Another Find for the Rustic Shop

Rick Marchand

Rick Marchand

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After 2yrs, I finally talked the lady down the street out of her garden decoration. She said that her flowers looked prety on it. I'm not afraid to admit that I offered $250 for it last year. I go by this thing everyday and something told me that today was the day. I told her I would give her $250 again and she smiled... "You really do want that grinder don't you?.... okay... how bout $100?" :eek::confused::D:thumbup:

What a gal...... took long enough, though.:mad::rolleyes:


The wheel is 24"dia and in decent shape. It spins silently and effortlessly. Persistence pays off!

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What a find! And what a deal!

Cool stuff Rick, can't wait to see what you do with it! :thumbup:
 
the frame is gorgeous.
I've got a couple replacement stones for ya, if you wanna come get 'em. :-D

It doesn't hold a candle to my riding whetstone, tho. Yeah, baby. motorized, and it's on wheels.
 
Rick,

Did you know norton might make you a stone that big? I was looking at large grinding stones awhile back.

Edit; 24" wheel, yup i'm pretty sure they can do that. Off to google.
 
I take my Bud straight......straight to the sink and pour it out. Then I go get a real beer.

To sweeten the deal, I'll toss in a Cuban cigar and a sip of non-allowed beverage :)
 
Do you normally pedal these things toward you or away?

I am also thinking about a water drip but want to keep it low-tech enough to fit in a "rustic" set up. Any suggestions?
 
Rick Marchand said:
Do you normally pedal these things toward you or away?

I am also thinking about a water drip but want to keep it low-tech enough to fit in a "rustic" set up. Any suggestions?
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Could you just mount a tank above it and punch a small hole in it? Then gravity would do the work for you, you'd just have to fill it up every time you wanted to use it. Sounds rustic to me.
 
I'm really impressed that it runs with no rust in the bearings and no red rust on the frame.

I'd want to build in a larger water tank and a simple 1-4 turn spigot type, or brass needle valve, still very rustic but less fetching for water and the ability to adjust flow
 
Very nice.

Let me guess since it is rust free you made it all pretty for us before you took the pict ? :)
 
AVigil said:
Very nice.

Let me guess since it is rust free you made it all pretty for us before you took the pict ? :)
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:o.... maybe just a little.:D. It did have rusty bearings but the frame was rust free. I scrubbed a bit of moss from the wheel and hit the frame with some BBQ paint. For being outside, she took good care of it and claimed that her husband sharpended tools on it. It was in working condition where it stood, so I have no doubt it was used from time to time. Why do you think I was after it for 2yrs?:thumbup:;)
 
Rick Marchand said:
Do you normally pedal these things toward you or away?

I am also thinking about a water drip but want to keep it low-tech enough to fit in a "rustic" set up. Any suggestions?
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I'm pretty sure it's pedal towards, and I'd put a water pan under it (something like a drywall mudder's trough) -- the stone will carry the water all the way around so long as you're not spinning it too fast and you won't have to add water as often.
 
Too neat. Well done. I'd offer to pedal but knees ain't so good. Let us see some results?
Might have to "Huck Finn" a couple of folks to get some work done
Dozier
 
Low-tech drip suggestion:

you could use a motorcycle gas tank shutoff valve with a vacuum shut-off. You attach a small hose to the valve and suck on it to open the valve. I had to drain a gas tank before of old gas and I put a turkey baster on the hose to hold a siphon while the gas drained.

something like this:
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I forgot to mention that I saw a grinder just like that sell at a local auction for $400 about a month ago.
 
I haven't used one for lo these many years. But when I did, I learned to spin the wheel away from me. As if it was a motorcycle wheel driving forward. The body of the knife/axe/hoe was braced against that tool rest and held edge up against the tire. I mean grinding wheel.
 
We have a lot of those in this part of the country, although I've not seen one that nice here. Usually I see them rusted to ruin, with badly out of round wheels. Nice score.
 
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