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got a old 5' bush hog today for $150 just needs a touch of torch/hammer/weld.  driveshaft is almost new so i figure i paid full price for the shaft and got the cutter for free. gearbox is good and it suits my old turd tractor pretty nicely.  the next cheapest beat up bush hog within 2 hours was $450 up to $800ish.


lets see what kinda sweet new junk you brought home this week. 

Score :)

Oh gosh I was afraid Barge started this at first🤦🏻‍♂️😂 Good score on the bush hog👍🏻

Well I was feeling all proud of myself for scoring a length of nice lightly used 2" pipe yesterday  :D

My work is getting ready to scrap out some stuff which will include a pneumatic lift and some diamond plate... I'll end up with it assuming I can ever figure out how to get it home. I'll share pictures when I have them. I need a truck.

Mike,

   Looks good. I'm going to have to break down and buy me one one of these days. I'm thinking maybe a 4' one because I'd going to be using it on a little JD750 and we have some serious slope in my pasture.

    Actually, when I saw the title I was about to comment about the Thread Factory down in Gastonia NC. I bought a lifetime supply of #18 Nylon cord (Miles of it) for $6. :D

Quote from: aigheadish on December 16, 2021, 06:26:50 AMmy work ... scrap... I need a truck.

that was a slippery slope for me.  i went from a 1 seater civic work mobile to CDL rigs to move all my "treasure."
:D

been a lot of adventure between now and then. 

Yeah, my wife has given me, basically, free reign to hoard once my barn is built so long as she doesn't have to see it, and if I have a truck the slippery slope definitely gets slippery-er. It's amazing how many times I slow down at a trash pile, then groan, as I don't have a way to get some random crap (that I don't really need) home. I can't decide if I need a truck or just a trailer that we can pull behind her vehicle. I'm rolling in a Civic myself and I'm a far piece from getting a CDL, but you never know where life takes you...

I started hoarding about 5 years ago, after I had a few experiences with failure China parts from Napa I decided quality is circling the drain so best hoard all the OEM used or NOS parts I can.

I bid in auctions often.  Its been a few weeks since I did though.  I'll be sure to come here to show off my latest score.

Sat for 10 years, took me a year to get it bought. Needs fluids, a couple hoses, pack a few cylinders, couple tires and the extension cylinder. 

Should have done one of those "Will it run?" videos on the Sunday afternoon I spent getting it going. $1K.

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That's a nice score Southside. Looks like the one that was on FB in the Appomattox/Farmville area last year. Stabilizers are sweet too. 
I brought home a free working 50 gallon water heater yesterday from a buddy that just wanted a new one. Those things have really gone up in price lately so I've been procrastinating on replacing my leaking one. 
The kids love riding to the dumpster with me on Saturday's to run the trash. We call it " the stop-n-swap". 

If that's the one I called on she was in rough shape and the seller wasn't giving many straight answers. 

Nice score 👍👍

Went to the dump. People though away things in the Iron pile. All free

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Chain saw sharpener.


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A new air compressor. Runs like a top.

Nice!!! 

Quote from: aigheadish on December 16, 2021, 02:38:07 PMbut you never know where life takes you...

No sir.  Every time i think i know... curveball. 
Jim did you get it at gunpoint or was it just your index finger through a jacket pocket? Thats got a grand of hydraulic fittings on it. 

I cut n bent the stoved in back end to clear the blades this morning and ran the bush hog today. Its hogged bush.  

I heated and beated some frozen gauge wheels someone else rehomed to me and am thinking on if i wanna mod the back end to incorporate a tree pusher bar and open access to the cutter tips for psuedo directional felling.  Just cant leave well enough alone i guess. 

It was repoed 10 years ago, left in the bushes, tilted all the way over, sunk into the ground 8", no air in the tires, no battery, and looked like junk. 

Called the bank and offered to clean up the mess they had, that turned into it's worth a ton of $ and some guy was going to get a loan to buy it from them. When naturally that fell through the bank wanted to talk. 

Only option they had was to hire a guy with a low boy and a rotator to bring it as is to the scrap yard, which would probably have cost them money when it was said and done, but they were certain they would still be in the black.

I had pulled every dipstick and fill plug so I was pretty sure it wasn't as bad as it looked, but I told them to get it running and moving then call me to take a look and talk about more $. Girl calls back the next day, tells me it's mine if I will pay $1K. 

After I cleaned the intake side and every fuel line, hooked up a temporary tank and a battery it started with under 10 seconds of cranking. Now just touch the key and it's running. Even the backup alarm worked the first time I shifted it! 

Have to admit though loading it onto a step deck with only ballast in the tires was a pucker factor ride. One lug at a time, then wait for the "jiggly" to stop. 

my crawler loader with heavy extendahoe got sent up from NYC to mass on a brand new all aluminum step deck and the shop monkeys at the outfit i bought it from loaded it forwards by having an excavator with a chain raise the backhoe end so it could walk up the ramps.  

cases are funky to drive and my first try was off the back of that stepdeck with a crazy fast tip factor, down onto the ramps that were blocked up on dunnage.  at the bottom the hoe mount grounded in the tar.  i had to ride on the backhoe while my buddy sat right behind me in the loader seat so i could bucket walk the thing off the trailer.  definitely was not a confident feeling on $40k trailer while the owner watched every spec of gravel on his deck.

Well, I could have scored a chassis mount truck crane with stabilizers.  They guy just wanted the cab and frame, the crane was free.  COOL!  But I'd need a crane to get the crane, and a bigger trailer.  If I already had a crane, I wouldn't need this one...  So I passed on it.

Here's the lift I was talking about. I don't know a thing about it, will it lift? Who knows! I saw it sitting in the scrap pile and I've got an in with the guy that manages that junk. If nothing else I can keep it around and it if it doesn't work or I can't fix it I may be able to scrounge some junk up off it. Oh yeah, for this and the diamond plate (if I recall it's 4 or 5 pieces about 4'x4' or so) I'll give them 20 bucks. 


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Sorry for your loss john.  Id have bent over backward to get it home.  Cranes and bucket lifts have all the parts needed to make a log loader. 


Bought a genie brand 115vac to hydraulic lift table from scrap and got $500 for it from a guy in NH that built incredible quarry and stone breaking/sawing equipment.  Pawjer construction, his place was awesome. Brilliant guy. 

Last week I got 150 tons of ground up asphalt for free. Used it to fix a mill yard and the driveway to it..
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Oh heck yeah thats a score.  What is road millings worth in your area?

It's usually about $8 per ton delivered. I got these for free because there were a few big chunks in it. 

Quote from: mike_belben on December 17, 2021, 09:30:31 AMId have bent over backward to get it home. Cranes and bucket lifts have all the parts needed to make a log loader.

Yeah, that's what I was thinking then a dose of reality hit me.  I only have 10 acres and I'm not logging it (other than to finish my cabin) AND I don't need another project. But, a logging trailer would be cool...

 
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Traded some free to me tree service logs for this.
Anyone know anything about this crane?

QuoteI cut n bent the stoved in back end to clear the blades this morning and ran the bush hog today. Its hogged bush.  

I heated and beated some frozen gauge wheels someone else rehomed to me and am thinking on if i wanna mod the back end to incorporate a tree pusher bar and open access to the cutter tips for psuedo directional felling.  Just cant leave well enough alone i guess. 

I bought mine gently used for $700 a couple years ago, and have made some of that money back bush hogging hunting trails. I want to rebuild mine eventually and get rid of the center tail wheel, ideally I want to have 4 wheels so it "floats" over the ground and keep the corners from digging in. Also for light land clearing I'd like to get a slip clutch instead of changing shear bolts constantly. 

QuoteI had pulled every dipstick and fill plug so I was pretty sure it wasn't as bad as it looked, but I told them to get it running and moving then call me to take a look and talk about more $. Girl calls back the next day, tells me it's mine if I will pay $1K. 

Banks do not want to be in the reselling used cars, machinery, etc. business, their business is to make money handling money. They will sell an asset just to cut there losses, and in this case they're probably glad to get paid above scrap price and have it gone.

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Traded some free to me tree service logs for this.
Anyone know anything about this crane?

I know i want it really really bad. Does that count?  ;D

Quote from: Resonator on December 18, 2021, 04:12:27 PM

QuoteI cut n bent the stoved in back end to clear the blades this morning and ran the bush hog today. Its hogged bush.  

I heated and beated some frozen gauge wheels someone else rehomed to me and am thinking on if i wanna mod the back end to incorporate a tree pusher bar and open access to the cutter tips for psuedo directional felling.  Just cant leave well enough alone i guess.

I bought mine gently used for $700 a couple years ago, and have made some of that money back bush hogging hunting trails. I want to rebuild mine eventually and get rid of the center tail wheel, ideally I want to have 4 wheels so it "floats" over the ground and keep the corners from digging in. Also for light land clearing I'd like to get a slip clutch instead of changing shear bolts constantly.

I have a 5ft finish mower a friend gave me needing work.. I think i gave him $100 for it so there could never be bad blood.

I had to make 2 of the missing wheel forks and buy 4 cheap wheels/tires from SC plus a driveshaft, new blades and spindle nuts.  Last thing it needs is some belts, theyre about 30 years old and throw too often.  It has a floating linkage that makes for a real nice contour cut.


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This bush hog im tempted to leave the wheels off and make some skids and a pusher bar on back.  I havent used it enough to know what they can do. Any ideas?  


I lowered it on some tops and it sure reduced that pile in a loud blaze of glory. Kinda like that feature with respect to converting junk woods to good crop ground. I want the nutrients to stay and get incorporated as fast as possible (without spending any money so mulchers are out)

You want it mike?
Trade me something or make an offer.
It's in north jersey.

No possible way i could make it happen but its a pretty cool upgrade you got into.  

One of those paperclip to a house trades.  

From my other thread, Ford 545 D (https://forestryforum.com/board/index.php?topic=116602.msg1867637#msg1867637) , I have this new to me tractor.  I installed a QA pate and in the future will have a snowplow on it.  So that means being out in the cold.  I'll  have to add a cab enclosure to it.  So that means I'll need some heat.  This showed up on my favorite auction site, BidRL.  Got it for $7.61.

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Has a box of special heater and inlet hoses, a remote control panel and the diesel fuel tank.  Probably just plumb it to the main fuel tank.  That should keep me nice and toasty plowing snow!  Fresh air in on the left, hot out the right.  Combustion air in the bottom left and exhaust on the right.  Its an 8kw  output heater - they make a 2, 5 & 8.  The label says diesel but one spot in the instruction book says to fill the 15L tank with gasoline!

My brother works at a landfill.  It is amazing the stuff he brings home that people throw away.  

In about 2 years i made my friend right around $150k on things he mostly bought hauled in for scrap over the scale.  Where land is high space is premium so they toss it rather than be burdened with a sale.  Many people dont like dealing with strangers.  Theres a hidden cost to that anxiety. 

Ljohnsaw what you've got looks like a copy of a "Webasto" heater that are used for sleeper truck cabs. Biggest issues we had was they would carbon up with soot over time. Common for the little exhaust pipe to smoke like chimney at start up, and clear itself as it gets up to temperature.

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Went to the dump. People though away things in the Iron pile. All free

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Chain saw sharpener.


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A new air compressor. Runs like a top.

That's a nice compressor 
I have the older version of that. Has been run hard for 27 years and still runs like a top.
That's a nice score

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Quote from: Peter Drouin on December 16, 2021, 07:58:43 PM
Went to the dump. People though away things in the Iron pile. All free

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Chain saw sharpener.


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A new air compressor. Runs like a top.

That's a nice compressor
I have the older version of that. Has been run hard for 27 years and still runs like a top.
That's a nice score

Did all the roof with it, ruining two guns.

Hold on I just scored! Yep a distant relative to me left an unclaimed 13,030,000 United States dollars.  So since no one has come forward to claim this amount and efforts to locate relatives have been unsuccessful.  So if I cooperate with this Candian Law firm I will get approximately half. Yep I can see hydraulics on a tricked out sawmill in my near future and a new diesel truck to pull it.  8)

I  mean the fax looks legit and only a couple misspelled words.  Wow I can't wait to tell the misses....

::) ::) ::)

I guess I supported the timber industry  with the wasted fax paper...

   You better hurry up and send them their admin fee so they can process the account and be sure to send them your bank account number so they deposit it directly in with your other savings. ;)

Picked these up about two weeks ago at an auction:


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$5.00 for all three!

I was the only one who bid on them.  Not sure why, as there seemed to be plenty of "tool savvy" buyers there, but I'm not going to complain.

Cheques in the mail nebraska.  

Those kant-twists are great. 

Ok good I'm holding my breath. oz_smiley

Picked this log arch up from an old fella who also built his own sawmill.  $350  The guy couldn't weld worth a *DanG, but it works!  I am gonna pull it into the garage when snow starts a falling, grind down the bumps and reweld it.


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I just finished bidding on my most recent auction.  I think I did pretty well.  I won 20 gallons of aluminum roof paint for the inside of the kiln.  I'm sure I don't need that much, but I got 4 five gallon buckets for about $100.  I also got some other finishes and paints that I"ll either use or sell.  Pictures tomorrow when I pick it all up.

whatre some good auction sites?  how much are the fees and taxes?

Well, I picked up my stuff thus morning.  I did ok, but I don't know if it was the score of the day though.  I got the aluminum paint for the kiln.  Original price was $95 and had been marked down to 55 at some point for clearance.  I got 4 of them for about $100.  I got a bunch of different laquers and polyurethane.  I paid $270 for all.  This auction had a premium of 18% which is high.
What was remarkable was that I was in line and noticed the guy behind me wearing a woodmizer hat.  I asked if he had a mill.  Well, yes he did and he is FF member @UncleMoustache (https://forestryforum.com/board/index.php?action=profile;u=52997) 
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I see this often...  Why is your selfie picture reversed?  Is that an iPhone thing?  Score on Lacquer thinner.  It is no longer available in California ::)

The selfie function on phones is usually a mirror image like this.  I think there is a way to reverse it, but I haven't found it.  My phone is android and this is the way it is set as a default.

Some of the auction sites I use are aprobid.com and hibid.com Those both have auctions in many states.

I see uncle moustache lives up to his namesake. 

That's exactly what I thought when he told me his name.

I was bidding on a Hobart 20 quart mixer online last week.  Nice old machine two bowls, grinder, food processor, 2 dough hooks, paddle, whisk, and a cart/stand.  The 15% premium meant the buyer paid retail for it.  It wasn't me but I did my part for the seller ;) ;D 

There was a house with 20 acres of land a few miles from here that my father in law asked me to look at as it was coming up for auction.  Not a bad place, needed some work, land was nothing special but gave it hunting / play opportunities.  I told him it was worth $180K, later found out the assessed value is $188,900 - so not a bad guess.  I got an odd feeling about the auction as the realtor told me it was "as is" and clear title was up to the buyer to figure out, (say what?) closing in 30 days, buyers premium is non refundable and must be paid when you place your bid, but they were taking traditional offers too. (Eh?)  

