[AT] another piece moving on

[Al Jones]

 John, glad to hear it will have a good home!
Al

On Sun, Nov 12, 2017 at 6:20 PM, John Hall <jtchall at nc.rr.com> wrote:
> As I have shared before, we are slowly beginning the process of liquidating
> some of our antique collection. Earlier this year I sold dad's threshing
> machine, yesterday I sold the grain binder. I was quite pleased that it went
> to a collector about 2 hours east of here. It will be parked under a shed on
> concrete. The guy doesn't know if he wants to make the necessary repairs to
> the canvas to get it running or not, but at least it is preserved by a
> collector (guy has about 15 old Deere tractors). The binder was a 7 foot cut
> IHC horse drawn machine. We owned it for right at 30 years, and used it
> annually for about 16. If you have never gotten to see a binder run, take
> advantage of the chance should it present itself. They are quite complicated
> regarding how many moving parts one has. Most of you can relate to a hay
> baler and the "mysteries" of a properly working knotter. Now imagine that
> same knotter tying over 30 times a minute without fail in an 80+ year old
> machine (yes I have timed it several times). Anyway, I feel we did right by
> the hobby in that we put this machine back in working order and kept it
> maintained before finding a new caretaker for it.
>
> John Hall
>
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