It followed me home

[T-Gold]

I scored two rotary-vane vacuum pumps today -- just the pumps, not the motors. These are exactly what I needed for a project that I'm doing, and they retail for $400 each or more.

They were in a dumpster, to be hauled away for scrap metal.

Same dumpster that I have gotten thousands and thousands of bucks worth of other vac equipment/misc from before.

Dumpster diving ROCKS! :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

[meco3hp]

Hello, One-Rod,
Sure post more pictures. Whats the brand name on the saw? I've got a Millers Falls saw like that. Nice color, differnt, but nice.

T-Gold,
Nice score on the pumps. The more money you save the nicer the find!

Glenn,
That acorn plate, is it a "acorn plate" or a deck plate off of a large bridge? The bridge going over the Missouri river in Atchison Ks has deck plate like that. I'd love to find one like that.

[Nolano]

Well, it hasnt followed me home yet, but It will.
My Blacksmithing teacher, Conrad Hodson, Has a #60 leg vise with a worn out screw. I can turn a new screw and nut. Hes willing to sell it for $40. Maybe $60(including the steel for the nut and screw) for a #60 vise is a good deal in my book. And I can also powder coat it.

[mike-hr]

Nolano- I'm glad you found Conrad, He's a great guy, really like him.. Tell him Mike in Klamath Falls has a pile of freon cans for his tripod stew pots, if you would.

[Nolano]

Yeah, but conrad has actually been my teacher since before I started frequenting this forum. kind of funny.

[ThomasPowers]

A smith up north of me found a wilton square wheel belt grinder in a dumpster---in good working condition.

(sometimes I wonder if folks are "trashing" stuff they expect to come back after work for...)

Thomas

[one_rod]

Originally Posted by meco3hp

Hello, One-Rod,
Sure post more pictures. Whats the brand name on the saw?

meco,
I have never been able to find a makers name on that saw. It looks very similar to the old Manchester Rapidor machines that I used to use as an apprentice. (Don't know if you are familiar with those over there?). But I guess many of these machines look alike, and it was a long time ago....
It had a flat belt drive pulley and a fast-and-loose cone clutch, so I would guess it dates from before the 1940's.


This small Swedish-built milling machine was another scrap yard find:

The gearbox and original drive motor were wrecked beyond repair, so the guy just weighed it and sold it me for the resale price on the cast iron.

I already had a variable speed inverter (also from a scrap yard)
So I removed the whole drive line and replaced it with a 3 phase motor, (guess where I got that from!) direct coupled to the quill drive.

It's now a neat little miller with push button variable speeds.



one_rod.

[meco3hp]

Hello,
It's kinda like the old 6" Starret bench vise I found at a garage sale about 9 years ago. I asked the guy about it and he said $5 then said $3 because it was missing the swivel base! I made a base and stand so it was easier to use and move around. The guys at work thought I was nuts for mounting a "bench vise" anywhere other than a "bench"! This vise is one of my crown jewels. Here is a couple of pictures. The base is a car rim filled with concrete. I brace my foot aginst it to get leverage. It makes you think about how to hold something and get the best leverage, which makes you think about some of the ways NOT to hold something that could damage you or the vise.





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[one_rod]

Not everything you get from the scrappy has to have a serious purpose. I often pick stuff up just to have a little fun with.......

one_rod.

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One Rod, you have a eye for art. Good show :wink: