[meteorite-list] "wood chipper" ærolite

Michael Murray mmurray at montrose.net
Fri Mar 9 20:10:52 EST 2007


I wonder if it is a part of the main rotating hub that holds the  
chipper knives.  The flat rusty side you can see in the one photo  
might be the part of the hub where the flat part of the knife blade  
rests.  Moisture gets in between the two pieces and there ya go,  
rust.  The ridge that raises up from that rusted area is most likely  
the bottom part of the knife blade slot itself.  Looks like someone  
had a catastrophic failure.  Glad it didn't hit someone.   Now to  
name the object (something other than Bloomington no. 2.)  How about  
Olathe, or Vermeer iron?

Michael Murray
micro hunter of southwest Colorado



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