Frosty Posted May 17, 2013 Share Posted May 17, 2013 I was chatting with a fellow at Burger King the other day and turns out he works for Garage Doors of Alaska. He said they usually just haul broken and replaced springs to the dump and we were welcome to them, he even offered to hold them for a while if we asked. I don't know if you're familiar with overhead door springs but they're in the 3/8" stock dia. and can be really long. they make excellent punches, chisels, flint strikers, etc. If you're interested, they have locations in the valley, Eagle River and Anchorage. (907) 688-0246 or (907) 376-4991. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Coke Posted May 17, 2013 Share Posted May 17, 2013 Greetings Frosty, Lets see .... Travel time to Alaska ... About 2000 bucks to get there.... 7days off the work I should be doing.... But free room and lodging with a lot of story swapping.... Just to get 15 bucks worth of old springs.... Count me in.... Jim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted May 17, 2013 Author Share Posted May 17, 2013 Greetings Frosty, Lets see .... Travel time to Alaska ... About 2000 bucks to get there.... 7days off the work I should be doing.... But free room and lodging with a lot of story swapping.... Just to get 15 bucks worth of old springs.... Count me in.... Jim I'll lay in some food and beer, when do I meet the plane? Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Coke Posted May 17, 2013 Share Posted May 17, 2013 Frosty, I know you guys kill for vices like this... I just picked this up at a tractor swap meet..... Columbian 6 1/2 Just like new ... less the rust... Jaws nut screw perfect... I will keep your offer in mind I'll bet we would have a blast.... The offer goes two ways.... anytime... Thanx Jim For the big price of 50 bucks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted May 17, 2013 Author Share Posted May 17, 2013 Frosty, I know you guys kill for vices like this... I just picked this up at a tractor swap meet..... Columbian 6 1/2 Just like new ... less the rust... Jaws nut screw perfect... I will keep your offer in mind I'll bet we would have a blast.... The offer goes two ways.... anytime... Thanx Jim For the big price of 50 bucks You just HAD to tell us how little you paid for it. Didn't you? Give me some lead time and an idea of what you want to do, see, etc. and I'll do what I can to set you up. I married a UPer so it's possible we could get within visiting distance. You just never know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Coke Posted May 18, 2013 Share Posted May 18, 2013 Frosty, Any time my friend ... The forge is always open... I'm just over the bridge and 80 miles... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arctic Anvil Posted May 18, 2013 Share Posted May 18, 2013 Frosty, I will have to check out those springs. I had heard of dinner triangles made out of them, which produced a great ring, Oh yeah woke up to about 3 in of snow in Anc this am. Trees are covered, not sure how the roads are looking. At least we know it won't last. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted May 18, 2013 Author Share Posted May 18, 2013 Frosty, Any time my friend ... The forge is always open... I'm just over the bridge and 80 miles... Next time we get down that way, I'll be looking you up. Deb says you're Trolling . . . I'm thinking I'll have quite the list of guys to look up next time we're down thataway. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted May 18, 2013 Author Share Posted May 18, 2013 Frosty, I will have to check out those springs. I had heard of dinner triangles made out of them, which produced a great ring, Oh yeah woke up to about 3 in of snow in Anc this am. Trees are covered, not sure how the roads are looking. At least we know it won't last. I was going to ask if you ordered the snow but realized WE switched to summer tires Thursday and Friday. Stupid global warming!! I've never made a triangle from spring but it ought to have a strong note. If you harden it the note goes up and make the ends a slightly different length or it won't ring well. Don't know why but it seems to make quite a difference. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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