vorpal

Someone I know was younger then and made decisions differently. He has learned much since then.... nothing to brag about in retrospect, however. Apologies are sincerely offered to anyone offended or angered by this careless posting.

I forgot about this. Some one I know found a 7" Indian Chief post vise in beautiful shape welded to a metal post sunk in the ground on the side of the road. An industrial steel company had mounted their mailbox on it! Later that night it followed him home and in the morning I suppose they found a nice pressure treated four by four on the ground next to their mailbox....

An Olympic Square Wheel grinder recently followed me home... as did a good size industrial swage block (in the scrap pile of a shut down sugar mill.) And once, I worked at a factory that had a big drill press broken out back. I asked about it... they sold it to me for 20 bucks and I forklifted it onto my truck and took it home. One hour later I had reassembled it and pressed the quill back up into the bearing (the only problem.) 20 - inch variable speed (adjustable sheave) JET drill press. 800 lbs. Retails at $2300!