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[Don Bowen <don.bowen AT earthlink.net>]

At 6/6/2006, you wrote:
> The grease gun air pockets have been a constant irritation. The
> manufacturer instructions say to engage the follower, unscrew the
> body up to a full turn and let the plunger push the air out. Hah!
> After doing that several times with no change I highly desire a
> direct line to the president of the company.

How old is the grease?  If it is old and stiff, it will be very difficult 
to remove the air pockets.  I have fought this problem for close to 60 
years with no real solution.  Whacking the end of the gun on the ground 
with the bleed open can sometimes help but at other times you need to take 
the pump end off to get the air pocket out.

The solutions that sometimes work are:
Make sure the grease is mostly fresh and not stiff and old.
Make sure there are no dents in the cartridge to slow plunger travel.
As suggested thump the end on the ground to drive the air pocket out.

The best solution so far is to use an air powered grease gun but that is a 
"mostly works" option.



Don Bowen              Awl Knotted Up        KI6DIU
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At 6/7/2006, you wrote:
> Bev, probably Don will respond on his own but I just wanted to say that
> while he was visiting his son near Asheville, my husband, daughter and I
> met him at a funky cafe in Fletcher and had a lovely lunch and chat with
> him. He's one of those that you feel like you've known all your life. He
> and my husband were able to discuss mechanical details of Don's truck and
> shop, etc.

And I look forward to visiting again this fall.  I am in Texas and will be 
for the next couple of weeks then it is maybe Missouri.  I will be heading 
for NC in early September.



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At 6/7/2006, you wrote:
> Has it really been that long?

It has been a very long time, maybe 11 or 12 years.  The list was first 
owned by Andy then Lee took it over.



Don Bowen              Awl Knotted Up        KI6DIU
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Jeez....that's amazing!  YOU are the Wonder Woman!  I don't even know
where to start commenting!  I have been sitting here for 5 minutes now
just thinking WOW!
I really admire people that go off the grid and use alternative energy.
 It's an idea that we never seriously entertained due to the expense.
The best we were hoping for was a passive solar earth-sheltered home in
the back pasture.
I am totally in awe of the school.  Simply amazing.  When you do
something, you do it in a big way, don't you?  That's really a proactive
thing to do and I admire your gumption. Very cool.
I really am speechless, mumbling about, trying to process all that you
have accomplished.  You're awesome....

Bev


Kathyann wrote:

> Oh. I thought you meant you left in mid 90s and I got disoriented. 
> Perhaps that's the answer to how I am, not well locked to current
> time and space. I launched my unschooled son (currently residing and
> enjoying bringing JinShinJyutsu healing and mediation skills to
> council at Arcosanti, AZ, while portfolioing his life into a form
> credentializable by a college.) Baby is turning 10 and doing much she
> was never supposed to develop. The school of our dreams is in it's
> second year (took 6 years of political strife to open.)
> http://www.ridgeandvalley.org  It's a "regular" school but it's base
> of studying directly from the environment is perfect for her picture
> mind. Her teacher inspired her to want to communicate the things she
> is developing awareness of, to communicate in drawing, then writing.
> They do primitive life skills so I get to help with bowdrills and
> flint napping, burning bowls and utensils and foraging edible plants,
> geometry w sticks and ropes and, of course, camping. Takes a very
> skilled eye to recognize her Autism. she's amazing. Home remains a
> struggle between values. We have a "traditional" garden like he grew
> up with in suburbia, complete w spring rototilling and weed overrun
> by summer. I've interplanted edibles in the woods edge with my 
> mushroom logs and added fruit trees. Making jelly has been the only
> hit with him and he cans cherries, apples, peaches, mulberries, wild
> grapes and occasional blackberries. We still get a share in a local
> CSA for real vegetables and I drive a school bus to pay for it. I
> just fell in love with bees and started my first hive. Traditional
> for now, top bar to follow. Predators cleared out the entire chicken
> flock (didn't try ducks again after losing them back when.) New
> hatchlings still indoors to repopulate because we just can't order
> our life without chickens anymore. We lost our tenant who helped me
> by gardening and occasional extra hands and I need to find someone
> who has some skills they'd like to share to take his place (hopefully
> w ability to hook up solar panels we scavenged to heat, the rental
> first then us.) Tenant needed more social life and moved to a city. I
> still prefer nights of frog calls and 1-2 people conversing on
> universal truths under the stars (or not). My social life- 
> permaculture study, beekeepers or cob building on nearby farm. Still
>  haven't fixed the cabins to year round but have summer hope again
> since I won't have to drive to school everyday. House powered by
> solar to 90%+. I traded green credits to a company for installation
> costs and the state rebated 75% system purchase. Still only small
> tank of fish doing aquaculture. Pool unfinished. I can grow most
> anything for starting stages but leave a base of a couple plants to
> keep system stable when I'm not doing anything special. Can't tell
> where the baseball field was. It is finally pasture (reference to
> other list folks reading, we bought an abandoned camp for this
> homestead.) I'm ready to stop raising  sheep just to stop debate over
> him as a shepherd. Need to develop something else farm assessable. 
> Well, that's the catch-up. Glad to see you back.
>
> Peace, Kathyann _______________________________________________ 
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