http://www.thewoodentoymaker.com/images/paddlewheeler.jpg
Pretty neat. Not rocket science, but about anyone should be able
to look at the picture and make a decent version. If you worked at it a
bit, you could even make one that would float nicely, even power it.
JOAT
Rudeness is the weak man's imitation of strength.
- Eric Hoffer
On Thu, 21 Dec 2006 12:22:42 -0500, Joe Gorman <[email protected]>
wrote:
>J T wrote:
>> http://www.thewoodentoymaker.com/images/paddlewheeler.jpg
>>
>> Pretty neat. Not rocket science, but about anyone should be able
>> to look at the picture and make a decent version. If you worked at it a
>> bit, you could even make one that would float nicely, even power it.
>>
>>
>>
>> JOAT
>> Rudeness is the weak man's imitation of strength.
>> - Eric Hoffer
My Dad made one of those for me, when I was *this* tall. Maybe 8
years old. It was a piece of 1x8 pine with a small square "cabin".
The paddlewheel was powered by a rubber band. Yes, it did float. I
thought it was the neatest thing in the world.
Stuff like that makes me miss him a lot. Thanks for the memory.
Bob
Thu, Jan 4, 2007, 7:54am (EST+5) [email protected] (Bob=A0the=A0Tomato) doth
sayeth:
My Dad made one of those for me, when I was *this* tall. Maybe 8 years
old. It was a piece of 1x8 pine with a small square "cabin". The
paddlewheel was powered by a rubber band. Yes, it did float. I thought
it was the neatest thing in the world.
Stuff like that makes me miss him a lot. Thanks for the memory.
No prob. I had a number of those when I was a kid, but made 'em
myself. And, of course, rubber-band powered. We made our own darts too
- corncob, three chicken feathers in one end, nai point out in the other
end. They'd stick in the wood of a corn crib. Pretty much forgot about
that until now.
JOAT
To listen is an effort, and just to hear is no merit. A duck hears
also.
- Igor Stravinsky
J T wrote:
> http://www.thewoodentoymaker.com/images/paddlewheeler.jpg
>
> Pretty neat. Not rocket science, but about anyone should be able
> to look at the picture and make a decent version. If you worked at it a
> bit, you could even make one that would float nicely, even power it.
>
>
>
> JOAT
> Rudeness is the weak man's imitation of strength.
> - Eric Hoffer
>
Interesting, their site allows you to navigate up and over.
http://www.thewoodentoymaker.com/images/norm.jpg
Joe