10% buyers premium so I told my FIL to just make a traditional offer with normal contingencies because it didn't smell right to me, he offered $175K.  Auction was only on line, so we watched it.  Three bidders were all that had entered bids, opens at $150K and they get into a bidding war in the last few minutes.  Auction closes at $270K, second bid was $260K ish, and then the last one was in the $250K range.  So with the premium the "winner" is in it for $297K, more than $100K over it's value.  FIL is all mad at me saying I missed a great deal, the market is smoking hot, etc.  Folks - we are in nowhere Virginia, those stories of cash buyers bidding up the day the place is listed don't happen here with a house that has water in the basement, the floors need to be done, and the kitchen backsplash is a vinyl stick on paper, oh and it was unoccupied and from the RV antifreeze in the plumbing was not being heated. 

For giggles we check on the County registry now and then and look at the MLS listing.  A little over a month goes by and suddenly the place is re-listed with another agent, this time for $320K.  The buyers agent my FIL used is one we have a rapport with so I ask her to make a call to the previous agent and find out what the scoop is.  Report back was "the buyer fell through at the auction"  - guess the second one and the third one did too.  I find it hard to believe someone walked away from a $27K cash non refundable deposit.  

Guess what I am saying is be careful with auctions these days.  A year and a half ago I got some decent farm equipment at auction prices but it seems today things are different.  

I love the idea of the auctions and it's a lot of fun to look around at all the stuff available, but I either can't commit to going and picking stuff up (most of it seems to be an hour away one way or the other) or I don't have a truck for the big stuff that'd actually be interesting to bid on. I put some bids up on HiBid the day I registered there but they were low and I didn't rebid due to not wanting to spend more and have to drive to get the stuff. I've seen sometimes they'll have shipping but I haven't seen enough of the stuff like that to determine if I want to spend money on it. 

I will say there's money to be made in resale. My wife and I bought a neat, big, orange ashtray from a yard sale (likely the world's longest yard sale on Rt. 127) for 1 dollar. She listed it on Etsy and sold it for 22 bucks, yesterday, to someone in NYC, where presumably they'll sell it for 60-80 bucks. Not exactly the same but I bought a Howard Miller clock at a flea markety kind of store last weekend for 30 bucks and when I went to do some research to figure out how to get it working I found Amazon selling the same one for $400! 

I'm going to say this counts as a score of the day, though it isn't in my possession, yet... My FIL mentioned that he was selling a couple tractors, and I've been starting to look for one lately. I was planning, prior to him mentioning that he was selling them, to ask if he wanted to sell the one he lent me to mow with when we first moved into our house. Well, he does. We went out to his barn to take a look this past Sunday and it's in great shape, though he mentioned a rebuilt motor, and a pro paint job. I asked what he wanted for it and he says something along the lines of "shucks, I feel bad taking your money" so I offer to help him get some stuff done and he seems ok with that. So here's the tractor. It'll be delivered, with the finish mower, after my barn has been built and I'm pretty excited. 


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Thats a good looking tractor.  For the price of "help get a few things done" I'd say that's a score.

You better throw him some money too, and be certain yall are squared up on it, or you may never pay that gem off.  

There is some old man out there thatd spend $8k or so to ride his grandkids across the lawn on that. 

I agree with Mike on that one. Settle on a price even if it is at a discount.  Better results down the road.. Sweet barn  btw I wish mine would have had a stone foundation that looked that good.

Good input guys! I told him it was in my budget to pay him what he told me he was planning to ask for it ($4500), but he balked. I'll likely give him a couple grand and do some work for it, I'm a little concerned about the "squared up" aspect of it too! He's been very good to us since I've been in the picture and I don't mind helping some but it definitely could become a never-ending experience, he's got a lot of stuff to move around and he's rebuilding his house for like the 3rd or 4th time!

Good eye on the barn, it's really neat! If I'm remembering correctly it was built, maybe as a warehouse, for the Miami and Erie Canal that ran kind of right through the FIL's property from the mid 1800's through the early 1900's, there is an old lock a few hundred yards from his house (not on his property) that we've checked out a few times.

Off the topic but still of interest, the in-laws' neighbor is George Montgomery (Ohio George (https://www.daytondailynews.com/sports/archdeacon-ohio-george-a-miami-valley-sports-legend-is-celebrated-not-forgotten/PHG3MRAASZEJDDHHCPCLUUS63Y/), this is a great article about him) of drag racing fame. I'd met him a few times and it was mentioned that he was into the drag racing world but it wasn't until a couple months ago when I read how big he was in it. He's been around several times when I've been at their house and he's got loads of really neat stories!

  I've been looking for/at hanging hydro ceiling heaters for a while.  I need one in the sugarhouse and for another project.  I hadn't pulled the trigger on a new one and I'm glad I've been patient.  I had a shopping cart of stuff that included a Modine at supplyhouse.com.  I backed out of it.  Whew, that was close ;) ;D  Last night on Marketplace one of the big ones was listed and less than 20 miles away and cheap.  I made contact and was there before daylight this morning.  The seller told me last night there was more than one :)
They're made in the USA Emersons.  The asking price was $150 ea. for the 200,000 btu models and $50 for the 40,000.  I walked away with them for $450.  Two have thermostats.  I'm happy 8) 8) 8) 8) 8)


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Quote from: firefighter ontheside on December 29, 2021, 12:55:56 PM
Well, I picked up my stuff thus morning.  I did ok, but I don't know if it was the score of the day though.  I got the aluminum paint for the kiln.  Original price was $95 and had been marked down to 55 at some point for clearance.  I got 4 of them for about $100.  I got a bunch of different laquers and polyurethane.  I paid $270 for all.  This auction had a premium of 18% which is high.
What was remarkable was that I was in line and noticed the guy behind me wearing a woodmizer hat.  I asked if he had a mill.  Well, yes he did and he is FF member @UncleMoustache (https://forestryforum.com/board/index.php?action=profile;u=52997)

 





ffontheside and I had a good conversation about many things.  He's a great guy!

I didn't score as well as I would like at the auction.  It certainly wasn't worth 2 hours of driving and an hour of standing in line, but once you win one thing on an online auction, then you're committed for the rest.  Got some joint compound, some copper pipe, couple toilet seats (I'm a remodeling contractor) and some chain.

But I made a new friend and that was certainly worth the drive.   :laugh:

Absolutely!  Making a new friend was worth more than the stuff I got.  I'm selling some roof paint that I got, since I don't need all that I got.  That will help offset the price I paid for everything.

 
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Sometime yesterday my web belt came undone and I did not notice.  My worn out Gerber tool slipped off of the belt.  After retracing my steps, I was unable to find it.

I had a spare but it was worn out also.  While at a hog tagging event for a youth show that I am a committee member of last night, a fellow committee member, friend, retired Army Sargeant that I used to coach football with back in the mid '90's walked away after hearing of my lost Gerber tool.  A few minutes later he returned and handed me a nearly new one.  He evidently has several of them.  His generosity made my day.  

I hope that I can find some way to return the favor.

Very awesome! There are a few lost Leathermans scattered across my farm. Someday an archeologist will develop a theory about some battle and how the tool owner must have lost to a giant, man eating bunny when he finds them.  :D

 There was tools up at the farm that when they would quit working went out into the barn yard, from vice grips to many screwdrivers  :o . That will give an archeologist  something to think about  ;D .

I would love to be here in 100 years when someone drops a plow onto the plank road I built.  :D

I lost my knife helping that logger kid get unstuck.  He brought it back yesterday and asked me to get him unstuck again.  Sorry kiddo.  Time to grow up and fix your reverse.  Im not gonna stop my life every time you cant find a culdesac.


Todays score wasnt Di Giornio. It was delivery. 

"mike you want this stuff?"


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Why yes i do please and thank you.

Kind of off topic, but here's a picture of the outside of that barn. 


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Oh there goes my building envy again. Meters pegged. 

Seeds!

Local hardware store was throwing out their year's stock of leftover seed packets and bulbs.  Asked me if I wanted any.  I said that I could take the whole shebang, so I walked out with the 3 display units with a couple hundred seed packets.  Wife took all she wanted, as did my daughter and in-laws.  Gave the rest to a ranch with a community garden.

thats awesome

That is a score @UncleMoustache (https://forestryforum.com/board/index.php?action=profile;u=52997) free seeds and you had so many that you could share.

I've been posting about this all week, but today was the day I was finally able to get out of the house and go get my new to me Stihl MS362.  I tried to pay the guy's asking price and he gave me $25 back, even after I had asked him to hold it for me until i was out of quarantine.  There have probably been better deals on a 362, but for me it was the score of the week.  This thing is 10 years old, at least since the date of manufacture.  Maybe it sat on a shelf for a while.  It is in like new condition and I love it.  

Quote from: firefighter ontheside on January 05, 2022, 05:32:37 PM
That is a score @UncleMoustache (https://forestryforum.com/board/index.php?action=profile;u=52997) free seeds and you had so many that you could share.

I've been posting about this all week, but today was the day I was finally able to get out of the house and go get my new to me Stihl MS362.  I tried to pay the guy's asking price and he gave me $25 back, even after I had asked him to hold it for me until i was out of quarantine.  There have probably been better deals on a 362, but for me it was the score of the week.  This thing is 10 years old, at least since the date of manufacture.  Maybe it sat on a shelf for a while.  It is in like new condition and I love it.  

Glad you're out of quarantine Bill. 8)  That's the real score of the YEAR!!
I hope the kids and dad are doing well also.

Brent

Thanks Brent.  Dad is doing well too.  He and I were out cutting some logs today to check out the new saw.  A few days ago he said that his sense of taste was gone, but today he said its back.  The boys are doing well.  Sean was completely unphased by covid.  Liam has been sleeping a lot, so today I made him go outside on a few walks and get some fresh air.  He will go back to school tomorrow.  Sean can't go back until next week.

That's good news Bill. Found out yesterday that one of my firefighters is in the hospital with it. I knew he had it early last week and told him to go get the infusion. He told me "I'll be fine". I called him today and he could barely talk but again told me "I'll be fine" headscratch

Brent

Sorry for the hijack, now back to your regularly scheduled programming 

Brent

Going to look at a possible score in the AM.  I'm thinking it'll be good 8) 8)  More to come tomorrow ;) ;D :)

Quote from: Corley5 on January 05, 2022, 08:42:58 PM
Going to look at a possible score in the AM.  I'm thinking it'll be good 8) 8)  More to come tomorrow ;) ;D :)

Now that's just cruel! :D :D ;D

Don't let @bargemonkey see this thread...opps too late

Quote from: aigheadish on December 30, 2021, 10:35:57 AM
Good eye on the barn, it's really neat! If I'm remembering correctly it was built, maybe as a warehouse, for the Miami and Erie Canal that ran kind of right through the FIL's property from the mid 1800's through the early 1900's, there is an old lock a few hundred yards from his house (not on his property) that we've checked out a few times.

I was visiting friends in Ohio 10 yrs ago and my friend the now late Charlie Skiles took me to see a park which was all about the Miami and Erie Canal had to either make a donation or pay a small admission cant remember which but it was very interesting to say the least, i wonder if its the same place you mentioned near your in laws.

Quote from: nativewolf on January 05, 2022, 09:05:19 PM
Don't let @bargemonkey see this thread...opps too late

😆🤦‍♂️.... I wear a yalmuka under my Deere hat, I sniff the scores out... I think I'm buying 2x 460s and a Hood, when it washes out the Hood was FREE... 

Great thread I love cheap junk to other people that's often gold to me. For example I have been wanting my neighbors old 1970 D4 ever since we moved here 14 years ago. Then one day he mentioned he was tired of trying to find someone to haul it. I asked haul it where? He replies to the scrap yard. I said NOooooo I want it to use. I knew it had problems but I also knew it had some life left in it. So I asked what he wanted for it and about fell over when he answered $800. I drove it 1.5 miles down our old logging road home after replacing the leaky fuel filter and jump starting it. It runs and works BUT needs a head gasket among other things. It has an external water leak from the gasket I believe. I've been using it as is and keeping water in it. lol  

ETA: It paid for itself the first afternoon I had it and cleared about a half acre.

One mans trash...

Is another mans' treasure....

@hacknchop (https://forestryforum.com/board/index.php?action=profile;u=26031) While it's possible my guess it it's not exactly the same place, the specific lock I'm talking about is basically in someone's back yard. I'd imagine there are remnants of the canal all over though. 

  My new to me firewood processor engine.  I get everything from the engine mounts up and radiator back to the Love Joys.  Sweet running 30hp Kubota diesel.  55lbs of oil pressure when warmed up.  No more Honda gas engines.  They're pulling it tomorrow and I'll pick it up then if our schedules work out.  The engine was installed on this CRD processor to replace an 80hp JD.  It was never right after that.  Too much pump for this engine.  The fella retired and my buddy bought the machine.  He's in the process of retrofitting a Deutz f4l912 from a Ditch Witch on to the machine.  They're pulling that engine now.  When done he's going to flip it.  This Bota will be just right on my Block Buster.


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Very nice - guess in a way that's better than the full size, working, original, Pac Man game I envisioned you picking up at a yard sale.   :D

Heck yeah congrats on that gem corley

They got it off this afternoon and I ran back over to Afton and retrieved it 8)  I figure to make a stand for it out of the processor scrap tubing from last spring and set it off independent of the machine.  I need to check the mounting pattern of the pump.  I think it may be a direct bolt on to the bell housing 8) 8)   I can do away the jack shaft and Love Joys.  As I remember the Honda has a 1 1/8" crankshaft and the pump is 1" so I get two different coupler halves.  The Bota has a 1" diameter rubber mounted drive inside the bell housing.  That's a 1" shaft stubbed out of it.  It would be too easy to pull that shaft out, slip the pump on and bolt it down.  I've got my fingers crossed.


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Pac Man was restored and worked for a while but he's down again.  Waiting on the insurance company again and still ::) >:(

Looks like an SAE-A pump mount from here

Quote from: biggkidd on January 05, 2022, 10:15:08 PMmy neighbors old 1970 D4

Hmmm, no pictures, so....

Quote from: mike_belben on January 06, 2022, 06:39:37 PM
Looks like an SAE-A pump mount from here

SAE B on this engine and the Honda/present pump  8) 8)The Kubota has a Lovejoy torsional coupler on the flywheel.  If my pump doesn't have a 1" shaft I should be able to get the right coupler.  There's a chance the pump may have a 7/8' shaft.

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Quote from: biggkidd on January 05, 2022, 10:15:08 PMmy neighbors old 1970 D4

Hmmm, no pictures, so....

So it's like that huh? lol 

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If it steers.and pulls, thats a $10k machine here, problems and all

Well like I said it's already paid for itself here. I cleared another place beside my house and  I am now getting 2 more hours of sun on my panels. That's worth a lot to us. Plus to be completely honest it's a fun toy. I know when I was a kid I always wanted to play with full size tonka toys and now I can.  8)

Quote from: mike_belben on January 07, 2022, 10:29:31 AMthats a $10k machine here

That explains why one fella already tried to buy it for $7500.

Keep it until its dead dead.  Given enough time youll get your 7500 in a meticulous partout. 

 I'll keep it until one of us is dead dead whether it will be the D4 or me. LMAO 

I get all kinds of stuff that was destined for the bone yard and fix & use it as is or repurpose the parts. Heck these days I guess I have a bone / junk yard of my own. Let me tell ya it comes in handy! 

