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Today we picked up what the US Glider Flying Handbook
describes as a "wench." I've never owned a wench before. Well, she's a Larry's Welding Gehrlein Winch Model 62 Serial#14 She's a model! From the first looks of her, we decided to name her Rusty. She hasn't had any action in 15 years, so we had a bit of a hard time getting the parts moving properly. Might need quite a bit of work. Too early to tell about the engine, but the rest is absolutely marvelous. Seeing the intricasies of this machine today gave so much more detail than just reading about it or even pictures. The tensiometer, the way the guillotine was set up, the rollers, really this is something neat. The amount of sheer metal and heft was something I hadn't expected. And the way the thing is balanced and framed is quite sturdy. It may end up as something we can't get to run for launching, If not, it certainly would look nice with some paint at one of the local museums. We'll see how it goes. In the meantime, if anyone else has a similar "model," we'd love to trade photos... wrote: I believe it's only legal in Nevada to invest in wenches! Almost springtime! Larry -- ------------+ Mark J. Boyd |
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you might want to join http://groups.yahoo.com/search?query=winchdesign
"Mark James Boyd" wrote in message news:41f327a3$1@darkstar... Today we picked up what the US Glider Flying Handbook describes as a "wench." I've never owned a wench before. Well, she's a Larry's Welding Gehrlein Winch Model 62 Serial#14 She's a model! From the first looks of her, we decided to name her Rusty. She hasn't had any action in 15 years, so we had a bit of a hard time getting the parts moving properly. Might need quite a bit of work. Too early to tell about the engine, but the rest is absolutely marvelous. Seeing the intricasies of this machine today gave so much more detail than just reading about it or even pictures. The tensiometer, the way the guillotine was set up, the rollers, really this is something neat. The amount of sheer metal and heft was something I hadn't expected. And the way the thing is balanced and framed is quite sturdy. It may end up as something we can't get to run for launching, If not, it certainly would look nice with some paint at one of the local museums. We'll see how it goes. In the meantime, if anyone else has a similar "model," we'd love to trade photos... wrote: I believe it's only legal in Nevada to invest in wenches! Almost springtime! Larry -- ------------+ Mark J. Boyd |
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