I asked someone who might know and they responded with the following hope it helps. Lisa http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~txmdhms/ Lisa he thinks it some sort of punch for making shoes or something of leather.He says they are using a foot press. Looks like stacks of materials for what ever they are making, probably leather. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gina Heffernan" <ginagaleh@yahoo.com> To: <txgen@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2009 12:43 AM Subject: Re: [TXGEN] Mystery Photo Most people agree with you (so do I). Gina Heffernan Rusk Co, Texas ________________________________ From: Elaine <McStumped@suddenlink.net> To: txgen@rootsweb.com Sent: Wednesday, February 18, 2009 9:45:56 PM Subject: Re: [TXGEN] Mystery Photo I still say they are striping thin slices of wood to make cane and/or spinning rush for chair backs & bottoms. The cane/rush weavers are probably working in the back behind the big tarp. I wove rush/cane chairs for over 25 years almost on a daily basis and it sure looks like that is what they are doing to me. Elaine Gina Heffernan wrote: > I posted a photo on my page about 6 months ago wondering if anyone knew > what the people are doing. I now have a list of things but we're still not > sure what's going on. Since we're in a mystery solving mood, anyone care > to try? > > http://www.txrusk.com/ > > Top right side of the page under the header. > > > > Gina Heffernan > Rusk Co, Texas > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > TXGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > -- Warning: Dates on a calendar are closer than they appear. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TXGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TXGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message