[Vwdiesel] Rabbit droppings # 167 --( The German Blacksmith and Hagar meets )

[gary]

In the Navy,

We called that nut the "Jesus" nut. One for the main rotor head, and
another for the tail rotor.

For good reason...

-Gary



On Wed, 2005-06-22 at 13:46 -0700, H . Hagar. wrote:
> Era about 1962 ----to 1965 .,        Hagar was making a " Bensen GYROCOPTER "
> spindle ---the bolt that holds everything ----It fails at 10 000 feet --? you die .
> 
> Getting the right stuff was out of the question due to cost.      Then someone (smart)
> suggested --that I go see the  "BLACKSMITH"  at Western Canada Steel.
> 
> I found him OK ---BUT   is was close to lunch time .   Now any of my American friends
> who suggest that this man was a blacksmith -because  he could NOT make Brain Surgeon ?
> is out to lunch.
> 
> Whatever  -----NEVER NEVER NEVER rush a Master.----So I waited.        He did NOT use the Union lunchroom .    -----It was a fantastic summers day and he got his folding card table out
> A nice checkered tablecloth   --and he opened his Lunchbox ----you get the picture ?
> 
> His lunch was GERMAN for sure ---NOT like my balony sandwich.    ----He studied the drawing
> and asked the use ----ah he said you need gutes stahl --jah ? ----I said nothing but the best will do.
> 
> He said   jah like Krupp Stahl. ?----------
> 
> After lunch  ---slightly longer than normal ---EH ? ---he took me to the scrap steel pile.
> He selected a truck axle   and struck it with a small hammer.  -----listened real carefully
> and said --NEIN --- then he found another one ---and he said ---JAH --SHOEHN-----.
> Now this guy had all that was required in his shop.     A  forge an anvil and a  Steam Hammer
> (electric)-----and in NO Time I had the most superb spindle ----forged steel  , this world ever
> saw. ----Trust me.
> 
> We have a resident Blacksmith -----James Hansen  ---- and this Tale is in part for him.
> 
> Danny Kay ----explained that he liked playing   Hans Christian Andersen  --partly because
> his Father was a Cobbler. (a good one )
> 
> If you do OLD Rabbits ?------the Danish Blacksmith Petersen ----is your friend.
> He invented the Vice Grip. Pliers.  ---- are they great ? or what.
> 
> Someday -- maybe I shall tell you about the Danish coppersmith ? ---a MASTER
> craftsman. ------He was doing the  Brewing Kettles for Danish beer at the time..
> 
> ----    --- WHY is a Blacksmith ?      called BLACK ?  --------
> 
> Whatever when you meet (and I hope you do) a real MASTER of anything   a Painter like VerMeer  Rembrandt ---
> or ?   ----- Mozart -----or any GENIOUS ---   now that is an experience you will NEVER
> forget .  -----Trust me .-----I wound up working with one ---WOW ----I was senior -----but
> I shall always treasure that experience,.
> 
> THAT was one smart kid-----Jack McNeil   or something like that. (O'Niel ?).
> 
> Ah shit   Hagar is rambling ---again.
> 
> Hagar.
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