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- January 20, 2009 at 3:26 pm #46540goodcompanionParticipant
Ouch. Machines Modernes a Traction Animale is $82.00. I wish I had that kind of money for a book.
January 20, 2009 at 8:27 pm #46567Robert MoonShadowParticipantErik: I hear you… I’d like to see someone with better orginization skills than myself to put together a ‘lending library’ system, so that perhaps people could pitch in & buy books & we could send them around to each other by mail. Don’t know if it’d be too expensive in postage, but I like the idea -> often I canread a book, get the ideas from it & not pick it up again for a couple of years. I bet there’s a lot of books sitting on peoples’ shelves/attics/etc. that would give me just the solution or idea I might need. Shared resources & all that, you know? I know I’ll never pay $82 for a book, but $10 & the postage when my turn came up on the list…? Hhmmm… maybe we should start a new thread on this & see what others think?
January 23, 2009 at 3:59 am #46549Crabapple FarmParticipant@goodcompanion 5021 wrote:
What is a diamond bar? Hollow steel with a diamond-shaped profile?
Erik:
Yes, square stock on edge. I’ve got some older tools that fit 2″ stock, and some newer ones with clamps designed for 2 1/4″ (I think) – though there is enough leeway in the clamps that they are interchangeable. For heavier duty applications, I’ve seen solid square stock used. And with the tractor, I’ve bent a hollow one, so in some instances it’s justified.
It’s a pretty standard market vegetable farm tractor-mounted cultivator platform, which means an assortment of tools available.
Robert: I will definately report on how it works when I finally put one together.
-TevisJanuary 1, 2010 at 8:05 pm #46570henkdeminkParticipantRobert, There is no translation of this book. As far as my information goes, if we want it translated we will have to do it ourselves. When we could get a group of people together to form a sub division of Prommata, they ight be willing to non financal aid as much as possible.
If you can’t figure what the drawings ean I can try to translate that part for you. Just send a mail.Henk
January 2, 2010 at 2:14 pm #46541goodcompanionParticipanthenk,
I would be willing to collaborate to make an English translation of that book. I think Promatta is the source of some great ideas and I would like to help make them more widely known.
Erik
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