 
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On the side of the road with a FREE sign on it.
My truck has a crane so it was no effort to load it.
Plug is cut off.
The tag says 115/230 so I think it's single phase.
Also says 2HP.
I will be testing it in the next few days.

Man, as soon as I saw that first photo with the blade guard ring (which I NEVER understood) I knew exactly what you had there. That there is a rock solid machine. Just needs a table and you are all set. SOme MDF should do that just fine.
 That's a beast of a saw. I would have had to come back with a buddy and a trailer, but I sure wouldn't let that go by.

 Nice score.

Great find. 
If that is the 40-A, then there is a downloadable manual
http://vintagemachinery.org/pubs/detail.aspx?id=720

Wow I have the same or very similar one in my shed waiting for a real shop. I will have  to check. It would be a score if that's the right manual. A rail road shop had mine and was tossing it. A friend got it and gave it to me.

 
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The insulation on the wires is dry rotted and crumbling.
I powered it up and it runs well.
Just what I needed, ANOTHER PROJECT! 8)

Autocrane on a military trailer?  Thats the score of a life time
 

Marathon Electric motors, made in Wausau, WI. smiley_thumbsup

Got this off a auction site for $65 to put on my Ford 545D arms.  Amazon sells them for $209.

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I FINALLY got someone to swap me a mig gas cylinder today .. If i had the cash id have drove 2hrs each way to nashville by now for a nexair dealer to take my praxair tanks but i persevered and got a local exchange.  

Inside i noticed some big cylinders with scrap spraypainted on them.  Looked around, didnt see a dumpster.  Asked what yall do with the scrap bottles.  He said take em.

Free steel is haaaard to come by in the rural south.  Theres a lotta good junk gonna get welded up out of the gas i got today. 

Quote from: mike_belben on February 02, 2022, 04:04:41 PMAsked what yall do with the scrap bottles. He said take em.

Ya gonna make a big set of wind chimes? ;)  That kind of steel is fetching $260/ton right now.  I was dropping off some scrap and the yard guys were watching too close - there was some really useful stuff in the pile :-\  They don't sell, but sometimes I swap :-X

 

NOT a trailer Mike.
It's better than that.
UD1800 6 cyl turbo diesel with a six speed manual.

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Nice combo. Definitely a score. Does that have an electric winch or hydraulic?

Saw this on FB marketplace yesterday for $500. Problem is I don't have something appropriate to mount it on.  Sure would be handy.


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For that kind of money I'd be grabbing for the just in case scenario down the road. 

Winch is electric.

Go get that crane for $500

Mine sat for 10 years in my junk pile until I got that truck.

Nice to have stuff lying around so it's on hand when you need it.

Quote from: newoodguy78 on February 02, 2022, 06:50:12 PM
For that kind of money I'd be grabbing for the just in case scenario down the road.

Yep, that would my usual thought too.  The problem is that I've started to use a little sanity in those decisions. I've got so many incomplete and unstarted projects already there's no way to get far enough "down the road " to finish them all. (I've learned through careful study of scientific and medical sources that I may not live forever. lol )
I've actually been thinning out some things.  Sold all my farmalls except one show queen.  Sold off some equipment I don't use any more.  Weeded out some small down the road projects, but there's still too many/too much.  Plus the half-finished things and broke stuff that needs to be fixed. 
But that crane is still tempting me.  smiley_devilish

Quote from: Dangerous_Dan on February 02, 2022, 07:45:15 PM
Winch is electric.

Go get that crane for $500

Mine sat for 10 years in my junk pile until I got that truck.

Nice to have stuff lying around so it's on hand when you need it.

YOU'RE NOT HELPING!!!!  (You are dangerous!). I'm trying to be rational here.

What's the capacity of those cranes?

An autocrane is what im building my next forestry crane out of.  Got it for 30cents a pound.  Same rate for the material handler attatchment with kinshofer continuous 4 port rotator and dangle link.  


I think the torch bottles will have fire going through them in some form eventually.  


This afternoon i made my son promise to build our 8x8 forwarder project himself with his son if im not around long enough to get to it with him.

I didnt go to new hampshire and cut up a pair of 5tons for him to scrap the stuff.


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Says 3200 pounds.

 
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It loaded this old Bridgeport milling machine.
Dragged it out of an old barn with the winch, then lifted it onto the bed.
It might qualify as "a score of the day" $300
Crane made this purchase possible.
I rebuilt everything and added a DRO.

 
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DRO, Varispeed and powerfeed thatll bring 3grand no problem. Id say you done fine. Shined up nice

Well the crane is now marked PENDING so it won't haunt me much longer. Good deals don't usually last long on FB.

I went to look at a honda powered compressor yesterday. Supposed to run and drive, but it wouldn't start when I got there. (Sat for 8 months with corn gas in the carb, so. . . ). I told the guy I wasn't interested because I didn't need another project. He said make an offer and I told $100 was the max I'd pay without seeing it run and pump some air. It followed me home, so I've got another carb cleaning project - oops. Pretty sure its ok otherwise though.


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I didn't know the scuba tank portables could do 14 cfm @ 100 psi. Pretty good for a small compressor. It is two stage, so that makes sense now that I see it.

the free 300cu ft 75/25 mig bottle i brought home hissed.  hooked it up and its got 200 psi in it.  thatll last me months.  back on easy street. 

8)

Score!! :)

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A $300 bridgeport is the score of the year. Cranes are handy. 

Agreed, especially a varispeed.  The best we ever did was 2005ish.. 3 of them for $500/ea but they were J heads.  I got $1100 i believe for a pretty rough J head that had been scrapped back in 2015. By then a nice one was $2500ish, maybe 4k by now i dunno.


I had to be responsible and look away from a $100 working lathe a few days ago for lack of a garage.  Killed me. 

Got these free off a grading jobsite today.
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There's 2 more loads that I'm going to get tomorrow.  

Bridgeport - major score
Trees - major score.  Usually companies collect all the good logs and sell them, unless the site owner says Not So Fast There Bucko!.

About 500 BF.  "Just get it out of my way."


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Nice! Look forward to seeing the pictures of it sawn up 👍

I hope this turns out to be a score.  There was a lot of work and a favor from a friend with a big skid steer to pick it up.  I will have a lot of work quartering it with the chainsaw before I can put it on the sawmill.  Biggest cherry log I've seen.  36" diameter both ends and 9' long.  There is more to get, but I can get those myself.

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Quote from: Walnut Beast on February 16, 2022, 07:35:32 PM
Nice! Look forward to seeing the pictures of it sawn up 👍

Me too.  Nothing better than just get this walnut out of my way.

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I hope this turns out to be a score.  There was a lot of work and a favor from a friend with a big skid steer to pick it up.  I will have a lot of work quartering it with the chainsaw before I can put it on the sawmill.  Biggest cherry log I've seen.  36" diameter both ends and 9' long.  There is more to get, but I can get those myself.

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I'm sure it will definitely be a score with as much is there 💪👍

Found these in one of the buildings that came with our property.

The anvil for the spinner is missing.  I ordered one, but it turned out to be wrong.  Got lucky, and found a line on a parts list for a modern Oregon spinner that listed the part number for anvils for "old style cast spinners", and Amazon had them-ordered.

The new, wrong anvil is in the picture.  Correct one hopefully on the way.

Not as good a score as a lot of the stuff you guys have gotten, but I was glad to find these for nothing.

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Besides spinning a rivet, what does a "Rivet Spinner" do?

Puts chainsaw chains together.  You can make loops from a reel, or fix a saw chain with a bad link.

The tool on the left can break a chain apart by taking out individual rivets.  You hit it with a mallet.

Picked this up today for $1400.  Don't know how old it is, but its in good shape.  The chimney has been removed for transport.  Its a dual zone Woodmaster 4400 good for 5000 sq ft.  The old guy who sold it said he couldn't keep up with it any more.


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The other day I saw an ad for some woodworking equipment and they basically said everything you see in the picture for $200.  From what I could see it was worth $200.  I went over there the next morning after work and paid the money and loaded up what I could fit in the car.  I brought home the trays and drawers from the router table which included hundreds of dollars of router bits, some very nice hand saws, tapering jigs and numerous other things.  What I didn't bring home that morning was the old delta rockwell table saw which included a nice aluminum fence system, the router table that was built to be the right side extension of the saw and a Ridgid dust collector.  We went back the following day with the truck to get the rest.  In the back of the router table I found 2 Grripper table saw push blocks.  If you're not familiar these are very fancy and sell for $140 each new.  There was also a tapering jig by the same company that sells for $130 new.  Inside the router table was a Rockler router lift and Porter Cable 6902 router.  Those 2 items new probably cost a good $500.  As I dont want the table saw, router table or dust collector, I will be selling those.  I already have the DC sold for $100.  I've listed the saw for $150, but it might be a tough sell.  Its an old 8" saw, but the 1.5 horse motor thats with it is probably $300 new so I think it will sell eventually.  I will use the router and lift to either make an additional router table or incorporate it into my table saw wing.  I think I got the "score of the day".

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Man, FFOTS, you sure did! The dust collector by itself! Good stuff. 

I unintentionally got the score of the day a few days ago, after ordering an over the bucket forklift setup for the backhoe. 

I ordered the kit which was two forks, a 72" steel bar, and 4 big brackets that get welded to the loader bucket that the bar goes into to lift the forks which are run through with the bar. Welp, the warehouse seems to have screwed up because they sent 4 boxes of 4 brackets, and two bars (they thought one got lost in the mail). Luckily for me it's all crazy heavy stuff and the shipping is likely more than their value, so after a phone call to the vendor and they told me to keep it, I now have a bunch of extras!

Yowza.  You could divide that up into two or three lots and have the score of the day for a few days in a row!

I have one of the gripper push block setups, complicated but pretty safe on the table saw.  I will have to look into that angle jig setup.

FFOTS Wow. Like hitting lotto  8)

 
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Scored these for free today. Hope they clean up for the shed project  8)

Hey folks,

Last week I put in some bids for an online auction.  I had 4 winning bids.


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10 foot conveyor on stand  $1.00



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112 Metal buckets   $1.00

 
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8 Jorgensen model 45 clamps, 13 various lengths Cincinnati Tool clamps and cart. $80.  The Jorgenson clamps are going for $30 each on ebay, Cincinnati clamps are real heavy duty, going for $60-100 each depending on length.

The last lot was eye opening.  There were 5 bins shown in the online listing and I bid $58 to win.  When I went to pick it up, I found there were 23 bins and that they came from a shop where they were making office furniture.  I got sandpaper, stainless steel screws, hinges of all sizes and varieties, many drawer slides, bolts, lag screws, locks with keys, magnetic door latches, plus much more.  Almost every bin was worth way more than $50.  Most were filled with metal things.  I haven't pumped that much metal since I was on the football team in high school.  The guy who runs the place threw in an old wood stove.  Take it he said.



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I think that qualifies as a score!  Nice haul.

I think the bins are worth $58.  :o    ;D
Stove looks good too.

I really need to get something I can move piles like this with. I messed around for about one day on an auction site before getting frustrated that I don't have a truck or trailer for the wife's vehicle, so I can't easily pick up junk like this, without renting something. I'm sure these scores are out there, and this is a great one rusticretreater, but not much stuff will fit in my Civic coupe.

That stove alone is worth it. Wire brush it, give it a quick coat of high temp paint, and it'll sell for rustic cabin decor.
Brings back memories, the old house I grew up in had an old cast iron stove similar to that (though much bigger) in the kitchen. The circles on top are removeable plates, and you need a special tool with a bent handle and a hook on the end to lift them out.

I love lots like that in auctions.  Its like a grab bag that no one is really bidding on.  Has a lot of potential and not much risk with the low price.  Several years ago there was a shop going out of business that made stair parts including treads and railings.  There was a very large rack in the shop that had sections that were individual lots in the auction.  Each section was a different profile of stair rail.  One of the lots though was "everything on top of the rack".  I bid on that and won it for $63.  Of course I took my 18' trailer with me to load everything.  I wasn't quite sure what was up there from the pictures, but I could see numerous hand rails.  I ended up with a bunch of brazilian cherry handrails 16' long and numerous other rails including some that were walnut.  I got miles and miles of quarter round, cove moulding, and other long pieces of trim.  I sold all of the railings for around $1000 by the time it was all gone.  I use the trim pieces on almost every project I build.

Quote from: Resonator on April 14, 2022, 07:37:25 AM
That stove alone is worth it. Wire brush it, give it a quick coat of high temp paint, and it'll sell for rustic cabin decor.
Brings back memories, the old house I grew up in had an old cast iron stove similar to that (though much bigger) in the kitchen. The circles on top are removeable plates, and you need a a special tool with a bent handle and a hook on the end to lift them out.

It is a wood-stove lid-lifter tool, and search will discover several available (if one didn't come with that small wood stove).
As a kid, and reading about the posts in the water heater thread mentioning "on demand" hot water, for warm water bath had to first go down to that two-lid wood-stove in the basement and start a fire. The cold water pipes went through that wood stove and then on through the house for warm water. About 1951, we moved up to a propane-fired hot water heater. Still had stoker-fired coal furnace for heat and shoveled coal into the iron-fireman stoker.

You can use a big old pair of pliers too in a pinch. Also learned growing up that those plates can lift a little to give more room to really pack firewood in. (Don't try this at home). ;D

Well the stove is going in my new workshop coming May-June this year.  The door has the word liberty on it and a 1776 scheme, so that made it a grab it item.  And I can wire brush it with new unused wire brushes that were included in my purchase!  ;D

Yeah my wife didn't care much about the stuff as much as the bins.  SMH.  She did say I wouldn't need to buy any more hardware ever.

I took my Dakota pickup and my 17' car hauler/logging trailer and I was loaded down.  I took the long way home around the mountain and I still had to play a tune on the gears to get over the hills. I swear I could see the gas gauge moving while I was driving. :)

I'm pretty sure I could see my fuel guage moving while coming home from Indianapolis this past weekend.  I was pulling the 5th wheel into a strong headwind and getting 7mpg.  That was a costly trip home.

I called a friend of mine about a table saw last week that he had purchased for parts quite some time back.  He told me that I could have it.  He told me that it had a 3ph motor but once I got it home, I realized that it has a 1ph, 3hp Delta motor.  It has a mobile base and a nice table too.  I have not checked to see if the motor runs.  He also gave me a dust collector and a barrel.  It is also a 230v Delta.


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Nice.  It shouldn't take much to get it going, even if you have to spring for a motor.

Kyle, that is a nice saw.  That dust collector motor will come in handy too. 

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My buddie had a street sweeper on a regular truck chassis.
Sold it to a guy who only wanted the truck.
Danny you want this?
Looks good for a sawmill or crusher project.
Engine has a nice timing cover with a pto drive for a hydraulic pump.
And belt drive with some serious bearings to handle side loads.
There is another pile coming that has a dump hoist and more hydraulic stuff.
I have been collecting parts for a while now to build a large bandsaw.
All I need now is some decent bandwheels in the 30-40 inch range.
I have some 30 inch pulleys but I think it would be best to find the right thing if I'm going to put any effort into the project.

I picked up some items that I got from an auction that I bid on the other night.  Most notable was a bosch little router table with bosch combo router kit.  New the table is about $220 and the router set $230.  I got all of it for $45 and it appears almost new.  I got a few other items, but they weren't very exciting.  Some things I just bid on make it more worth my while to drive to get them.  I got a little cooler for $6 and may sell it for $20 to help pay for my gas.  The other score of the day though was buying gas on the way home.  I got gas for $2.97.

