that were built for line shaft
power. I always liked
Years ago I had a post drill which had automatic feed. You could put
about any size bit in, clamp your work on the table, and then start
hand-cranking. The automatic feeder would never cause the drill to dig in
to the steel and stall the drill or break the bit; providing, of course,
that you
Here's a true tale. Wilton can save it to read when he gets up with the
chickens in the morning: [:o)
Gerry
As a young 20-something, when I went to work as the night lab tech at the old
Tampa Municipal Hospital, I was in hog heaven; working amongst a gaggle of
young, single nurses. One
: Sunday, March 10, 2013 8:36 PM
Subject: [MBZ] How my marriage began
Here's a true tale. Wilton can save it to read when he gets up with the
chickens in the morning: [:o)
Gerry
As a young 20-something, when I went to work as the night lab tech at the
old Tampa Municipal Hospital, I
That's a good one! Thanks for sharing.
--
Max Dillon
Charleston SC
'95 E300, '87 300TD, '73 Balboa 20
Gerry Archer arche...@embarqmail.com wrote:
Here's a true tale. Wilton can save it to read when he gets up with
the chickens in the morning: [:o)
Gerry
As a young 20-something, when I went
] How my marriage began
Here's a true tale. Wilton can save it to read when he gets up with the
chickens in the morning: [:o)
Gerry
As a young 20-something, when I went to work as the night lab tech at the
old Tampa Municipal Hospital, I was in hog heaven; working amongst a
gaggle of young
Sent: Sunday, March 10, 2013 9:18 PM
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Father grew up on a farm that raised and cured tobacco as well as other
crops. Putting up the tobacco leaves on the sticks that were hung all
the way up to the top of the barn was not his favorite job as a kid.
Gerry
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