Showing posts with label human powered machines. Show all posts
Showing posts with label human powered machines. Show all posts

Sunday, January 8, 2012

human power hour

we waited for our tour on a dead end dirt road tucked back off the main street in Eureka until a clunky early 1950s car pulled up ("this MUST be him!") and an adorable working-class Wizard of Oz jumped out and opened the high security gate consisting of a wire cable, although i think the feral cats roaming the property were an added security feature....

 i know i have said this before, but i love my hand-crank singer, and we just got a long arm treadle sewing machine foe sewing into tight spaces at the studio i work at--very excited...
 of course i was beyond delighted to watch the demos of the massive collection of human powered 'power?' tools in the form of saws, lathes, and flat-out choppers at the Blue Ox...
 i have more photos to share from the property (apologies for the blurriness--we are presently in the dark depths of Winter)...

crafted made from scratch everything, besos besos besos.

history of pedal power machines