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I like Bosch tools.  I have a 2.5 hp router that is nice and a nice jigsaw.  Also a couple of their 18V drills. 

This is my second Bosch tool.  I have heard a lot of good things about this router.  My other tool is the big 6" ROS.  It works great for sanding slabs.

I got a double score a few days ago.  The guy I bought my JET edge sander from had a Porter Cable router for sale, well I got it and it's a new 7518, the tie wrap had never been taken off the cord and the collet wrenches were still zip tied to the base.  The box was opened then closed for I'm guessing over 10 years so he let it go for $100.  This is a double score as my birthday is coming up so I gave it to my wife and told her to wrap it up, had I not, she would have bought me something more expensive that was really more for her.  Two years ago I got a new trash can for the kitchen for my b-day and later found out she paid over $130 for it.

Nice score!!

Trash can for the kitchen on your birthday?  ??? ??? ???

I have the same Bosch router and table that I bought new so I know what a score that is.  I used the router as the cutter on my homemade cnc machine and burned out the bearings.  It was easy enough to fix though once I found the bearings.  The variable speed is quite handy.

Quote from: rusticretreater on September 14, 2022, 04:16:26 PM
Trash can for the kitchen on your birthday?  ??? ??? ???

We (she) needed one and I offered no other ideas.  It's a pretty nice trash can but yeah, a birthday trash can.  I guess it was a good deal as it's now even more expensive than when it was gifted to me.

Quote from: caveman on April 14, 2022, 09:41:08 PMI called a friend of mine about a table saw last week that he had purchased for parts quite some time back.  He told me that I could have it.  He told me that it had a 3ph motor but once I got it home, I realized that it has a 1ph, 3hp Delta motor.  It has a mobile base and a nice table too.  I have not checked to see if the motor runs.  He also gave me a dust collector and a barrel.  It is also a 230v Delta.

We wired up the saw directly to check the motor.  It works and my friend who gave me the saw said he found a switch for it.  It seems to run pretty smoothly.  We used the dust collector for the first time last weekend while jointing and planing a pallet of live oak.  It works great and handled the chips from two 8" jointers at once without a problem. 

But wait, there's more.  Another friend of mine gave me a 6' box blade that his wife wanted to make a planter out of.  I picked it up yesterday afternoon and put it to work leveling out dirt and moving pine bark around the mill as well as moving dirt behind my folks' house.

You'll like that boxblade. I've got a 7' that pretty much lives on the bucket tractor so handy for so many things. 

Nice scores.  I have a 5' box blade that work fine, but i'm always on the lookout for a 6'.  I always keep the box blade on.  lt is great counterweight and I have a receiver hitch bolted to it for moving trailers around.  

My wife bought me a trash can as a gift one time.  But it had a Redskins logo and paint scheme so was a bit more on target.  Been sitting next to my desk every day since I got it.

I certainly can use a box blade but I spent all my $$$ on other toys.

 
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Nifty saw. This is kind of long winded but it's how  my day ended.  This came in the morning dropped off at work..
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Little Cabela's 35 hp tractor. Found it in North Dakota. Built for Cabelas before the buyout by TYM.   109 hrs on it. Was owned by a body shop for snow removal. Hardly any paint worn off the bucket. I have a dealer that will service  close by as he was certified as a warranty repair center for Cabelas  when they were marketing them.  Paid a little over half of the new TYM price with freight.  No pollution stuff on it...It's smaller and lighter than my other tractors so easier for me to haul to the cabin or to my dad's farm when I need to get some stuff done.   Quick attach so all my attachments will  work. Just have to respect it's limitations.

The rest of the story....Last night I finished pouring some footings for  a foundation repair on my old cattle shed and I wanted to see how the quick attach worked  on the new toy and pick up a round bale (mine are small as  my baler is 449 JD makes a 600 pound bale). So I was pulling up to where the bale fork was  setting trying to line up to pick it up and hook it. It's different because this tractor is my first hydro drive unit. Pedals are different and it doesn't coast and roll like a clutch  so mildly struggle busing.  My wife is mowing down the driveway edges. (Evening started by me mildly being in trouble for parking the mower in with one of the tractors) darn it she wanted to MOW and soon!!
All of a sudden over the tractor I hear my wife yelling "PAT  🔥  FIRE!!"  I looked over towards her and out by the road on the round bales I had lined up out there.  Three of them  in the middle of the row have flames coming off of the top. A neighbor was parked at the end of the driveway with his tractor and disc he was on his phone calling it in.  He had got my wife's attention on the mower she hadn't seen it yet.
I try to  hook up the fork a couple more times not quite getting lined up and gave up. Ran up to the shop where the bigger tractor with the cab and the grapple attachment was and got the not burning bales away from the fire.  About that time I could see trucks coming so I separated the burning ones  so the fire department could get around them with hoses.. I ran back down and dropped the grapple bucket and put the bale fork on quick. Anytime I have been around a round bale fire they almost never go out  so  I stabbed the first burning bale the fire truck the arrived first had hoses on it  two other trucks had hoses on the other bales  I took the first hot bale after it was mostly out and tossed it into the pond couldn't cause  much trouble there. By the time  I got back up the hill the other four bales that were burning  were  pretty well out.   My wife had mowed up there earlier and the fire dept figured it had thrown a spark because this was carry over hay from last year and the fire was on the outside of the wraps.. Fire department was really fast on the response,...it was meeting night and department pictures were scheduled so everyone was at the fire hall anyway.

I slipped 50.00$ to the last truck  out they went to the pond to check the on  floater bale before they left to make sure it was dead. Told them to stop at the minimart and buy suitable refreshments for the meeting.  I was glad they came could've been a much bigger mess if the neighbors hadn't driven by. Lots of unharvested dry crops around.
Sorry I didn't take any pictures.

Never seen a Cabela's tractor, looks very clean.

 Glad you didn't lose the whole load of hay. When I was in the FD we could almost count on getting a call when we had a larger planned meeting or event going on. Seemed like I was always leaving meetings and Christmas parties to run jobs.
 One time we had a family day for friends and family of the department with bonce houses and lots of stuff for the kids, held in the field behind the fire house. There was a serious accident 1/4 mile from the station and while one crew handled the call, the other crew had to clear all the tents and bounce houses so we could land the medi-vac.

 Glad you came out of that incident pretty cleanly. Good luck with the new score.

   I have seen truckloads of burning hay where they lost the hay and the truck. I think a cigarette butt flipped out the window of the cab was usually the problem. A lit butt in that much tinder with that much O2 was a perfect storm for a burning load of hay.

Nice looking little tractor.  I always liked the look of the Cabelas edition of Ford trucks.  I didn't know they had a Cabelas edition tractor too.  I'm glad you didn't burn that or any other tractors in fire.

I was fortunate and thankful for my neighbors  on the fire department....@firefighter ontheside , @Old Greenhorn (https://forestryforum.com/board/index.php?action=profile;u=42103)   If you were a small town local volunteer fireman what sort of treats would you want to show up at the next meeting? 

:)

Well Bill i a BC in a career Dept. and I was a Captain in EMS and them a Fire Co. both rural and volunteer. We were not permitted any alcohol on the premises. For meetings sometimes thankful folks would drop off cookies, baked goods and stuff like that, which was always nice but really not necessary.
 What I found stuck in my memory most were those times we were handling long running incidents like hurricanes, major fires, winter storms, etc. When folks would come to edge of the scene and drop off a half gallon of hot coffee with the cups and extras, or cool bottled water as the weather dictated, that was really great! I was doing traffic at a major intersection for 4 hours once and a woman drove by and just said 'thank you for what you do'. A while later she was coming back the other way and stuck her arm out the car window and handed me a bag with hot coffee and 2 donuts and drove off. I saw she had about 6 of them on the passenger seat. Another nice one is pizza dropped at the station when we are doing standbys and running back to back calls, you can't beat that.
 Truthfully, an appreciative "Thank You" goes a long way.

My department kept trying to get the members to do more fund raisers and kept getting mad at the members that would not participate because we already dedicated so much time to training and calls. a thank you and a nice cash donation go a looooong way.

What kinda bugs me is all the military get discounts at so many places but not many first responder discounts.

Just ask if they have a first responder discount.  You will be surprised how many managers will OK it.  Its not their money and its good PR.

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:)

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Brent

That's a Chief with some experience talking there, yeah, that would work! :) :) Happy Birthday Brent!

My department is as small town volunteer as it used to be, but we still appreciate things like cookies, drinks, etc.  We have a firefighters assoc. which does fund raising for things like sending flowers for funerals, buying things we need at the firehouse that are not necessarily provided by the FD.  We also donate money to local org. which supports injured first responders as well as their families in the event of line of duty death.  If they have any kind of assoc., a donation to that would be nice as well.

And then there's blueberry waffle cone ice cream that no firefighter needs, but wouldn't be turned down.  I certainly didn't turn it down at the pig roast.

Years ago when there was a big fire call, the lady who ran the local general store (remember those?) would make sandwiches and bring them out to all the firefighters.
Guy I used to work with was a chief at a volunteer station, and he dedicated a lot of his time to writing for grants. He said there was an art to it, and how persistent you had to be, to get funding for the FD.

I bought an unused Strongway 1000lb log arch, says it's good for up to an Ø18" log but the width and height suggest a bit more perhaps.  Also got a LogOX 3-in-1 forestry tool, also unused and paid $250 for both.  The arch I know I'll use, I just hope it's durable, the sealed ball bearings were a pleasant surprise vs. what I expected to be some garbage you'd find on a cheap hand truck.  Hopefully they'll keep the mud out too.  I suspect I can easily over load my ATV with this but just as easily break it if I tried to pull it with my truck, a nice ~2000lb 4x4 CUT would provide the best balance.  The LogOX seems gimmicky but will serve well as another cant hook, it's not light so that may be an issue in 30-40 years for me.

bby
We support our sponsors here, and for this go to Logrite. Just FYI.

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bby
We support our sponsors here, and for this go to Logrite. Just FYI.

Show me a 1000lb capacity Logrite arch that will haul an 18" diameter log for under $250 and I'll buy it

Well Strongway makes 3 arches so we don't know which one you got. They are sold by a company we clearly do not support on this forum because they make cheap copies of other companies designs and some of those companies are forum sponsors. Sometimes the copies are  right down to the paint and they even steal their advertising photos. Bad business practices. If you mention that name in a post, the robot will generate a message added into your post bout the company.

 But your points are correct. LogRite does not make anything that small (1,000# and 18" diameter) and their design is much more robust. Also LogRite's products are not made in China, they are made in CT.
 
 As it happens I own one of those strongway arches I bought long before I was on the forum and learned of LogRite, and long before I began buying LogRite products and learning for myself why they were so much better. The strongway winch didn't last a season, it is very poorly made and way underrated. The hooks they put on for a chain under the log and useless and the supplied chain is junk. I replaced the chain with a real one and welded two chain hooks on it in the RIGHT place. I replaced the winch with a 2 speed at twice the rating. If you are a hobby guy on flat ground with small 18" logs it should work OK for you. If you have hills, especially side hills, or rough ground, rocks and stumps you may experience some ugly flip overs as I did and you spend more time trying to get out of that mess than you should. My biggest gripe is that there is no way to lift the entire log with those. LogRites have a much more stable design, wider stance and properly shaped tires for the job. They handle up to 28" and I think 2,500#. But they have many models. I am not really doing any small scale logging for my own mill now, just firewood and dragging the occaisional small log. So I have not upgraded here at home. On the job it is skid steers and grapples, skidders, forwarders, etc, which is a bit different.

 YMMV, but You can't beat the LogRite family for quality. There is a reason I have dropped a couple of grand with them in the last year or so and it's not because they gave me a free T-shirt. ;D :D
 

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That's a Chief with some experience talking there, yeah, that would work! :) :) Happy Birthday Brent!

Thank you Tom,
Brent

I just came across an ad with someone selling an older 8" delta jointer, a 14" delta bandsaw, a contractor delta tablesaw, a 12" delta planer and some sort of really old floor jack.  Gonna buy all for $500.  Should be worth around 1700 or so.  Gonna pick it all up tomorrow.  I may keep the jointer to replace my 6" jointer if its in nice enough shape.  The only trouble is that I just put a helical head in my powermatic, so I will want to replace the head in this one too.  The other option is just re-sell all and put the money towards something else.  I'll know more tomorrow.  Pictures then too.

Man, you seem to step into some deals in your area. Lucky guy!

Ooh! I got two good scores over the past few days! I got home Thursday afternoon to find that a neighbor had dumped a pretty good load of cinder blocks off in the yard. We are currently using them for the compost surround, plus whatever random junk comes up. I'll find something to use the broken ones for too...


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Then Sunday my In-laws showed up with a great pile of stone, bigger than it looks, that I'll use all over the place. One of those slabs looks like a great barn door pad. I've had all the rocks in the foreground of this picture.


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When I lived in Utah you could get a permit from the BLM to go pick flagstone at a quarry. I think it was $10/ 1,000 lbs. But it wasn't a thing anyone checks, kinda like firewood permits here. I would get several loads that visibly squatted my F-150 for $10. It was great for building walkways and patios.

I wish! I've gotten all my rocks mostly from digging around the neighborhood. 10 bucks for a thousand pounds would be cool. I've been offered all the free rocks I want from folks in eastern Pennsylvania and Vermont area, but I'd have to go get them, not terribly financially feasible. 

Rocks seem to be one of those things where either you got 'em, or you don't. I live on a silty sand and couldn't find a rock here to save my life, unless I go down about 20' at least. 

 We do have a  Forum member in Maine that would love to supply you with all of the rocks you could ever need😁

Come down to my place and I'll give you all the quartz you want.  If I dig down 3" into my red clay I usually hit huge boulders of quartz.

My score for the day was stopping on the road and picking up a pair of channel locks.

I have both hands up and I am waving them.   ;D
Please come and get all you want. Free!!!
 You will need to load yourself.
Easy access.  ;D 

  I have threatened to put up a sign saying "Anyone caught stealing these rocks will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law". (I'm hoping someone will think they re valuable and come steal them. :D I may do the same with my multi-flora roses. ;))

I agree barbender, I'm in a middle ground. I have a boulder, that apparently came out of the pond hole, that is half the size of a VW Beetle, so there are big rocks there, and there are a lot of basketball sized rocks around but you've got to hunt for them. I'm still in the process of building my rock screener then some digging will commence. 

I wish I could take you guys up on the offers! Sounds like I need a big dump truck and to take a road trip. 

FFOTS the quarts sounds neat! Start a counter top factory!

I was walking through a museum one day and had to back up, a rock caught my eye. It was our rock, labelled "semi precious". I've got a cliff full of em nobody wants :D.

That's where the "semi" part applies. lol  Precious if you're buying, not precious if you're selling.

Laugh all you want, there is money in rocks. I hauled a load of fieldstone from Oklahoma to Michigan when I drove truck. Guy was building a vacation lake house, and had his mason build a fireplace big enough you could walk into it. Another local company I interviewed with had a dedicated run 5 days a week hauling semi loads of rocks from the pit in Wisconsin to landscapers in Chicago. If it has the "look" that people want, people will pay to get it.

