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Gene,
In the book [u]A RIVER RUNS THROUGH IT, in the back, there are two short stories. One is about Maclean's summers working for the Montana Forestry service way back when. You might want to check it out. 
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I remember using, or rather trying to use one of those old grindstones on my great uncle's farm back in NE. I say 'trying to use' since my feet wouldn't reach the pedal.
It's amazing, to me anyway, what all folks got done in those days with nothing more than people power, with the assistance of a couple mules, horses or oxen.
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Why does that picture remind me of TMS?
Maybe it's the 'stach
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| DennisS wrote: | I remember using, or rather trying to use one of those old grindstones on my great uncle's farm back in NE. I say 'trying to use' since my feet wouldn't reach the pedal.
It's amazing, to me anyway, what all folks got done in those days with nothing more than people power, with the assistance of a couple mules, horses or oxen. |
We had a regular edge man who pedaled his way through the neighborhood and did anything from axes to scissors. He had a heck of a gear up on the two major stones. You could hear them singing halfway up the block. Finished on the big, slow sandstone. |
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| newtooth wrote: | Why does that picture remind me of TMS?
Maybe it's the 'stach |
Hey Newtooth,
Not me, but my maternal grandfather had one of those exact grinders on the old dairy farm. It was so old and wobbly though, that he used only one foot to power it, and the other firmly on the ground to steady himself as the seat moved side to side. 
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He's wearing my hat,...
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| tim eastman wrote: | | He's wearing my hat,... |
Naw, he's wearing Chance's hat.
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Gene
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| Verna wrote: | | tim eastman wrote: | | He's wearing my hat,... |
Naw, he's wearing Chance's hat.
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Hat's aside, I thought the proper technique was to keep your nose to the grindstone.
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