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  #391  
Old Mon 10 October 2011, 19:34
domino11
Just call me: Heath
 
Cornwall, Ontario
Canada
Gerald,
I think that timer you have would make filming a CNC machine cutting look a lot better.
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  #392  
Old Wed 12 October 2011, 04:35
Gerald D
Just call me: Gerald (retired)
 
Cape Town
South Africa
Somebody else's GoPro footage from a helmet camera: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2oymHHyV1M. See how a cyclist gets attacked . . .
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  #393  
Old Wed 12 October 2011, 08:08
Surfcnc
Just call me: Ross #74
 
Queensland
Australia
Hi Gerald

That footage of the poor bike rider made the news here in Australia.

Regards
Ross
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  #394  
Old Wed 12 October 2011, 23:07
Lex
Just call me: Johan #56
 
Empangeni KwaZuluNatal
South Africa
One of the great inventors of our time, Irvine Bell passed away at his home on Thuesday the 11th. I worked for him in 1986 and it was the high point in my career.
He was well known for his design of the triwheel sugar cane loader.
You can view his story and his international company's at

http://www.bellequipment.com/live/in...e.htm?OpenForm

John Deere owns some shares in the company as well.
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  #395  
Old Wed 12 October 2011, 23:48
Gerald D
Just call me: Gerald (retired)
 
Cape Town
South Africa
Hi Johan, thanks for the news. The Bell company has always been a model company for me. I tip my hat to the Bell family.
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  #396  
Old Thu 13 October 2011, 14:49
Belli
Just call me: Greg
 
Johannesburg
South Africa
Cool Interesting video

For those of you that have been to the Motor Show.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=hghRmFn22Qw
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  #397  
Old Wed 19 October 2011, 06:45
Lex
Just call me: Johan #56
 
Empangeni KwaZuluNatal
South Africa
To Gerald & other interested people

The memorial service of Irvine Bell showing Gary Bell, his second son making his speech and two of the triloaders (Cane & Timber) that made Irvine so famous.
The Bell family build the success of their company on three words:
STRONG, SIMPLE AND RELIABLE.
The same words I was thinking when I saw a picture of a Mechmate for the first time.

Gary.jpg

Triloader.jpg
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  #398  
Old Wed 19 October 2011, 10:00
Gerald D
Just call me: Gerald (retired)
 
Cape Town
South Africa
I wish I could find a video of that tri-wheeler in action - it is poetry in motion. The big two front wheels are non-steering. The small back wheel is a pure castor (free steering) and un-powered. To steer the vehicle, the drive-wheel speeds are varied left/right, similar to a bulldozer.
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Old Wed 19 October 2011, 10:25
Gerald D
Just call me: Gerald (retired)
 
Cape Town
South Africa
A tri-loader used by a tame operator:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6fzq6VaJecA Other guys make these things dance!
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  #400  
Old Thu 20 October 2011, 00:41
Lex
Just call me: Johan #56
 
Empangeni KwaZuluNatal
South Africa
The best drivers are the ones that loads the timber trucks in field. They can drive the the triloader on its front wheels as for as long as they want to. It is also very dangerous to people walking on site. Because it can turn on it's own axis, there is just no way of getting out of its way.
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  #401  
Old Thu 20 October 2011, 00:54
KenC
Just call me: Ken
 
Klang
Malaysia
I dream of a sheets loader for MM...
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  #402  
Old Thu 20 October 2011, 01:08
Gerald D
Just call me: Gerald (retired)
 
Cape Town
South Africa
Have you seen how they sometimes get all the logs in a bundle lined up? They get the bundle swinging from side to side, then at furthest swing when the logs are about vertical they bump the ends on the ground.
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Old Thu 20 October 2011, 01:10
Gerald D
Just call me: Gerald (retired)
 
Cape Town
South Africa
Ken, you talk like an older man
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  #404  
Old Thu 20 October 2011, 01:58
Lex
Just call me: Johan #56
 
Empangeni KwaZuluNatal
South Africa
Ken, sometimes I battle loading the heavy sheets on the mm.
Last weekend the wife had to help and we nearly did not get it high enought to put it on the table. She was not to happy with me!
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  #405  
Old Thu 20 October 2011, 02:01
Lex
Just call me: Johan #56
 
Empangeni KwaZuluNatal
South Africa
Gerald, I watch a lot of those triwheeler drivers. Like you say, they do everything with a build in "ritme".
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  #406  
Old Thu 20 October 2011, 05:35
KenC
Just call me: Ken
 
Klang
Malaysia
30mm MDF 4'x8' full sheets are killing me... & it did killed my vacuum gauge...

Edit... Can almost feel the backlash in me spine...

Last edited by KenC; Thu 20 October 2011 at 05:43..
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  #407  
Old Tue 15 November 2011, 23:43
hennie
Just call me: Hennie #23
 
Roodepoort JHB
South Africa
it is all carved in stone

On route from my home in the Cape to the Big smoke I passed this.For our South African members it says it all.It is even carved in stone.
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  #408  
Old Mon 22 October 2012, 07:01
Gerald D
Just call me: Gerald (retired)
 
Cape Town
South Africa
A hailstorm in Johannesburg this past weekend:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xWzIv...hannel&list=UL
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  #409  
Old Tue 23 October 2012, 15:02
sailfl
Just call me: Nils #12
 
Winter Park, FL
United States of America
Gerald

Did a lot of cars get damaged?

We had a hail storm here back in the 80's. The hail was not that large but it damaged a lot of cars. About a month later after every one got their cars fixed, there was another hail storm and many of the same cars got damaged.
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  #410  
Old Tue 23 October 2012, 23:20
Gerald D
Just call me: Gerald (retired)
 
Cape Town
South Africa
Hi Nils, a lot of cars were definitely damaged. Also crops, plastic over crops, plant nurseries, etc. Johannesburg has a reputation for its hailstorms but this one was fairly bad. The area affected by the really big stones was quite small, so it hasn't gotten much coverage in the local news.
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