David Woof on wed 27 jan 10
Bill=3D2C Memory lane=3D2C I also built a Pacifica "Miss Squeaky" kit wh=
en I=3D
was at UWEC. Big Improvement over the old Alpines with their tail gunne=
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r's turret gun motor drive system. Yet I still had a working Alpine till I =
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gave it to an apprentice when I moved out here in 2000. Back to Miss Sque=
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aky=3D2C I subsequently ordered the Pacifica factory offering which you wou=
ld=3D
have no doubt named "Miss Thumpy" because when set on a wooden floor=3D2C =
th=3D
ere was a resonating thump with every rotation of the wheel head caused by =
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a slight thickness in the belts where each belt's ends were joined. The be=
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lts had all been installed so that the bumps arrived together at the large =
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pulley. Pacifica sent new belts=3D2C no lumps no thumps.
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You make some good points in favor of the RK Whisper=3D2C as did several ot=
he=3D
rs as this subject evolved.
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The older I get the more determined I am not to fall into an irretrievable =
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mindset about anything so I'm thinking new thoughts=3D2C and trying them on=
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ot uncomfortably.
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David Woof
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5b. Re: Test driving the Shimpo RK Whisper with tongue in cheek
Posted by: "William & Susan Schran User" wschran@COX.NET=3D20
Date: Sun Jan 24=3D2C 2010 9:44 am ((PST))
On 1/24/10 3:27 AM=3D2C "David Woof" wrote:
> Just my late night thoughts and I respectfully acknowledge everyone is
> entitled to their opinions=3D2C but isn't all that RK silence like riding=
a=3D
n
> electric motorcycle=3D2C or making love in the dark wearing ear plugs and=
m=3D
ittens?
> (Spose that could be sorta kicky once just to chalk up a new experience
> but......hummm...back to bed I go...been saving a new pair of those big w=
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ooly
> car washing mittens for just such a night!!!)
> When I throw=3D2C my whole being including all my senses are there=3D2C i=
t's =3D
a dance.
> I would lose touch with my partner in all that RK silence and sensory
> deprivation.
I was of the same mind as you - working at the wheel=3D2C using all my sens=
es
and thinking the changes in the noises from my wheel were a necessary part
of the process. My wheel was a Pacifica "Make-Kit"=3D2C an electric wheel t=
ha=3D
t
came with all the electrical and mechanical parts and I built the wooden
frame to hold it all together. Worked on this wheel from 1980 until just a
few years ago=3D2C passing it along to one of my students. Had I given the =
wh=3D
eel
a name it might have been Miss Squeaky.
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I decided on the VL Whisper. I think the one thing that swayed me is the
direct drive/free wheeling aspect. There are no belts. The speed control is
very sensitive and when not engaged=3D2C the wheel head is free to be turne=
d =3D
in
any direction by hand. If I were to give this wheel a name it would be
"Quiet Betty". This is the important part - After a day of "test driving"
the wheel=3D2C throwing a variety of forms=3D2C getting the height adjusted=
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I
almost didn't notice that the wheel made no noise. Maybe it's like folks wh=
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o
lose one of their senses and others are strengthened to compensate. I no
longer listened for wheel sounds=3D2C I only used my senses of sight and to=
uc=3D
h.
I let my sense of hearing listen to NPR=3D2C talk shows as I gave up gettin=
g =3D
a
newspaper delivered years ago=3D2C but with the radio at a much lower volum=
e!
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Bill
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