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Bummer | 7 comments (7 topical, editorial)
Re: Bummer (3.00 / 0) (#6)
by SparWeb (sparweb at ANTISPAM_hotmail_com) on Thu Apr 17th, 2008 at 04:24:54 PM MST
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Aw Dan that's just my worst nightmare, too.  If that happened to my tower it definitely would have bent in the middle, because I leave the cradle in place on the ground.  I don't quite picture which part of your tower is bent, but I'll take a guess.  The energy required to crush the root of the gin pole is the energy that was required to stop it from completely folding over.  You were lucky, there, too.  I bet it's not at the same angle it was at before.
I wouldn't salvage the "surviving" blade, if I were you.  Wood is resistant to impacts, and all that, but can you really be sure that there aren't a thousand little cracks through the lamination joints?

Maybe an burnt offering to Aeolus is called for?

Steven Fahey



Re: Bummer (3.00 / 0) (#7)
by JW on Fri Apr 18th, 2008 at 01:56:23 AM MST
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DanB,

 With the Title of this story, I was expecting to hear that you ran your steam engine on charcoal, by accident. :) [first time ive seen the board in a couple of days, just catching up][been very busy lately with 'projects']

I still like that slogan "We make electricity with trees that you hugged" Thats a classic...

"I received this in my inbox a couple weeks ago (posted with permission):   -DanB"

I think thats very cool of you Dan. It sets a good example for all of us. I think its good that you are highlighting Tim. Its amazing how far some users have actually gotten with projects.

Let alone the fact, you have preserved anonymity for Tim, from my perspective at least. I never speak openly about e-mails or private-messages(for the reader-I know we dont have pm's here) on a board without permission myself. Again very cool.

 Kinda makes me think, you can never always know, what any user of the board here, has actually accomplished.

Thank's for posting that Dan...

JW


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