That's a fact! I was working around a lake home by McGregor MN once. The stone used on the patio and accents around the place looked very familiar. I asked the contractor if he knew where it came from? "Northeast Wyoming I think." Ah yeah, same stuff as out on my aunt and uncle's ranch, I should start offering to load my pickup with it when I'm out there and haul it home😊

I have some quartz boulders about 24"x24".

Guess I need to buy some paint to make my rocks look pretty.  :D
They, I suppose the state, was doing some erosion control on a small river. I call it small, summer time might only have a foot of water in it, then have a shower and there is 3 feet of water in it. 
I wanted to stop and tell them I have all the rocks you need to control erosion from the river. 

I've tried, pretty hard, a few times to pick up free rocks. 

Once, my workplace was redoing the flat roof on about 100,000+ sq. ft. building and removing huge amounts of #2 sized gravel and I tried to get them to dump it all in my yard. I'm about 14 miles from work and apparently they had somewhere closer. I don't think I was smart enough to offer them any money to drive it out there, but that whole deal made me sad, as I think it would have gone a loooong way for my projects. 

The other good time was the 30 acre field across the way from me was a forest, with an old abandoned house and barn on it. I went and explored the place to find a lot of good rocks, not to mention the ones they've plowed up when they took down all the trees. I got a few good ones there but it could have been a jackpot. I talked to the owner of the company that owns the property (somewhat of a very rich local scumbag) and he said he thought his crew was going to take them and sell them off to landscapers, but if not I could have them. I never heard from that again but I'm pretty sure along with the house they just knocked down and buried that they've probably dug a hole and buried a whole crapload of good rocks too...

I've never heard of a good rock.   :D
But saying that, if it was not for rocks, I would have to have something hauled in to get me across the bog.
And if I tried to bury my rocks I would find more.
I had a house foundation dug.  :o

QuoteI've tried, pretty hard, a few times to pick up free rocks. 

Once, my workplace was redoing the flat roof on about 100,000+ sq. ft. building and removing huge amounts of #2 sized gravel and I tried to get them to dump it all in my yard.

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Would you post some pics of the size "rocks" you are after? 

I like anything, really, and I'm sloooowly building a rock screener so I can dig some holes in the yard to try to find more. Specifically, maybe softball size and bigger, preferably at least basketball size but really any size I could move with a backhoe. In the picture above you can see the common size I'm finding, typically a little bigger than basketballs. The screener should provide a lot of the smaller sized rocks, and hopefully a few bigger ones. Next, I'll have to do some math on the cost of digging holes vs. buying rocks. 

I had posted this photo in another thread and a couple people thought it would fit here and throw a new item into the discussion.  I had been looking all summer for a used wood stove that did not cost me too much but wasn't a junker.  About a day after I bought another portable wood stove this one popped up on marketplace.  I was first to respond to the ad and hopped in my suburban for a 20 minute drive to a small town near by.  When I got there the guy was waiting for me saying he had another 10 people lined up waiting to see if I bought it or not.  Decision took about a nano second.  Here is a photo of the stove I bought for $75.  Bought new by the guy and never installed so it sat in his parents garage for years.  Fire brick and hardware was still in the original box.  Brought it home and test fired it the next night and it worked perfect.  Now trying to figure out where to install in the house.


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You got a smokin' hot deal on that one. ;D
Looks similar, if not identical, to one I had in my cabin for many years. I ended up building a concrete block base to set mine on, so it would be higher off the floor and easier to load firewood.
I learned years ago if you want to sell a stove, put it up on the first freezing cold days, it will sell. Also I learned I have no trouble selling firewood when it's 22 below. ;D

When we built our pond we got 5 quad axle loads of rocks this size and 15 more of 1/4 to 1/2 those size for just taking them


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Look forward to seeing them all in place

If I had money to spend, I would send you more.  ;D

Quote from: Walnut Beast on November 24, 2022, 04:30:41 PM
Look forward to seeing them all in place

Here's some . These are wheelbarrow sized & bigger . You can see in the background some of the biggest ones . Some were so big we only could get 2 in a truck . There's 3 layers of these . Bottom are 3 shaped in a 'U' . Then we mixed gravel and cement & put behind the rocks to make a level bench for the next layer . We stepped them 3' back groom the bottom layer . The second layer there's 5 i think & 6 on the next layer . You can also see us dumping sand abound the edge before we put the smaller rocks around the edge to hold the sand in  
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This rock is our 'chair' . It's perfect to sit on in the water and drink a beer . Pond level when full is about 3" below top of the rock

 
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This truck we stretched to add a 2nd drop & built the box ourselves   

Very nice!! You have some great things going on around there and looks to be pretty impressive !! 👍

Are these old pictures of your current pond, sedge? Excellent! Man! I love the rocks (https://www.heavyequipmentforums.com/threads/boulder-hunt.79876/)! I could only dream of rocks like that here. I guess I could pay like 900 bucks each... 

Quote from: aigheadish on November 24, 2022, 11:09:09 PM
Are these old pictures of your current pond, sedge? Excellent! Man! I love the rocks (https://www.heavyequipmentforums.com/threads/boulder-hunt.79876/)! I could only dream of rocks like that here. I guess I could pay like 900 bucks each...

Yes sir . All 11' 6" depth of it . Hopefully the zip line goes in next year

For several jobs I have, I needed something to cut metal with a cleaner edge than a cutting torch or plasma cutter leaves.  I did a bit of Googling, and found the Milwaukee 8" metal cutting saw.  They sell for around $400. 

 I decided to check CL, and there was one listed 100 miles away for $200 that looked good in the pictures and said it was like new.  To far to be worth driving, and I can't get away anyway, having to stay close to handle my half paralyzed 106 year old Mother.

I decided to call the seller and ask if he was planning on heading towards Lake Gaston any time in the future.  He said he was coming to a wedding there the next day (yesterday).  I said I could probably meet him somewhere.  He didn't know the area, but gave me the address, and I sent him my address.

He replied back that his GPS said I was only 7 minutes away.  I told him that must be walking distance.  The dead end road that splits our place is used by 35 t0 40 multi-million dollar lake houses.  They pass through our place to get to theirs.  The wedding was in one of those houses.

He dropped it off on his way in in exchange for 2 hundred dollar bills
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 .  It's not "like new".  It is new.  The only sign that it has been handled is the twist tie has been taken off the cord.  The lake has over 350 miles of shoreline, and thousands of houses on it.

IT CUTS STEEL LIKE PLYWOOD!!! UNBELIEVABLE METAL CUTTING CIRCULAR SAW - MILWAUKEE 8 YEAR REVIEW!!! - YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHbQG86bswc&t=4s)

 

Very nice! 

For whatever reason, I don't often "score" a good deal on used or new stuff.  I usually come about items at standard prices.  But this time I think I did pretty well...

10 hp Woodmaster 718 10" 18"planer/molder with rotary phase converter and a dozen molder blades/sets for $1,000. He threw in a router table and Makita router.  The 718 needs a few minor repair parts and some TLC.  Woodmaster still supports the 718 with parts. It has the mounts for the two routers for 3 side molding.

A Rockwell 3 hp shaper with 3/4" spindle two fences and several cutter sets including 3 raised panel bit sets, a tongue and groove set, and a tongue and groove with bevel edge set.  At $600 I'm happy.  A good router and table would come close to that.  

The rotary phase converter can run either machine.  I probably don't have the juice to run both at the same time (it is not likely anyway).


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The 10hp is a bonus. I bet it's a good one and not a junk one

My not-local ReStore (Habitat for Humanity) has a bunch of furnace filters at 25 cents each!  When I got home, I wrote down the sizes I needed for the next time I'd be down that way.  I was back down on 12/23.  Drove up and there were no cars.  Walked up to the door and there was a little hand written sign that everyone was off to be with their families over the holidays and would return 1/3/23.  OK, good.

I was back down there on 1/3 and there were a few cars but the roll up doors were down.  Another sign said they are closed Sunday, Monday and, now, Tuesdays.  Ok, this is getting frustrating.

So I made the trip down today, just 20 minute detour from where I needed to go.  Ya!  They are open!.  None of filters were the right size :(  So I wandered around looking at what little they had.


Came around the corner and saw this:

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Brand new, still strapped to the pallet with the clog remover tool (just behind the blade cover) and key zip tied down.  $999 at HD, they were asking $500.  Since I'm old, I got the Senior Citizen discount (10%).  I was out the door or $489.  Came shipped with oil, I put in a little gas, pushed the primer bulb 3 times and it started on the first pull.  It has an electric starter but it is the 110v kind.  That won't be much good up at the cabin since I'm off-grid - but I'll probably have an inverter (already have one) installed for various uses, like this.  It is just missing the crank handle for turning the exhaust chute.  I think I have some 3/8" zinc plated rod that will do nicely for that.  It has 6 forward and 2 reverse speeds.  No throttle, just a governor-controlled speed.

Good deal John.  I haven't seen a deal that good at HFH.  There used to be one in my town, but they closed and moved to a bigger town further away, so I don't go there much anymore.  

HFH is pretty pricey here, you got a nice deal. I have a similar model to that one but up a number or two, mine is a 3 stage. Mine has the joystick/cable control for the chute angle and lift. I kind of hate that, not a great design, but it is a good machine. Also have the electric start, I plugged in it once when it was new to make sure it worked, never used it again. The thing starts on the first or second pull even after sitting 8 months. No problems starting it at 0° either. I don't use the machine much, but when I need it, I really need it.
 Do yourself a BIG favor and buy a box of shear pins for the augers and fan. I used a mess of them the first year. That back auger pin is a pain to change in a blizzard at the far end of the driveway.. ;D Yeah, I keep pins in my pocket when I use it. One good stick or rock is all it takes. But it's a very good machine.

Check it for any "zerks" (grease fittings) on the auger or axle, I buy soft grade bolts (aka "butter bolts" ;D) by the pound to use for shear pins. My Ariens starts on 1st or 2nd pull too, but I occasionally plug start it if it has sat awhile in sub-zero cold.
Side note if I was going off grid I'd look into the battery portable power stations they have now, (seen a few you tube guys using them). They can be charged to 80% in an hour, or hooked up solar panels for continuous charging while sending power out.

Nice find on the snow blower. 

QuoteIt is just missing the crank handle for turning the exhaust chute.  I think I have some 3/8" zinc plated rod that will do nicely for that.

Just saw this "repair" idea for the crank handle and passing it on for what it may be worth.



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I was thinking I might need a swivel.  Thanks for the pic.  But, looking at the manual, it appears that the shaft is set up to be a straight shot.

Just catching up here...

Tom King your saw and delivery story make it an incredible score! 

My score came in the form of doing some backhoe work at the neighbors house. He always offers to pay me but usually, though it's not fun work, it's easy enough, and he's like a billion years old. He's got a lot of junk sitting around and this time, like what often happens, he offered to pay me and I just told him I'd take 2 metal pipes he had sitting there. They are about 6 feet long and 4" diameter. I have no idea what I'll do with them but they seem like something that may be handy to have around. He also keeps an eye out for big rocks for me, which is nice.

That snow blower looks like a great deal for someone that needs one.  I've never actually seen one in person.

I called Troybilt and said I was looking for the missing crank handle.  He asked if I bought it new (technically I did), the model and serial numbers and is sending out the parts for free! 

I'm having a run of good luck these last few days.  Called the bank to get some checks printed.  You know, those paper things you write on to pay someone.  I use about 4 a year.  She asked it I want a 40 or 80 order.  I said make it 80 and I'll be good for the next 20 years.  Printing and shipping at no charge!

Great find but I want videos of you attacking 8ft drifts up at the cabin 😃. 

Quote from: Tom King on January 05, 2023, 08:32:35 AM
That snow blower looks like a great deal for someone that needs one.  I've never actually seen one in person.

There is something strangely satisfying about blowing heavy snow in no wind that can cleared almost completely in one pass and deposited right where you want it.  The light, fluffy stuff sometimes proves difficult as it's fractionally heavier than air and two stage snowblowers want heavy snow.  The shine is gone from the apple pretty quick when you have to remove snow that's been run over a time or two, or it's windy and 80% of the snow blows right back where you don't want it.  My least favorite is when you finish and the city plow blocks the end of the driveway with a row of frozen slush 10 minutes later but you find it 2 hours later when it's frozen hard as granite.  
I do miss seeing snow but I do not miss living where it would fall regularly.
$500 does seem like a good deal for that snowblower given that it's new.  Maybe I'm glutton for punishment but I've had a half dozen or so various snowblowers while I lived in OH and I probably payed less than $300 for all of them, they all needed far more work than anything new would.

Blowing snow in windy conditions is great fun! It's how I put on  my blizzard face. :D


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When I bought my 58hp 4wd Kubota tractor new, I got it with a 72" pto snowblower. I will say it is fun to rev up the throttle and eat drifts, snowbanks, and launch snow all the way into next winter. 
Though without a cab, I definitely have become an expert in wind direction running it.  :snowman: ;D

Quote from: Tom King on January 05, 2023, 08:32:35 AM
That snow blower looks like a great deal for someone that needs one.  I've never actually seen one in person.

🤣🤣🤣🤣

Got this J2000 today for $120. New in box.  Basic kit without the slide hammer. The guy even dropped it off at my house this afternoon. Decent score I think.


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I also got a Dewalt DWS779 sliding miter saw plus the light kit upgrade from the same guy for $375.  Not exactly a score, but a good deal. Saw is new in box.  

Good deal on the Delmhorst!  One of the best things I bought to increase the quality of my lumber.

I've seen some really good deals on the 2000 on EBay every so often. But not dropped off at your house 😂. Nice score on all the goodies! 

LockNFlate and LockNLube goodies  




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The motor on my 970 bobcat is toast and nearly impossible to find parts. F227 continental. A rebuild is over $6k. I purchased this genset with 560 hours for $600. They were asking $2,900. Has a Ford industrial D242 4 cyl diesel. It'll be a few minutes to get it married to the Bob, but for that money, I could even take 10 minutes. Purrs just fine 



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$600 is a steal of a deal! smiley_thumbsup
I would think you'd have to change the throttle over, generators usually set to auto-idle and then rev up under load. Another source for Ford industrial engines are old "chuck and duck" wood chippers.

Quote from: Resonator on March 05, 2023, 11:02:12 AM
$600 is a steal of a deal! smiley_thumbsup
I would think you'd have to change the throttle over, generators usually set to auto-idle and then rev up under load. Another source for Ford industrial engines are old "chuck and duck" wood chippers.

Yeah, might have to do something like that, but since I'm not using it for hard work anymore, it might be ok enough 

Walnut Beast- I didn't realize LnL had the 90 degree or the inflators. You'll have to let me know how you like them, specifically the 90 degree, that'd be handy. I like Lock-n-lube grease couplers(?) a lot. 

Quote from: Walnut Beast on March 04, 2023, 10:31:45 PM
LockNFlate and LockNLube goodies  




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One thing I didn't realize and like about the LockNFlate. The guy said he hates to say it but the DOT boys 😡love buying the units because they are just using it as a tire pressure gauge. Clip on and get the tire reading. They make a LockNFlate that is really slick for the big rigs and guys love them. It's
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 a extension with a lever to pull back on the end but it is just to darn tight to get on the pickup truck dually. 

