Skip feeding on a Windmill

c_hersom
on 26 Oct 10 (17:16)

Will skip feeding damage a Heidelberg Windmill? I don’t do it very often, but some jobs really work better with this method.

Thanks!
Carrie

dickg
on 26 Oct 10 (18:26)

been doing it for 40 years and my press is still running, one or two jobs a year i have to skip feed, its harder on my back than the press. Dick G.

RREEBB
on 26 Oct 10 (18:52)

Especially on a 13x18 windmill. That’s quite a workout! Ron

ScottMc
on 26 Oct 10 (20:44)

my back is feeling it now! it wears you out.

c_hersom
on 27 Oct 10 (14:56)

Thanks! Yeah, my back feels it too… I try to take short breaks every 100 or so.

Bern Bennett
on 27 Oct 10 (15:44)

You’ll have muscles in your right arm like a weightlifter if you do it for any length of time on a 13 x 18.
Bern

dickg
on 27 Oct 10 (17:48)

The problem with the windmill is its your left arm that gets the workout, i’m left handed and my arm still feels it. Dick G.

RREEBB
on 27 Oct 10 (18:58)

Bern;
The first time I skip fed the 13x18 it was an experience. I’m a short, light weight feller and the guy who was training me said to brace myself as I might go flying out the window. It wasn’t that bad at all, but it does get to you when doing a larger run. Ron

H Hale
on 27 Oct 10 (20:21)

I kind of like the rhythm of skip feeding…in in out out in in out out… but I sure do hate it when something breaks my concentration and I don’t know if I’m in or out and end up printing on the tympan.