Nancy Laird
07-24-2007, 5:55 PM
As part of our vacation, we are touring the Western slope in Colorado, and came across Grand Mesa today - 10,800-plus feet at the summit. On the south side of the Mesa is a little town of Cedaredge, which contains a replica town called Pioneer Town. The blacksmith shop contains these two machines, which I thought would be of considerable interest to you Creekers:
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This lathe has to be at least 10 feet long! I couldn't get close enough to measure, but I think those are 2x12s on the floor in front of it.
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Look at the size of the bit in this drill press! It's probably 1-1/4" or more.
Both are powered by a belt drive with an electric motor driving it. It was fascinating.
Nancy
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This lathe has to be at least 10 feet long! I couldn't get close enough to measure, but I think those are 2x12s on the floor in front of it.
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Look at the size of the bit in this drill press! It's probably 1-1/4" or more.
Both are powered by a belt drive with an electric motor driving it. It was fascinating.
Nancy