Welp, I'm renting a uhaul tomorrow afternoon... 

I've been acquiring a collection of stuff my workplace is throwing out and yesterday sealed the deal. 

An email went out that said they are throwing out a bunch of office furniture, etc. Come toss your name on an item and if you are the only name you are a winner. Well, I'm a winner! I'm getting the 6 cabinets below, which will make beautiful tool and hardware storage between shop and barn; a minimally damaged 20ish foot tall warehouse racking upright; and some crazy pneumatic press, made of like a couple plates of inch thick steel. I've got to get the office stuff out by tomorrow.

Woo! 


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Dropped by a local antique/flea market store today and found this brand new Logrite peavey. It was priced at $29.99 and I grabbed it up! The hook is still in the shipping position.

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Well that was a very nice Happy Birthday gift to yourself.  :)

Now that's just not fair!

Now that's a score!!!    logrite_cool

That Logrite for $29.99 is the best score of the day I've seen on here!

I'm glad you said the hook was still in the shipping position, otherwise I'd say it'll be DanG tough to roll logs. :D

Which is probably why it was for sale.  Someone somewhere did not know what to do and got rid of it as "defective".

I would have taken it for that price, even if I could only use it as a pry bar😊

Quote from: Magicman on March 26, 2023, 03:24:56 PM
Which is probably why it was for sale.  Someone somewhere did not know what to do and got rid of it as "defective".

Yeah, and if they couldn't figure it out, they have no business owning one. If that confused them and they couldn't figure it out, imagine how they would deal with a bandsaw blade that was inside out. :D ;D
 Some folks shouldn't be allowed to breed.

Careful OGH
We might comment about a wood stove or something like that.   :snowball: :snowball: ;D ;D

Well, there is a huge difference between those that do, make mistakes, but keep going and those who think they wanna do and buy stuff, but go no further.

Picked up some things from another auction:


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Bullard Free Air Pump for when you are hooded in a real dusty job.  These list for $700+ used and $1700 new.  I got it for $160. Weighs about 40 lbs.


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CRL 3x21" Belt Sander.  List price $205, paid $125. Came with 11 belts, 5 of 80, 6 of 120 grit.


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Felt Glazing rolls.  This is for putting on panel doors. $8 bucks.

I had a guy deliver a couple of Mustang 5.0 engines yesterday.  One has only about 35,000 miles on it and the other has a couple of rods knocking.  He also brought a couple of transmissions.  I really don't need them but after I retire, I would like to put a more robust engine in the '77 Bronco.  It runs well but it struggles to get out of its own way.  I also have a fuel injected 351 W that may find its way into that Bronco.  If I were a mechanic, this stuff would be easy.  Look to the "Did something dumb today thread".
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Man, I'd think a 5.0 would make your bronco bounce straight up in the air. That'd be sweet! 

A lot of Bronco's have the mustang 5.0's in them.  I've read that the 5.0 out of an Explorer is a relatively easy swap.  In my '74, we installed a '69 351 W with a Crane cam, small 4-barrel, and headers in front of a four speed.  It has the right amount of power for driving on and offroad.  

A good running 5.0 would certainly wake one up.

Compared to today's vehicles, a '77 Bronco would be pretty easy to work on.  Are those transmissions the old three-speed or an upgrade to a four-speed?

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Picked up some things from another auction:


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Bullard Free Air Pump for when you are hooded in a real dusty job.  These list for $700+ used and $1700 new.  I got it f

I have that very same air pump, also bought used but looks like new.  I bought some Bullard air hoses off ebay, and use disposable Tyvek air hoods that aren't exactly one use.  I get a lot of use out of one.  I did put new filters on mine.  I think they came direct from Bullard.

After you buy the first hood with harness (belt goes around your waist to keep it from blowing off your head, and tail hose the is fastened to the belt, you only have to buy the replacement Tyvek part.

Picture is with Shop Vac hose a different color than my ones used for dust collection, used as an extension.  (looking for picture)

I don't/won't breathe sanding dust, or paint spray.

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Quote from: rusticretreater on April 03, 2023, 10:43:30 AMAre those transmissions the old three-speed or an upgrade to a four-speed?

The transmissions are out of mustangs.  One from a v-8 and the other from a 4cyl. turbo.  Both are 5-speeds.  I have an extra 3-speed from a '77 w/v8.  We put an NP-435 4-speed into the '74 (granny gear).

A good one and doesn't appear to be used much or at all. The guy selling it never used it.  Braden 20k hydraulic winch. Still made new and all parts available if need be. Retails for 8,500. Discount you can get one for around  6,500 new. Thought I was going to get it pretty cheap but no several were after it. 60 bids later I was the winner. Guys from Minnesota are determined to win bids. But after not going higher on a skidder and kicking myself I wasn't going to loose even though I wasn't to happy to keep hitting the bid button 😂. 
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I mentioned office furniture several posts ago. I got it all but in an effort to help other move their stuff in the uhaul it turned into quite the clusterf ordeal, and getting home 5 hours after I started what I thought would be a 2 hour job I realized that I'd completely forgot the big warehouse upright (which was the real point in getting the uhaul) and someone had swiped the pneumatic press. Bummer. 

Anyway last weekend I worked on shop storage and went from this:


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To this:


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I love it! I've labeled things pretty well so I don't need to open them all up to find stuff and it should keep dust levels to a minimum! 

I've forgotten to grab items that i've won in auctions on pick up day.  I got distracted grabbing all the other stuff and didn't make sure I had everything I bought.  DanG it.

It may not look like much now, but I scored this canoe the other day.  It was listed on FB for $30.  As I was asking questions about it and telling the lady who was selling it how I would fix it up, she said I could have it for free.  When I get done with it, it should be a nice boat for floating our local river and look really nice too.  She only used a few times and the rest of the time it sat under her deck with the gunwales rotting away.  It is a Dagger Legend 16 made of Royalex.  They are out of business, but Mad River canoe bought the mold and sold a Legend for a while.

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Well this thread hasn't been very busy.  The last post was mine from April.  Since then I rebuilt that canoe to very good shape and sold it.

Today I picked up some auction purchases.  Nothing earth shattering, but a few hole saws and a nice lot with good rulers and other measuring devices for woodworking.  A couple Stanley marking guages.  I've never used one, so that may come in handy.  Check out the two "calculators" I got.  One does not require batteries.

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I came south for a few days now that my u.p. garden has been harvested. First day home I spent the day helping on friend Harold's project of replacing the steel on the roof on his little commercial building in town. I asked him what he was doing with the old steel. He said you want it? Take it!  I'm going to go load it as soon as I can make my body work again. I'm too old for that kinda work on a gitter done sort of pace. So is Harold.


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My father in law gave us some stuff that looked similar to that but maybe twice as thick, we had a leaky shed roof we covered with it and it's doing great and it looks pretty cool.

Im going to use it for walls to finish up my building on a budget from last year.

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About 22 years ago, we bought six acres of land that adjoins our place.  It's just some woodland, but has a few old farm buildings on it full of junk.  In pushing away an old brush pile a couple of weeks ago, I found these millstones covered in old tree debris and dirt.

There is a matched pair of 48-1/2" complete ones, and one 38-1/2" perfect one made from a brownish Granite.  The big pair are made from Quartzolite.  Researching what the stone is with Google is how I found out.  Turns out that is a rare form of Granite that is more than 90 percent quartz.

There are some big streaks of Quartz down by the river that now is under 45 feet of water in the lake.  A lot of the arrowheads found around here are made from Quartz.

I've been cleaning them up with a low pressure pressure washer.  Each pass whiten's them more.

We don't really have any need for them, so I'm going to try to sell them.  Looking online at what they're going for, it looks like it will be a good amount, and should be worth more than half what we paid for the 6 acres.  

Better than finding a 20 dollar bill in a pair of little worn dress pants hanging in the closet.

I will take some better pictures, but didn't think to after this first small session with the pressure washer.

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Man you've got some stones Tom! :D ;D
 Really, those looked like they haven't even been used at all. I hope you find a good home for them. Quite the score!

I assume you have found Millstones.com in GA by now. They have a matched pair, same size as yours but with a lot more wear on them. Yeah, you should get a nice price on those for sure. Quite the find!!

Wow!!

Nice. As an owner of a mill myself, I would say just finding them and keeping them safe is a plus for history.  Granite was used to make many early millstones in America and they are good for grinding corn.  Wheat however, was too hard on lesser granite stones so folks turned to quartz.

The patterns on the stones appear to be what is known as the "American Wheat Pattern". You will note that when the runner stone is placed on top of the bedstone, the pattern is opposed creating a scissoring action. 

You might check if there was a mill near the site where you found them. 

Thanks a lot!   That's very good, and useful information!

This is a place where water runs out of the ground every few hundred yards and all those little streams run together to form creeks that run into the river (now lake), and there were many mills in this part of the country.  The book on the history of Brunswick county Virginia tells that there were 30 some mills South of the Meherrin river, which is really not that large of an area.

Knowing where these were, I don't think anyone bought them and brought them here to just leave them where I found them.  I expect they came from some stream not far from here that is now under water from when they built the lake in 1963, and someone drug them up here on top of the hill and left them thinking they would do something with them later.

They were pure black when I found them.

They do have some wear, as you may be able to see in the picture.

The bedstone is nothing like as thick as the runner stone.  I'm wondering if it had been resurfaced a number of times, but I know nothing more than what I've learned here today about mill stones.

There was a 3300 acre plantation here on the river started in 1733, and operated until after the Civil War.  It was between two good sized creeks and the river forming borders.  I would expect it came from there.  This river was lined with plantations on both sides through this part of the country.

Wheat may have even been ground with them that had been stored in the Macon granary.

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For comparison's sake, Tom King, when I've gone out searching around the property I found a tv from way back in the 1980's or so. 

Those millstones are sweet and I'da freaked out if I'd found them. Good stuff!

QuoteGranite was used to make many early millstones in America and they are good for grinding corn.

Does that mean that ancient stone could have been used by the early pioneer's for makin' grits...? ??? ;D

QuoteDoes that mean that ancient stone could have been used by the early pioneer's for makin' grits...

Certainly!  My mill has a corn stone and a wheat stone, plus a belt driven corn grinder.  One of the sale bins has a label for hominy. Mills sold as many products as they could.

The bedstone of a mill set was typically of the same size as the runner stone for lighter stone sets and about 1/2 the size of the runner stone in larger stone sets.  The stones are resurfaced as pairs(usually).  Bedstones just sit there while the runner stone provided the weight to push down on the grain.

NC and MD were known for producing granite stones in these times.  As these stones are what is known as monolithic(1 piece), it is likely they came from nearby quarries.

My tractor loader is supposed to be able to lift 2,500 pounds.  It was all it wanted to do to lift that largest stone.  I'd judge it about the same a a cube of bricks.

Now think about workin them stones, getting them out of the quarry, finishing them, loading them on a wagon, getting on site and then getting them in place.  Man, times were hard in them there days.

Most mills could handle about a 5 mile radius around their location. A 3300 acre plantation would load up a mill pretty good. 

   IIRC the miller usually worked for a share of the flour or meal he produced. I assume he used, traded or sold that share for other goods and services he needed but could not make or grow himself

There's a guy around the corner who I've met a time or two that had a yard barn "sail". My daughter was with me and we stopped in to see what was what.

I started up and saw this:


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He'd already asked what someone would give him for a big colander and he turned her down but it was my turn. "what do you want for the drawers?" "what'll you give me?" "ah, my price is low, you aren't gonna like it." "try me." "30 bucks" "you got it". Whoa, sweet. Also, there's stuff in a lot of the drawers, and some neat old nails holding a garbagey piece of cardboard on the back that I took off. 

Then I saw a couple fans I liked:


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"10 bucks each?" "yup" I've spent 40-50 on similar fans at the flea market.

Then these old pop cartons I usually get for 15-20 bucks each were 10 a piece or maybe 25 for the 3 of them:


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You can see how I use them in the pictures above. My flea marketing instinct is that these, especially the yellow coke one would go for 25 each, if not more at the flea market.

I also got a big boat propeller for 10 bucks. All this junk for 85 bucks. The drawers by themselves, I've seen similar, for 120+ bucks and passed several times.

I was thrilled with this stop. He also had a couple sweet early to mid 1960s Ford  "window" vans. I didn't get a picture but they were really cool and nfs.

   Heck, and I was happy to find a Paul Bunyan book to read with/to my 6 y/o grandson for 25 cents. Looks like you done good!

 

Nice find on the parts bin/drawers.

I just replaced the cardboard, on the back, with a sheet of 1/8" thick plywood. You can see I used a bunch of the original(?) nails, but had to augment with a few new-fangled nails to keep it holding. I don't know the age of old school nails... 1930s? The wife wants it inside, I'll try to post a picture.


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It's hard telling, with neat pieces of history, whether you want it in the shop, where it's home, or in the house where it's art and I'm likely to see it more... I bought it to be in the shop.

Ha! Edit! That 85 bucks also included a pretty sweet chicken weather vane! I forgot! 

Nice parts bin and very useful.

 Nails like those could still be bought up into the 80's at least on the cheap. As I recall they were usually "blued'' what ever the coating was. Most effectively driven with a magnetic tack hammer. They were used to put cloth or carboard backs on furniture among other things. I think I have a can of them somewhere, saved for when I needed them, which has turned out to be never. So far anyway. 

Upholstery tacks. I've used a lot of them!

The drawers would be a seed-saver's delight!

Another old Tin score. About a dozen sheets averagin 12' long.

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Old tin should never be thrown away!!!

My lovely anti-hoarding wife told me, a few weeks ago, about an old antenna scaffolding that someone had chopped up and tossed on the curb and to go get it. So I did. I've got 4 or so pieces of this stuff and it's all at least 6 feet long. I also have an almost unlimited supply of these stainless, very shiny pieces of steel that I've been collecting for a bit. As I was putting the scaffolding stuff behind the barn I had the thought "Discopants" and it made me laugh. 

I've been considering big metal yard art for a while and started something a few years ago that didn't go anywhere, but this has potential. I'm welding (poorly, very new to welding) all these shiny plates to the scaffolding so they will end up the legs of what will hopefully end up being an 11+ foot tall sculpture to stick in the yard somewhere. So far it looks pretty neat and for both legs it should be around 450 of these plates. There's a reasonable chance I don't finish it, but I also need a good idea for the torso, arms, and head. Someone suggested a 6 cylinder motor for the torso, but I'd have to go buy it and so far the only thing I'm paying for is welding wire. I thought of a big rock for the torso, if I could figure out a way to mount it... If anyone has any ideas (design committee, where you at?) I'm happy to hear them. 

I'll also need to consider placement, the plates are basically mirrors and the whole thing may be blinding or potentially a fire hazard... So, let me introduce the beginnings of Mr. Discopants.



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Mr. DiscoPants? That is why wives don't want you hoarding stuff.

Austin, that looks like Rohan tower you got there. Pricey stuff always in demand for hams. How many horizontal rungs are there in each 10' section? If there are 8 rungs I believe it is Rohn 25, otherwise Rohan 20. The legs should measure 11" apart, center to center. If it is Rohn, just be aware that it is hot dipped galvanized and you should be real careful burning on that stuff, it's very bad for ya, the smoke that is.
How many sections did you get? It goes for a very decent price used in the right circles.

