Has anyone heard from Pitchy lately?
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- 2ndovc
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Has anyone heard from Pitchy lately?
Hope everything is ok!
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Re: Has anyone heard from Pitchy lately?
No... I just thought of Lenn earlier this evening...
Gee, his last sign-on was back on the 9th (2.5 weeks ago); let's just hope he's off hunting or taking a break.
I will try to reach him and check in.
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Gee, his last sign-on was back on the 9th (2.5 weeks ago); let's just hope he's off hunting or taking a break.
I will try to reach him and check in.
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Re: Has anyone heard from Pitchy lately?
I pm'd him today, asking him if he's OK. No response so far.
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Re: Has anyone heard from Pitchy lately?
His health has not been good, and getting worse. I hope and pray Lenn is OK.
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Re: Has anyone heard from Pitchy lately?
I only Hope He is just very busy getting firewood finished up before winter . He goes through a lot of wood each winter. Prayers up.
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Re: Has anyone heard from Pitchy lately?
I have his ph# and will give it a try later this morning.
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Re: Has anyone heard from Pitchy lately?
Thanks for asking gents, been busy with wood and feeling poorly.
Made this Benjamin Franklin Bells, guess he made a big one and had it in a building and when a storm approached it rang.
Video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4Ztdlq4AF4
I also have a Wimshurst generator on order so i can shock the heck out of something.
Made this Benjamin Franklin Bells, guess he made a big one and had it in a building and when a storm approached it rang.
Video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4Ztdlq4AF4
I also have a Wimshurst generator on order so i can shock the heck out of something.
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Re: Has anyone heard from Pitchy lately?
Good to see you're still alive and well.
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Re: Has anyone heard from Pitchy lately?
Cool beans Lenn.... I'd never seen that apparatus before...
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Nice gadget! glad you're still making cool stuff...
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Re: Has anyone heard from Pitchy lately?
More Cool stuff Pitchy, Glad Your up and about. .
Re: Has anyone heard from Pitchy lately?
Glad to see you are ok. Hope you feel better.
Neat job with the bells. Never saw that before.
Neat job with the bells. Never saw that before.
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Re: Has anyone heard from Pitchy lately?
Thanks fellers, been dabbling with the static electricity a bit kinda interesting.
As the humidity is still high it`s amazing i can get anything to work, after it gets cold and get the big stove going we won`t be able to walk across the room without getting shocked.
When i get the beast machine i`ll post a video, it will jump a two inch spark.
Yep got the wood all up about 12-15 cords was a killer but got er done, get through deer season then it`s settle in for the rest of the winter in peace.
As the humidity is still high it`s amazing i can get anything to work, after it gets cold and get the big stove going we won`t be able to walk across the room without getting shocked.
When i get the beast machine i`ll post a video, it will jump a two inch spark.
Yep got the wood all up about 12-15 cords was a killer but got er done, get through deer season then it`s settle in for the rest of the winter in peace.
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Re: Has anyone heard from Pitchy lately?
I like it!!!
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Re: Has anyone heard from Pitchy lately?
Those bells are neat! Never heard of them before, ol Franklin was no dummy!
I'll be waiting to see something get shocked!
Glad you got firewood put up.
I'll be waiting to see something get shocked!
Glad you got firewood put up.
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Re: Has anyone heard from Pitchy lately?
Thanks Griff and Gunny, what i learned about static electricity it travels on the surface of things even wood as ya can see in the video.
The current goes across the wood stick on top and down to the bell on the wood rod which charges it , the other bell is grounded so it dups it`s charge when it hits it.
Here`s a Utube vid about how it works.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BL3mSpnJXLo
The current goes across the wood stick on top and down to the bell on the wood rod which charges it , the other bell is grounded so it dups it`s charge when it hits it.
Here`s a Utube vid about how it works.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BL3mSpnJXLo
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Re: Has anyone heard from Pitchy lately?
"Yep got the wood all up about 12-15 cords was a killer but got er done, get through deer season then it`s settle in for the rest of the winter in peace. "
Not as cold here, but we go through about 8-9 cords, and I only have 2 at present.....so we are 'rationing' right now and keep the house at a toasty 62-64 degrees...
Not as cold here, but we go through about 8-9 cords, and I only have 2 at present.....so we are 'rationing' right now and keep the house at a toasty 62-64 degrees...
