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By Joe (infrapinklizzard)

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Puzzle Description:

Every well-stocked toolshed could use a forklift.

#1: Joe (infrapinklizzard) on Jun 15, 2011 [HINT]

A couple smiles to finish this one.
#2: Sarah Andrews (sarah) on Jun 16, 2011
wonderful design and Lilly will need one.
#3: Tom O'Connell (sensei69) on Jun 16, 2011
lol
#4: Aldege Cholette (aldege) on Jun 16, 2011
very nice Joe,but no way that will fit in my shed.
#5: annalivia (annalivia) on Jun 16, 2011
very nice, and I hope Lilly has room.
#6: Lilly Johns (LJohns315) on Jun 16, 2011 [SPOILER]
Joe, nice forklift! Can I have it for all my new tools?
#7: Joe (infrapinklizzard) on Jun 16, 2011 [SPOILER]
You might want to take lessons on how to operate it.

A good forklift operator can do amazing things. When we had a 3000lb CNC mill delivered to the shop, it appeared with a forklift only slightly smaller than a Hummer. Well, that's what it looked like - the forklift was about 4' wide x 6' long (not including the tines). It was also about 7'tall with a heavy safety cage.

The operator (who looked like a cross between Cheech Marin and Keith Richards) took one look at the shop that we had cleared and said, "that'll work."

The forklift fit under the lights by under 2" and through some of the narrow places by less than that on the sides. He maneuvered that thing like he was Fred Astaire. All with a giant mill dangling off the front, completely blocking his vision in that direction.


If you're not squeamish, here's a training video to help you on your way: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CizjokpM2XQ * Note: This is extremely graphic, funny, and German.


#8: Sarah Andrews (sarah) on Jun 16, 2011 [SPOILER]
what is a mill?
#9: Tom O'Connell (sensei69) on Jun 16, 2011
Joe: i once worked for American Airlines...i drove a large forklift...a couple of times i had to fork a very large crate into the side door of the plane which was smaller than the crate...had to back myself in place then pull partially out and then get on another fork to push if off my fork into the belly of the plane. The bosses even appauded me lol
#10: bugaboo (bugaboo) on Jun 16, 2011
that funny video made me smile
how on earth did you find it?
#11: Aldege Cholette (aldege) on Jun 16, 2011
I'm not surprised Tom with your award winning moves.
#12: Joe (infrapinklizzard) on Jun 16, 2011
Tom - dexterity is needed to be a forklift driver, but intelligence is definitely what gets the job done.


Sarah - A mill is like an unholy alliance between a drill press and a router. A CNC mill is one run by a computer.

I found one that looks a lot like ours: http://postimage.org/image/2eet9ya6c/

For scale, it's about 7' tall and about 6' x 6'. Ours has a flat table without those grey guards.

We also have a cadillac of manual mills, a Bridgeport. (example: http://postimage.org/image/2egnfg5xg/ ) Ours is ~30 yrs old and still going strong (we got it used ~5 yrs ago -- the forklift to deliver it was much smaller.) It's not used so much now, as the CNC is a much cheaper way to make repetitive parts.
#13: Sarah Andrews (sarah) on Jun 16, 2011
Thanks, Joe. How is your finger doing?
#14: Joe (infrapinklizzard) on Jun 16, 2011
Hardly painful anymore, Sarah. The four impressions are still there, and will probably stay for a month or two, until a new crop of skin grows out. It's one advantage of being a blacksmith - limited fire invulnerability. ;)

My boss talks fondly of a t-shirt he once saw that said "You know you're a blacksmith if it's no big deal when you catch on fire." (That's "when", not "if"...)
#15: Joe (infrapinklizzard) on Jun 16, 2011
bugaboo - I'd seen that video a few years ago, and had to look it up. I'm not sure at all, but I wouldn't be surprised if it was produced by John Cleese's production company. After Monty Python, he went into producing corporate training videos.

Humor is one of the best ways to get people to remember something.
#16: bugaboo (bugaboo) on Jun 16, 2011
i agree with the cleese possibility and with the humor comment
#17: Web Paint-By-Number Robot (webpbn) on Jun 27, 2011
Found to be logically solvable by gator.

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