@rusticretreater - She's actually into the project! ...this time...

Tom, I'll have to check, I'm not sure, I think I got maybe 20 or 30 feet but cut into random chunks. And thanks for the galvanized note, I haven't had my respirator on, while welding, but I'll start next time. I'd thought about it but just didn't do it.

It looks to be 1 foot spacing on the rungs. I'm counting 7 on around 7'. 

good ventilation is best.  it is zinc oxide, and you can get fume fever.  feel like crap, a bumped white blood cell count, and fever.  goes away in a day.  welding outside will do it unless you are inhaling fumes.  

I was out in the driveway so that's good. Maybe I'll set up a fan and forego the respirator. I think I usually hold my breath a bit too...

treatment is tincture of time usually less than 24 hours.  symptomatic treatment like ibuprofen for headache or Zofran for nausea.  Had it happen to a professional welder, helping out a buddy at home.  His wife was furious and brought him to the ED and demanded to know what is wrong.  the pt. had already tried to explain it to her.  I confirmed it was fume fever and proceeded to send him home, and she again demanded treatment, of which there is nothing specific.  finally, the man got up and walked out and she followed.   :snowball:

On welding that galvanized stuff  first you  need good  ventilation .At one time they recommended drinking milk which would cause a mucus that coated your lungs in an attempt to stave off zinc poisoning .Weather there was much truth  to that I have no idea .
Galvanize is misereable to weld .It smokes so bad you can't hardly see the arc .Best done with a hot burning rod like 6010-6011 .long  arc it going back over it with a back stitch after you've burned a path way through the zinc .

Quote from: doc henderson on April 25, 2024, 10:45:19 AM. . . . His wife was furious and brought him to the ED and demanded to know ....  finally, the man got up and walked out and she followed. 

Doc, I'm thinking the 'elf with snowball' might not be the best electricuted-smiley emoji for that scenario. Maybe something closer to a lightning bolt?
There are a number of medical types in my family, and some of the public drama that goes on in an ED is memorable. 
Dealing with the public!   :uhoh:

I will say that with the thin-ness of the plates that I'm welding to the galvanized (with a gasless mig welder) that I'm hitting the galvanized for a much longer time, just trying to make a puddle, to stick the plate to. The plate almost burns through immediately. I'm not seeing much smoke release though. I won't say none but other than the shine of the plates darkening my helmet prematurely seeing through smoke was not an issue. 

Thanks, guys, for the tips!

If I need to weld something galvanized, I hit it with an angle grinder first and knock off the galvanized where I'm going to weld. Much more pleasant ffsmiley

Yeah, I've done that too Corley!

I tried a blow torch to heat the area I was about to weld but it wasn't terribly useful. I could have tried an oxy-acetylene torch but I didn't want to waste the gas while I was welding or have to refire it every time. That, and as I reach over to weld I find my stomach hitting parts that are a bit warm, if I used a real torch I'd likely burn myself pretty good. 

The last time I welded a lot of galvanized was early September.  I felt terrible the following days.  I drank milk, which usually helps, but after three days, I still felt bad and just about everyone in my family (mother, grandchildren, children) tested positive for Covid the next week.  I doubt that I contracted it from welding, but I felt bad and  DanG near killed my mother.  She had a tough time with the virus.  

Generally, I grind off as much zinc as I can, have decent ventilation and try to get it done.   

Welp, I ran out of my HF wire, and thought I'd be smart and buy a 10 lb. spool on cramazon. It showed up and sat waiting for me to get the motivation to weld some more plates onto Mr. Discopants. Today was the day!

I put the wire in and found it to not work very well, even though it has great reviews. I can't get it to stick, I can't find the right power setting or spool feed speed, it's throwing the breaker multiple times, all kinds of problems. The HF wire I got was gasless flux core and I don't think the new stuff is for gasless at all... I guess I learned a lesson. Boo.

It's on a 15 Amp circuit breaker. It seems like maybe it'd be good to swap out for a 20 Amp... 

You can't MIG weld (gas shielded, solid wire) if you're not set up with shilling gas. My little wire feed is only set up for flux core, if I tried to run regular MIG wire through it, it would work like using clothes hanger wire in an arc welder- not at all😊

It was very wet noodle spaghetti like, and it didn't heat up much. I did 3 or 4 runs of 3 plates and just now I went and ripped over half of them off. I've got more, hopefully correct wire here now, but it's hot out and I don't really feel like getting suited up. I need a big leather Apron. 

Stumbled over a gold mine!! sometimes you need to get lucky in life. Called a old swiss guy living near me who has a complete metal working shop if he has a small motor for a cutter sharper machine i'm building.

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So i called the guy and his wife answered, long story short he died 5month ago at 92 within his sleep. so the widow will sell the property and go back to Switzerland. so she invited me to come over to have a look at the workshop. OH BOY!!!

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I don't know anything about metal working but if I had the space I'd love to have a mill and lathe... 

Good find, man! 

Nice score! :thumbsup:
Check with Old Greenhorn, he'd probably know what a lot of that machine tooling is.

How many times I've heard that same story, whether it's with old cars, trucks, machinery, etc. The guy collects all of them, and when he passes the widow- kids- grandkids- have no interest in it and just want the stuff gone. That's when knowing what machines you need (and having cash handy) you can get good deals. :thumbsup:

I know a little bit about metalworking but not enough to get into it, nether do i have more hours in the day to get into it. i went for the motor i needed and wanted the mechanics cabinet with the heavy duty drawers which cost a fortune even empty. the rest i don't need i resell.

I have a good friend, the old guy, who has a precision metal working shop, he is a walking encyclopedia. I know he was looking for a universal tool grinder, so i sold it to him for cheap and gave him a ton of everything that i don't need. the rest i publish on the web to make a buck

I imagine he will remember this good deed next time you need work done.

Welp, some progress on Mr. Discopants! I probably should have just made my own thread for this. Admin, let me know if that'd better, please. 

New gasless flux core wire came in and I've got the first leg done, amazing what the right wire will do! Looking inside I'm noticing potential for a kaleidoscope!

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I think I could try to find a telescope eyepiece (I have one around somewhere, then use some sort of color disc, in his belt location, to spin and see some neat stuff, maybe needs light from above too... 

Next, after thinking some more on the project and the hundreds of plates I'm welding I went and got a HF spot welder. Next, I built a jig to hold the plates during spot welding. It took several tries and redos to get the jig right  but boy did it help standardize the process. 

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Now, rather than having to get all my ppe on, and hand weld each plate, not doing the best work, and taking an entire afternoon to maybe get one side done, I've made a factory and got 60 sheets, 3 plates wide, in a couple hours! I think I'll have enough to do the 2nd leg, where I just need to weld each side of the sheet to the galvanized antenna scaffold stuff. The spot welds seems plenty strong and they look substantially nicer. 

I just got back from mowing, the first leg of Mr. Discopants is laying outside of the garage wall and I noticed it is working! All the light spots, in the shadow here, are reflections!

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My next door neighbor is a scrapper so every so often I will go over to his lot to see what treasure he might have for me. Yesterday I found a 12vdc motor and gearbox that I think will work well for feed motor on my sawmill. I have always wanted to add power feed to my mill so thats on the list of upgrades I plan for this winter. Its 1Hp, 3000 RPM with a 40:1 reducer. It has an 11 tooth #40 sprocket on it that I estimate at 1.5" OD so when I figure it all out I should end up with about 5.8"/sec which is plenty for my 16HP saw. I also plan on using a PWM drive so I can slow it down.
When I first tested it it ran for a split second then quit. I opened it up and found one of the brushes was stuck open so it wasn't contacting the armature very well. freed up the brush and it now runs good.

Question for those who have added power feed to their mill. 

I'm worried about power. The engine on my mill has a 15 amp charging capacity. 
The nameplate on the motor says 85 amps which I assume is full load and I really hope the actual draw will be much less. 
I already run a winch motor for the raise lower however that is not running very much so the charging system keeps up. A feed motor will be running a lot more.

Anything you can share regarding your experience will be appreciated.

Tom

My first sawmill was a Kasco 2B with a DC feed drive and up/down. It had a 16HP Vanguard engine and charged the battery from the engine electronics. No alternator. Never had any battery problems or lack of power. I can't see any problems with your plan, sounds good to me.

I've never messed with PWM DC drives so not familiar with them. My variable speed was via a rheostat.  I found out the good ones would last several years but cheap ones were lucky to make it a week. I suggest when you wire it use the PWD for variable speed forward but install a override reversing switch so it returns at full speed. That way you don't have to readjust the variable speed for each board. 

FPP, I recall past discussions about using electric wheelchair (or mobility scooter) motors and controls to make a power feed for a sawmill, might be something to research. :thumbsup:

Thanks for the feedback guys.
@ rersonator, I actually have stashed away a drive from a mobility scooter I had thought maybe using for my drive but it is 24VDC so that causes me concern. 
@ Larry, your reply gives me hope. My engine is also a 16 HP vanguard. Your suggestion about going full power in reverse is a good one which I will plan on incorporating into my design.
Thanks,
Tom

I have a 24v wheelchair motor for my lift. I added a second battery this year, a switch to cut it in and out and a solar charger. I have an alternator that charges the first battery. The solar can charge either battery.

We went to the big annual flea market a few days ago and I came back with these whirly birds. Also, for sale was this incredible mushroom thing, 125 bucks. We didn't buy this one but my wife bought one last year from the guy, just a single mushroom for 20 bucks, though she may have talked him down.

The guy crank starting the car spins pretty well, though I didn't drill into the post straight down, so it has a lean and could spin better. The red, white, and blue one has only spun once, just a few minutes ago, when a good stiff breeze blew past. Both are freshly greased, but the red, white, and blue one appears to have some fins that aren't quite the right shape. I'm not sure how to fix it without likely ruining it. @YellowHammer are there propeller templates or suggestions for the best way to align something like that? I don't know how much propellering goes on in rocketry... 

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Quote from: aigheadish on December 16, 2021, 02:38:07 PMYeah, my wife has given me, basically, free reign to hoard once my barn is built so long as she doesn't have to see it, and if I have a truck the slippery slope definitely gets slippery-er. It's amazing how many times I slow down at a trash pile, then groan, as I don't have a way to get some random crap (that I don't really need) home. I can't decide if I need a truck or just a trailer that we can pull behind her vehicle. I'm rolling in a Civic myself and I'm a far piece from getting a CDL, but you never know where life takes you...

LOL, build a BIG barn or you will be building another.  Our farm has been around for a while and I've been rebuilding some of the sheds.  The first project and maybe the hardest is to clean out enough stuff so I can work.  We've still got horse drawn implements even though I never remember a horse on the farm and I'm 70 years old, lol.

Luckily, so far I've stayed in control. I've built a pretty big barn but I'm not optimizing space at all yet, especially vertically. In the picture above you can see the roofline starts at 16', which was to keep the backhoe in there, but there's tons of that space available should I need it. 

I'm very aware that someone, some day will have to go through my junk, so while I like having junk around I've got to keep that desire tempered. 

I'd seen what appeared to be a flat-top grill sitting on the curb at the end of the road for a couple weeks. Well, today I'd decided to take my daughter down there to pick it up. Needs a bit of resurfacing and seasoning but is in otherwise fine shape, the burners look good and there are several accessory racks and junk. I'd been considering getting one for a while but don't need to spend a bunch of money now, just a bit of elbow grease and Scotchbright or steel wool. Woop!

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A fella I've sold quite a bit of lumber to this year called today and asked if I wanted a old jointer he had in his barn. I've been thinking about trying to build something to joint boards by either using my router or a hand held planer I bought awhile back. I told him I'd be glad to have it and would come over to get it. He knew I'd hurt my leg and said he and his grandson would bring it up. It's a old central machinery made in Taiwan but it runs and seems pretty heavy made.Going to order a set of blades and clean and oil it up and go from there.(https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/68995/A6598987-81E4-45CD-91C2-038089A5BBA6.jpeg) (https://forestryforum.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pid=356840)

Belt driven? And what does it have for a motor? Single phase? 

Belt drive with a 1 hp motor. The fella bought it new in 1989 from harbor freight I think. I found some info on it and ordered a new set of blades. I don't think he used it much and from what I've found online it's not to bad of a machine. Probably getting everything adjusted correctly will be the main problem but hopefully I'll get it figured out. Give me something to piddle with when the weather gets bad.

I'd bet it is very similar to Grizzly, Jet, and other brands of Taiwan made machines. 

Between that and the new planer you are making life too easy for yourself!

Good deal on the grill! Just make sure to check all the gas lines and valves for leaks before you light it up. :thumbsup:
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Nice jointer! May want to put some wax on the bed and fence after you polish it up, to keep the raw metal from flash rust. I remember my old shop teacher used to say on old jointers crank the infeed bed lower then the depth you want, and then crank it back up to the setting. Had to do with the friction between the two iron surfaces. Also nice it has the notch on the outfeed bed, if you ever need to make a half lap joint for a panel. :thumbsup:

Finally got some new blades for my old jointer. Cleaned rust off the beds and got everything lubed up. Took awhile to get blades installed and adjusted but I think I got them right. Ran a piece of poplar through it and seemed to work pretty good although it threw out bigger shavings than my planer does and doesn't take long to make a big mess. I think I'll make a low platform with wheels to set it on so I can push it outside to use it. So far I've only got 25 dollars invested so I guess I can afford a set of wheels and a few screws.(https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/68995/DBB36C5B-B628-47B6-A279-EC28D7857997.jpeg) (https://forestryforum.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pid=357064)

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I wasn't looking for an enclosed trailer , though I know I will need one in the future, or another project , but for $100 I'll take it. Needs fenders and wiring, I have to work on the doors and check lights and brakes after I do the wiring and some misc.

Great score!!!Wish I could have found that one around here. How's the inside, floor and walls, etc.? I got all my parts from etrailer, they just made it a lot easier for one stop shopping. When it's fresh is the best and easiest time to strip the walls, throw up some insulation, run all your wiring, put the new fenders on, then close the walls up and put in your storage methods, shelves, hooks, etc.
 Best of Luck with it Arnold!

Geeze Louise. $100!  That wasn't a craig's list scam and you just bought the photo was it? ffcheesy

The metal/rims alone are worth way more than that.  Good find!

I'll give you $200 for it and you'll double your money!

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The back piece of plywood needs replacing and I will build new doors and put the skin on that. I didn't think of insulating it , but with the summer here it would probably be a good idea.

