FROM: Waterman, on Aug 16, 1998 Homemade bread was great. We even ground the wheat. But that was work and volunteers were sometimes a little reluctant to manifest. After a few attempts, I finally created this contraption to grind the stuff and liberate the people. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FROM: jim, on Aug 16, 1998 were is mr. ed ? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FROM: Ted, on Aug 16, 1998 Ah yes, Mr. Ed the Seventh Day Adventist Inventor with three fingers missing who had a farm and a funky business rewinding electric motors and who employed us Sunnyridge loafers pulling weeds in his garden in exchange for 40 gallon containers of milk and mechanical and welding expertise. Ah, Mr. Ed. However, I do not recall him actually working on this waterwheel system. He did help with our hot water heater and other devices around the claim . -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FROM: Elizabeth, on Sep 2, 1998 I have tried to describe the Waterwheel to Saul (my husband). Having the picture would have been great, but I couldn't print it out. Anyway, this is super fun. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FROM: Peter, on Oct 27, 1998 in retrospect, the creation of this "machine" was another step in the changes that we underwent at SR. From Handwork to machine. The inevitability of labor saving devices with their positive and negative attributes. Alearning experience at very basic levels. Though I probably was "against" the waterwheel I never cease to admire it as a fabulous invention fabulously executed withthe most elementary materials. A job truly well done by that genius Pilger. Mr. ed is a chapter by himself. He taught us a lot, much of it having little to do with machinery and a lot to do with Life and tolerance and good will. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FROM: Teddy, on Mar 22, 2000 Here are the details of the "waterwheel". The wheel itself was an iron tractor wheel (no rubber tread). The buckets where made of something we had a lot of...empty coffee cans shaped to create one large container. Water was diverted from the stream to the large pipe simply by lowering it into the steam. The axle for the wheel was a pipe, the bearings from the junk yard. The architecture was of logs and the axle was attached to a grinder where the handle used to be. A large capacity hopper was placed on top made of galvanized metal sheeting and the stick attached to it was positioned in such a way as to wiggle the hopper so that the grain didn't get stuck while you left the process to take care of itself.
FROM ME! HI! EVERYBODY. I NEED 2 KNOW WHO INVENTED THE WATER WHEEL!!! ANY ONE KNOW. WELL EVEN IF YOU DID KNOW YOU COULDNT TELL ME. SO I DONT KNOW WHY I WROTE THIS. sO I WILL MAKE IT MY COMMENT. I CANT FIND WHO INVENTED THE WATER WHEEL!
I just wanted to mention that there was a prototype to this waterwheel. It too was made out of coffee cans but looked more like a small ferris wheel. It was located between the laundry room and the stream where we used to "fill up the pitcher". This prototype was totally inadquate to grind wheat but provided a sweet (or annoying) rhythm at night. This was actually the second of three attempts to make it easier or at least more fun to grind the wheat berries to make bread. At first people took turns sweating at the small grinder attached to the counter in the kitchen. I then made a contraption outside the kitchen consisting of a large flywheel (another iron tractor wheel) attached to the grinder, all on a 3-legged stand. Easier, but I think I was the one who wound up using it...since I made it. Consequently, the third and easiest solution: the waterwheel.
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Homemade bread was great. We even ground the wheat. But that was work and volunteers were sometimes a little reluctant to manifest. After a few attempts, I finally created this contraption to grind the stuff and liberate the people.
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FROM: jim, on Aug 16, 1998
were is mr. ed ?
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FROM: Ted, on Aug 16, 1998
Ah yes, Mr. Ed the Seventh Day Adventist Inventor with three fingers missing who had a farm and a funky business rewinding electric motors and who employed us Sunnyridge loafers pulling weeds in his garden in exchange for 40 gallon containers of milk and mechanical and welding expertise.
Ah, Mr. Ed. However, I do not recall him actually working on this waterwheel system. He did help with our hot water heater and other devices around the claim .
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FROM: Elizabeth, on Sep 2, 1998
I have tried to describe the Waterwheel to Saul (my husband). Having the picture would have been great, but I couldn't print it out. Anyway, this is super fun.
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FROM: Peter, on Oct 27, 1998
in retrospect, the creation of this "machine" was another step in the changes that we underwent at SR. From Handwork to machine. The inevitability of labor saving devices with their positive and negative attributes. Alearning experience at very basic levels. Though I probably was "against" the waterwheel I never cease to admire it as a fabulous invention fabulously executed withthe most elementary materials. A job truly well done by that genius Pilger. Mr. ed is a chapter by himself. He taught us a lot, much of it having little to do with machinery and a lot to do with Life and tolerance and good will.
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FROM: Teddy, on Mar 22, 2000
Here are the details of the "waterwheel". The wheel itself was an iron tractor wheel (no rubber tread). The buckets where made of something we had a lot of...empty coffee cans shaped to create one large container. Water was diverted from the stream to the large pipe simply by lowering it into the steam. The axle for the wheel was a pipe, the bearings from the junk yard. The architecture was of logs and the axle was attached to a grinder where the handle used to be. A large capacity hopper was placed on top made of galvanized metal sheeting and the stick attached to it was positioned in such a way as to wiggle the hopper so that the grain didn't get stuck while you left the process to take care of itself.
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From: Ted ted@pilger.com 8/5/2002 6:47 A.M.
I remember the rhythmic sound of the water splashing into the bins.
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FROM ME!
HI! EVERYBODY. I NEED 2 KNOW WHO INVENTED THE WATER WHEEL!!! ANY ONE KNOW. WELL EVEN IF YOU DID KNOW YOU COULDNT TELL ME. SO I DONT KNOW WHY I WROTE THIS. sO I WILL MAKE IT MY COMMENT. I CANT FIND WHO INVENTED THE WATER WHEEL!
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From: Ted (aka Waterman) ted@pilger.com 11/2/2007 9:47 A.M.
I just wanted to mention that there was a prototype to this waterwheel. It too was made out of coffee cans but looked more like a small ferris wheel. It was located between the laundry room and the stream where we used to "fill up the pitcher". This prototype was totally inadquate to grind wheat but provided a sweet (or annoying) rhythm at night. This was actually the second of three attempts to make it easier or at least more fun to grind the wheat berries to make bread. At first people took turns sweating at the small grinder attached to the counter in the kitchen. I then made a contraption outside the kitchen consisting of a large flywheel (another iron tractor wheel) attached to the grinder, all on a 3-legged stand. Easier, but I think I was the one who wound up using it...since I made it. Consequently, the third and easiest solution: the waterwheel.