Re: SV Re-Opening in 1976

Jim Grigsby Wrote:
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> Tom
> Being one of the worlds worst spellers I usually
> don't correct others spelling/typing errors, but
> this one could cause a civil rights problem. One
> of our members had a splitting gun which did
> indeed use black powder. This device was a kind
> of tapered tube, closed on one end, which was
> filled with an appropriate amount of powder and
> driven into the end of a short log. A fuse was
> inserted into a touch hole near the closed end and
> ignited. The resulting explosion would usually
> send the "gun" in one direction and half the log
> in the other. The device eventually cracked at
> the touch hole and was retired. It was later
> stolen from the depot during a break in. The
> thieves probably thought it was a valuable
> antique.
>
> The next season we had a borrowed hydraulic
> splitter which was large enough to handle large
> sections of logs.


Thank you Jim, an unfortunate gaffe on my part, and entirely unintended. All fixed now with my apologies.