Well I have no idea what your intended use is, maybe you don't either, but I'll throw out these ideas for your consideration. Just based on things I learned. Your mileage will vary.
 First I found that once I had all the inside panels off, I knew I really didn't want to do that again. I needed to do that just to bolt on the fenders. SO while it was open I installed a bulkhead landline (110V) fitting so I could plug the trailer in and have 110v inside withut having to leave a door open. 1" rigid foam filled the space between the skin and the panels for I put that in also while it was open. I also put in a full new harness and re-did the wiring while it was open., it's mush fast when you can see all the light fixtures from the inside. I put up 12v LED strip lights on the inside while I was at it and after the walls were back together I installed a deep cycle battery to run the lights and other stuff, plus a battery maintainer.  I would do your floor before I did the walls, Use 5/8" ply, at least. Also consider either painting the floor or putting down a wall to wall rubber mat. It makes cleaning it much easier. My trailer came with one and I love it. It's only slippery if there is ice on it.
 I have not insulated and paneled the roof, but I need to. Mine is curved, so a bit more of a challenge. That trailer is like a hot box in the summer. My trailer is black, which doesn't help, but the roof is silver. I don't want my stuff cooking in there, so I leave the roof vent half open all summer  and have a small 110v fan in it exhausting the air. On really hot days I crack the side door open. I also park it under a shade cloth in the hottest part of the summer. But I have no idea what will be in yours.
 Anyway, just some things for you to think on or discard. I don't regret any of the work or money I put into it, it has paid off.
 Best of luck with it. I am guessing you will want to think on ventilation a bit more than I did. I would love to have a free air inlet that will not allow water in while driving,

Any used trailer I'd recommend checking the axles and springs for anything damaged or wore out. Also wheel bearings/hubs checked and greased. Even so, $100 for a trailer is like buying at an auction where only a few people show up!

Those track hold down systems are perfect for this kind of thing as well.

Definitely going to do bearings and brakes, among the other stuff. I'm not decided on the track tie downs at this time. It will probably be awhile before this project makes it to the top of the list, there's a bunch of items on it right now. Unless something comes up and it gets moved to the top.

My mother and stepdad are moving back to Dayton, so we went down there yesterday to help pack some stuff up, they've got waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay too much stuff. Anyway, many years ago they bought a nice 7.1 home theater system. I'm relatively tech-savy but struggled to get it working properly, but it's a nice Sony system. They gave up on using the receiver and some of the other components so I have a new sound system in the shop! Woop! There's still a little work that needs done to get it running up to par but I'm listening to radio now, which I've never done in here. I've got a replacement remote and an RCA to Bluetooth receiver coming tomorrow. I still need to figure out the antenna, I've got some wire and the antenna it came with up but it's leaving a bit to be desired. Also, it thumps!

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Sitting here after lunch today, and Lara walks in the door carrying a large object.  :huh?

"What's that"?

"A speaker, it was by the dumpster at school"

Anyway, it was a legit dumpster score, so I found some cables to hook it to a PC, but no power. Check fuse? Yep it was blown. New 2A fuse in there and it lights up, and makes some muffled doof doof  noises. A bit more checking and it's a combined amp / sub woofer, that originally came with a pair of smaller speakers. No worries, retrieve some 40 year old stereo speakers from the attic and hook them up.

ffcool

It's hard describe how Lil feels about this.  ffcheesy

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I have been scoring a lot lately as I have been active in local auctions.  I bought a ton of model train stuff and a bunch of model kits for planes that date late 1950's-1960's in their original boxes.  Some of the models are munged by someone who had no talent, but can be saved.  All told, I estimated it to be worth around $1400 and I got it for $570.

Other items snapped up recently are a $170 computer gaming chair for $70 in great shape, three levels(6 foot, 4 foot, 2 foot w/ digital readout) for $43 and a metal bar with four clamp mount grow lights w/ power strip for $8.

I am trying to break the auction vice that has me in its grip like an iron vise. ffcool

I'm in a constant state of ignoring model trains... We have a fairground right up the road that has regular model train expos, and I haven't gone yet because it may turn ugly (read- expensive). 

I have Mondays off the rest of the winter.  My son had a 2hr delay because of a piddly 3in snow storm.  We had a big "weekend" type breakfast, then I decided to check an item off my to do list, organize safe/gun safe.

Is it still a score if you find something you forgot you had?  I forgot I still had a Sig .22lr Mosquito pistol.  It was jammed in the back of the safe in its case.  I really hate the thing, its always had cycling issues and I even brought it back twice (Sig has a few manufacturing facilities in NH). they went through it and did a few "tweaks" but it isn't reliable, which means I'm not gonna shoot it much.  Turns out, they don't make "that"  gun here in NH.  Anyways, I thought that I'd traded it toward some other pee shooter long ago, so it was a surprise to find it.  Guess I'll have to find a different .22lr to.replace it, cause it isn't. spending much more time in my safe! 

 An auction house that we check into had a plumbing company going out of business sale. We lucked out on a hand truck that has a drop down railing to hold more cord wood chunks :thumbsup: and Rita scored 2 potty seats, had to buy the 2 to get the one to fit our basement potty seat  ffcheesy .

I've known I need more hardware storage for a few months.  Over that time I've searched Marketplace for Durham drawer cabinets and other hardware storage.  Found one set of Durham for a good price but wasn't fast enough.  I have five 4 drawed Durham drawer cabinets that I bought back in like 2014.  Price has gone up a lot, too much.  So I started thinking about building my own drawer cabinets, but knew it was a bigger project than I had time for anytime soon.  Last weekend I was perusing Marketplace and came across this score.  30 new drawers 16"x16" x about 3" deep for $40 bucks for all!  That's $1.33 per drawer.  Talk about a time saver!  All I need to do is build the cabinets and install the drawer slides.  Yes I could just do wood sliding on wood, but I want good slides.  The company is a supplier of furniture to universities/schools for dorms and common areas etc.  These were leftovers/replacement parts and I'm guessing  they stopped making this or just needed to make room in the warehouse.  I did buy a Durham drawer insert and some other drop in inserts and they fit well, so I'll be able to outfit the drawers with these insert compartments of the configurations I need.
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These Gray drawers cabinets are some of my Durhams.
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Incredible deal! 

How're drawers like what you have versus the clear, plastic pull out set of small drawers? I haven't found a hardware solution I like but it seem like the mason jar bolted to a board method may be one of the best... I don't really have anything particular, just a bunch of odds and ends.

I have been working on my 1932 Chev 3-window coop.
A man was selling a 1965 Impala SS -  super sport 327 v8 2-speed power glide In real good condition no rust to speak of.
The paint is still on the frame. It has less than a 1000 miles on it. $4,500.00 with a little fixing and maybe a new interior and a paint job it's a $ 30,000.00 to 40,000.00 car. I don't need another car but, I could not pass on it.

Good timing  It will be the last year for the sawmill thing. Retirement is a good thing. ffcheesy ffcheesy ffwave

Granite, I've never shot a Mosquitoe but I did get a SIG 322. I was looking at Ruger or Browning 22s, SIG had just came out with the 322. I really liked the feel of it, which matches polymer frame 9mm's I've been shooting. I've only put a few hundred rounds through it, but it seems solid. The only thing I don't like, is it it hammer fired not striker. Not bad in of itself obviously, but the rest of the pistol matches a polymer frame striker fired pistol. This has a safety you need to remember to use, where they don't. 

Quote from: aigheadish on February 04, 2025, 07:03:24 AMI haven't found a hardware solution I like but it seem like the mason jar bolted to a board method may be one of the best... I don't really have anything particular, just a bunch of odds and ends.

I did jars for a bit, then little baby food (glass) jars for little to small stuff. With our second child, 12 years later, the new plastic baby food tubs. I nearly doubled the storage capacity in the same space.
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Way fuller now. Then for bigger stuff, the plastic peanut butter and parmesan cheese containers on the left and
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And I have some metal drawers for the big stuff like 1/2" and up and/or long bolts.

Like a visual learner, I'm a visual finder. I like to be able to see what I've got.

At my scrap metal pickup, they had 3 full 5 gallon buckets of new SAE fine bolts to throw out. I saved a gallon or so of various lengths in 1/4", 5/16", 3/8", 7/16" and 1/2". I don't use much fine thread, but now I'll never have to buy any! It hurt to throw the rest away. Now I have to find a spot for another 9 jars...

Quote from: GRANITEstateMP on February 03, 2025, 10:40:16 AMI have Mondays off the rest of the winter.  My son had a 2hr delay because of a piddly 3in snow storm.  We had a big "weekend" type breakfast, then I decided to check an item off my to do list, organize safe/gun safe.

Is it still a score if you find something you forgot you had?  I forgot I still had an Sig .22lr Mosquito pistol.  It was jammed in the back of the safe in its case.  I really hate the thing, its always had cycling issues and I even brought it back twice (Sig has a few manufacturing facilities in NH). they went through it and did a few "tweaks" but it isn't reliable, which means I'm not gonna shoot it much.  Turns out, they don't make "that"  gun here in NH.  Anyways, I thought that I'd traded it toward some other pee shooter long ago, so it was a surprise to find it.  Guess I'll have to find a different .22lr to.replace it, cause it isn't. spending much more time in my safe!

Just a thought for you. I also have a .22 Sig Mosquito and found that simply using.40gr bullets solved the feeding issue. YMMV

Seeing your hardware is very important.  So is being easy to grab.  The Durham cabinets have a lid once you pull out the drawer.  The lid keeps dust from entering, but is also an extra step to get at the hardware inserts.  Using the wooden drawers, they will not have a lid and be easier to access.  I'll deal with any dust.  Open compartments make it easy to grap the screws you need.  With jars, you could have a ahard time getting your fingers in there, or you'd have to dump contents into your hand.  Having lids on the jars are an extra step to remove so between that and dumping the jars, it's just too cumbersome for me. 

Actually I prefer the look of the wood drawers over the Durham cabinets and contents will be easier to access.  Maybe I'll have a contrasting Walnut face frame on the cabinet?  I also plan to have visual controls on the drawers.  I'll make picture labels to put on the drawer fronts to easily know what's in them.  It's also important to put your most used hardware in a spot in the cabinet that is  easiest and most confortable to access.  Stuff you use rarely should go in the back of drawers, and on the bottom shelves that you have to bend over to access.  the box cabinets will have a larger wood drawer on bottom and swivel casters with brake.  You can make your own drawers, but planning is key and making them all the same so you can cut and prepare all the parts ahead is the key.  Saving me that step saves me considerable time.

Some hardware like coated deck screws and some trim screws I tend to use a lot of in my mill shed so I made a wall mounted holder for the most common screws I use over there, from plywood scraps.  You could do this in one area of the shop where you tend to use certain hardware most often.
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I'm slowly adding shelves and cubbys to get everything off the concrete stem wall.

Not sure if this counts as a score, but definitely a very reasonalbe deal.  I need to make a 7ft long shelf in my bathroom with a lower apron that will have pegs to hang towels and hoodies etc.  I wanted walnut but an interesting looking one like the coatrack that made in the past.  Trouble is for all the slabs I have, I just didn't have what I was envisioning.  So I went to a local guy  and he had the slab I was looking for with an undulating live edge and the character void.  He charged me $240 for the slab and it's already kiln dried and flattened.  Because it was so reasonable I couldn't leave the sister slab there(underneath), same price. They are 1.5 inches thick which is perfect for what I'm making.  Yes, it does kill me to buy wood when I mill and dry wood myself, but it's walnut and interesting pieces that I didn't have. So I'm happy.
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Here's the coatrack that I milled etc, that I love.
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Thanks for the hardware tips guys. I currently have my favorite fasteners in a nice spot that works, though I'm running out, but otherwise the little plastic drawers work ok but I spend a lot of time pulling the drawers out and looking through the bottom (they are above my head level). Luckily, I don't need that stuff too often. 

Some containers of mine are catchall types where everything and anything is in there.  I use a rag or an old shop cloth to pour the contents on when I am looking for something.  Then you wrap it up in the cloth, stick it back in the jar and then pull the cloth out.  Presto! Everything back in the jar.

JD GUY,
I have feed that thing many different flavors.  All of them have given it indigestion!

My father passed away in 2018 and my stepmom has bought a condo, after selling her home of 41 years. She sent me a text asking if I was interested. My dad's tool box, and my grandma's (dad's mom) dresser. Both are in their new homes now and look nice. 

The toolbox has some interesting stuff in it, and it's neat to see some of the stuff he had. I also got yet another box of old tools to add to my already too big pile of old tools. The red one was his, blue is mine. His fits a lot more stuff, though I really like the construction of the Harbor Freight blue one, it's much beefier and the drawers are much smoother and more robust. Either way I'm spending some time consolidating and organizing. 

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My grandma's dresser. I'm assuming it was passed down to her but I don't know anything about it. It certainly looks older than she was. 

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That is awesome to see "stuff" passed down to where it rightfully should go.   :thumbsup:

Nice score! :thumbsup:
After my dad passed, I got all his tools and still using them. It's handy to have duplicates of same size sockets, screwdrivers, etc. when working on a project. Check all the drawers inside and out, sometimes there's hidden goodies.

back in the day, those tools are better than you can buy today.  that also goes for the craftsman style tool chest.  they were the standard for the average guy, but sears screwed them into the ground.  When I go to Lowes, I get a bit excited when I see red.  then I remember it is crappy craftsman and not Milwaukie.    I got my son a set of craftsman sockets and wrenches and they looked great in a molded plastic case.  some are so over chromed, they will not fit the bolt they are set for.

Resonator- I've found a couple things hidden away in there already. I'll have to get a picture, because at least the box looks quite old if I recall, of a old school razor blade, for shaving your face. I haven't tried it on my face yet, as I'm not a very clean shaven guy, but I will move it up to the bathroom and learn to sharpen it and use it occasionally on my more shaven parts. My dad made me a neat shaving cream brush many years ago that I don't use but it sits on the counter so I can see it, it may have to be added to the rotation when I'm feeling fancy. 

There are a few other things in there that are pretty neat but so far the razor is the neatest that I can recall. And, as dumb as it sounds an old plumb-bob that I'm fairly positive I held for him when I was a wee tyke. 

The dresser is a bit tougher. We don't really have a furniture style in our house, it's mostly an eclectic mix of yard sale/flea market finds, but the dresser is a bit fancier than most stuff we have. The wife isn't a huge fan of it but likes that I like it. I do like it but agree that it kind of doesn't match, but we've put some stuff on it which makes it fit much better. Plants and clocks and such.

I'll get a picture but there's an old glass jar clock my dad was going to try to fix, it may be the same one I was mesmerized by as a little kid in my great grandma's house, but I'm not positive. I love the idea of trying to fix a clock, and it came with a book of how to fix it... @Old Greenhorn I may ask for advice one day.

Nice pieces

with the tool box be carefull and only open 1 drawer at a time, they can tip over.

I never inherited any tools, but I have accumulated so many over the years that there isn't much I don't have a tool for.
my current tool boxes are about 4 times the red one. 

The dresser is interesting, I don't recall ever seeing one with the 2 shelves next to the mirror.
I guess they are for candles.

Quote from: aigheadish on July 08, 2025, 07:09:26 AM. We don't really have a furniture style in our house, it's mostly an eclectic mix of yard sale/flea market finds, but the dresser is a bit fancier than most stuff 

Sounds like what I call "Early American Hunting Camp", when someone says they're getting a new couch and the old one is better than what we have it gets swapped out with no complaints about color or style. I'll add that's at our cabin 

be sure you do not have any place to go; the first time you use the old razor.  my need some Band-Aids.

Machinebuilder- My stepmom pointed out some damage to one of the drawer pulls and made that warning very quickly to me. I guess she'd pulled out a few drawers and the top box fell off, luckily she was not in the way, but I bet it made a mess of noise. I have learned that lesson previously, thanks for the reminder though!

Mine has damage to a drawer too.
Be sure its locked with all the drawers completely closed before rolling it around. Especially up a ramp.......


That was a long time ago when I had it at work.