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Re: Has anyone heard from Pitchy lately?
60`s is pretty chilly that`s about all were running now as we don`t have the wood stove fired up yet, we are using a electric backup heater now. 220v.AJMD429 wrote: ↑Fri Oct 29, 2021 6:45 am "Yep got the wood all up about 12-15 cords was a killer but got er done, get through deer season then it`s settle in for the rest of the winter in peace. "
Not as cold here, but we go through about 8-9 cords, and I only have 2 at present.....so we are 'rationing' right now and keep the house at a toasty 62-64 degrees...
Got 5 cords of dry oak slabs sawed up for the shop stove and the rest is a mix of popular and birch for the house.
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Re: Has anyone heard from Pitchy lately?
Glad to see you're still experimenting, and having fun Lenn! Been missing your updates and thought maybe you'd run out of ideas, or hunkered down for the winter!
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Re: Has anyone heard from Pitchy lately?
Thanks Marlinman.
Made another one on a old horseshoe today.
Made another one on a old horseshoe today.
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Re: Has anyone heard from Pitchy lately?
have to say, I was a bit relieved when you answered my text the other day. Cool stuff as always.
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Re: Has anyone heard from Pitchy lately?
So when will we see a video of these in action?
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Re: Has anyone heard from Pitchy lately?
+1
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Re: Has anyone heard from Pitchy lately?
There is a video of the first one in post one, the Wimshurst machine should be here Tuesday.
After i get that so i can put a steady charge on things i`ll make some more video`s.
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Re: Has anyone heard from Pitchy lately?
Thanks Lenn! I missed that, and looks like fun!
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Re: Has anyone heard from Pitchy lately?
Just made a small one, the beast machine should be here by Tuesday then we can see them go better.
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Re: Has anyone heard from Pitchy lately?
Love the bells, Lenn. Glad you got your wood put up so you could get back to your swell experiments.
Re: Has anyone heard from Pitchy lately?
Thanks Bill, should be a shocking week.
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Re: Has anyone heard from Pitchy lately?
Of coarse it arrived broken so in contact with seller now so might be a delay.
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Re: Has anyone heard from Pitchy lately?
They`er sending out a new one today so maybe i`ll get it by weeks end.
In the mean time here`s a handy tool ya can make for twisting wire.
Video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s5CEOeWyQis
In the mean time here`s a handy tool ya can make for twisting wire.
Video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s5CEOeWyQis
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that's a slick one. thanks for the clue
Re: Has anyone heard from Pitchy lately?
Thanks Grizz, i used a 1/4 inch bolt for this one i`d go with a 5/16th if i make another.
There isn`t enough room on a 1/4 to miss the shank when the bit come through, i broke two bits making that one.
Beats the heck outta twisting by hand.
There isn`t enough room on a 1/4 to miss the shank when the bit come through, i broke two bits making that one.
Beats the heck outta twisting by hand.
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Re: Has anyone heard from Pitchy lately?
And mean while, made this apple picker toy yesterday it`s 20 inches tall and uses 1 inch balls.
Video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4spMCHOXWQ
Video
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Re: Has anyone heard from Pitchy lately?
In the mean time we made this vintage horse racing toy.
Video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_p_lyiyZpY
Video
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Re: Has anyone heard from Pitchy lately?
Don`t look like the beast is coming today, FedEX tracking shows today delivery but says arrived in Chicago at 8 o'clock this morning so i don`t think it`s going to make it too Minnesota.
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Re: Has anyone heard from Pitchy lately?
Sorry to hear that Lenn but can I put $5.oo on the yellow
Nice looking carousel...
Nice looking carousel...
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Thanks John, chances of picking a horse and winning are slim.
Gave it a spin gray won sorry.
Gave it a spin gray won sorry.
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Re: Has anyone heard from Pitchy lately?
That figurers......never had any luck with the horses...
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Re: Has anyone heard from Pitchy lately?
Ok fellers the Wimshurst machine came today, here`s a pic and some video`s.
Comments appreciated.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8HWhGKr6Ns
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYiApDHiJFU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7Z7ndKENNQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0gHwI-c77Y
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Adw7cu8jrdI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YhZ5p2mtaJ0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcY9UM75Kww
Comments appreciated.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8HWhGKr6Ns
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYiApDHiJFU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7Z7ndKENNQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0gHwI-c77Y
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Adw7cu8jrdI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YhZ5p2mtaJ0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcY9UM75Kww
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Fascinating stuff Lenn, long time since I took in any science education, I will have to read up on this...
