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Offline vthompson

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« Reply #15 on: June 11, 2010, 01:53:37 PM »
Very impressive I tip my hat to ya!
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Offline mike rumping

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« Reply #16 on: June 11, 2010, 03:20:55 PM »
Man oh man, just wonderin' what a nice length of hemp rope would cost?  LOL
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Offline Pitchy

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« Reply #17 on: June 11, 2010, 03:52:59 PM »
I wouldn`t of believed it, made this auto follower, it goes right down the rope by itself making rope behind it.
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Offline Shadow Hawk

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« Reply #18 on: June 12, 2010, 07:14:26 PM »
thats one great  rope maker you made up .  very cool :lt th
 and that follower is way cool. back in the day they did the rope like this the followers i have seen are just like that but rounded(just the way they where made your is just as good) there was agroup of people a few years back that went around washington and oregon setting up end of trail camps for teaching people about the trades and life of oregon trail travelers. one of the people had an old rope maker that worked very simular to your except theres twisted and spun the rope at the same time from one end.(there hooks not only turns like yours but they spun around a center gear also. ther name was oregon trail.. something. i can't remember the entire name. yours is real close and i think its  real cool.
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Offline Pitchy

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« Reply #19 on: June 12, 2010, 10:01:14 PM »
Quote from: "Shadow Hawk"
thats one great  rope maker you made up .  very cool :lt th
 and that follower is way cool. back in the day they did the rope like this the followers i have seen are just like that but rounded(just the way they where made your is just as good) there was agroup of people a few years back that went around washington and oregon setting up end of trail camps for teaching people about the trades and life of oregon trail travelers. one of the people had an old rope maker that worked very simular to your except theres twisted and spun the rope at the same time from one end.(there hooks not only turns like yours but they spun around a center gear also. ther name was oregon trail.. something. i can't remember the entire name. yours is real close and i think its  real cool.

Thanks Shadow Hawk, sounds like a neat rope machine.
Those rope makers are getting hard to find.
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« Reply #20 on: June 12, 2010, 10:35:19 PM »
Very interesting thread Len, pretty cool!
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« Reply #21 on: June 12, 2010, 10:43:12 PM »
Thanks Jim.  :)
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Offline Pitchy

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« Reply #22 on: June 13, 2010, 03:17:13 PM »
Check out the video, click on picture  <img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_smile.gif" alt=":)" title="Smile" />
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