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That'd be Loud Old Lathe. At least until he got the corners turned off. Steering was probably kinda tough.

Arch:

I'll go back to serious for a moment...

I knew a turner, a Mennonite in a conservative community in the north of Belize. They do not use electricity. So, he had rigged up a vw beetle engine and transmission to turn his lathe. It was a bit noisy, though. Also, I don't exactly understand why engines are ok and electricity is bad.

This group also would not drive cars with rubber tires. In their saw mill, though, they had fitted steel wheels, no rubber, to their log movers which made it ok. The saws were electrically driven but they generated the electricity themselves with a huge Cat generator.

Bill

Arch wrote:

Oh jeez Arch - I read that as Loony Old Lowe.

I think it has something to do with eschewing dependency on the outside world. Electricity comes from a power plant..........gasoline power is generated on site. I don't have a clue why a gasoline generator couldn't be used, or why gasoline power is okay even though gasoline comes from big oil companies.

Barry