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Re: Has anyone heard from Pitchy lately?
Thanks John, this morning i made a copy of ole Bens house where he set up a lightening rod and connected it too some bells.
If a storm was in the area the bells would ring but if lightening hit the lightening rod it would jump a spark on the bells and light up the whole room.
His wife hatted it i`ve read and i can see why.
Video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ku7l_djtkF4
If a storm was in the area the bells would ring but if lightening hit the lightening rod it would jump a spark on the bells and light up the whole room.
His wife hatted it i`ve read and i can see why.
Video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ku7l_djtkF4
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Re: Has anyone heard from Pitchy lately?
Hey Lenn, just the sort of thing that would look good on the reloading bench especially if you are a bit sloppy with the Black Powder..... and if you had a full size room with a lightening conducter it would make a perfect guest room for snowflakes...
I said my science was more than a bit rusty but now I have learned that these machines were used to power up X-ray tubes that require high voltage...
I said my science was more than a bit rusty but now I have learned that these machines were used to power up X-ray tubes that require high voltage...
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Re: Has anyone heard from Pitchy lately?
Thanks John i can always count on you to reply Yep i read about the x-ray stuff also.
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Re: Has anyone heard from Pitchy lately?
Looks like Frankenstein's lab.
Good stuff!
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Good stuff!
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Re: Has anyone heard from Pitchy lately?
Thanks Jason, some of those old time inventors might of been scary to hang around.
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Re: Has anyone heard from Pitchy lately?
Probably why the nickname "Lefty" was so popular in those days!
I had an uncle that was a chemist for Sherwin Williams many years ago. He blew up his share of experiments.
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I had an uncle that was a chemist for Sherwin Williams many years ago. He blew up his share of experiments.
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when i was in grade school in Phoenix i had a friend who was into ham radio, as was his Dad, an engineer for Motorola I think. Anyway, his Dad had a 1/4 wave 80 M vertical antenna on top of his house. 60 some feet high! When there were electrical storms 200 miles away in the mountains the static charge was so high that you could draw big sparks, inches long and fat ones, off the knife switch that grounded the antenna in electric weather. the kind of spark that can knock someone on their can. friend had a big capacitor that he would charge off of the antenna, then we could get several more big sparks. what fun!Pitchy wrote: ↑Tue Nov 09, 2021 12:59 pm Thanks John, this morning i made a copy of ole Bens house where he set up a lightening rod and connected it too some bells.
If a storm was in the area the bells would ring but if lightening hit the lightening rod it would jump a spark on the bells and light up the whole room.
His wife hatted it i`ve read and i can see why.
Video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ku7l_djtkF4
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Re: Has anyone heard from Pitchy lately?
That machine is quite something Lenn. Someone put a lot of energy and expertise into building it. Fascinating. I had an uncle who was on the faculty at Oklahoma State and he was always coming up with interesting experiments. When he retired he wanted to fix tvs so he went back to school and got a degree in physics. Yeah, he rubbed off on me.
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Re: Has anyone heard from Pitchy lately?
Thanks Grizz and Ron, yep static electricity is weird negative being drawn to positive same as lightening.
Yep the Wimshurst is quite a machine and works well this one is sold by Eisco and seems well made.
I did see a video of a guy that made a big one that was about30 foot tall, there was a storm about ten miles away and the bells were moving back and forth.
It was out doors which is a smart move because lightening is probably going to hit it eventually.
Building and experimenting is kind of in my blood as i`m supposed to be related to Sir Isaac Newton.
Yep the Wimshurst is quite a machine and works well this one is sold by Eisco and seems well made.
I did see a video of a guy that made a big one that was about30 foot tall, there was a storm about ten miles away and the bells were moving back and forth.
It was out doors which is a smart move because lightening is probably going to hit it eventually.
Building and experimenting is kind of in my blood as i`m supposed to be related to Sir Isaac Newton.
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Re: Has anyone heard from Pitchy lately?
Hey Lenn, if you are a relation of Sir Isaac Newton is your favourite song... "Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree"
You must have something creative in your blood as you just keep coming up with more and more fascinating stuff...
You must have something creative in your blood as you just keep coming up with more and more fascinating stuff...
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