Daswulf Posted November 16, 2017 Share Posted November 16, 2017 i love your typos sometimes. " movies and a surgery" You are brilliant Charles. If I had known what I know now when I was at his age ( at least had this great info from you guys on IFI ) I'd have Many more years experience forging. And I would have started with a JABOD forge. With knowledge you are never limited. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles R. Stevens Posted November 16, 2017 Share Posted November 16, 2017 Don't you just love spell check? You quoted that wile I was editing. At least some one pays attention to my ramblings... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted November 16, 2017 Share Posted November 16, 2017 I get US$25 a week to spend on all my vices---including Vises! (about 20 years ago I only got $15 a week). Yup, me a grown man and the breadwinner getting an allowance. Been great! It's a lot of fun figuring out how to do things within your budget and by sticking to it we've always had money in savings in case an unbeatable deal came knocking at the door. We've also paid off our house; don't have a car payment and live comfortably...so when you say run out and spend $50 that's half a month's allowance to me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryancrowe92 Posted November 16, 2017 Author Share Posted November 16, 2017 now hopefully things don't go all bad today. I have a project I'm working on in the shed but other than that I have to go to ace, and this is not me just blotting down what I have to do more or less what I'm doing. I also need to check on those brake rotors I call in about. at about 3:10 I'm going to leave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles R. Stevens Posted November 16, 2017 Share Posted November 16, 2017 So tell me what's in walking distance? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HammerMonkey Posted November 16, 2017 Share Posted November 16, 2017 35 minutes ago, ryancrowe92 said: I never said I had little money I just said I don't have a lot of it. Now that's funny right there! lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryancrowe92 Posted November 16, 2017 Author Share Posted November 16, 2017 On 11/16/2017 at 2:55 PM, ThomasPowers said: I get US$25 a week to spend on all my vices--Yup, me a grown man and the breadwinner getting an allowance. if you knew me personally I'm really bad with money. not all bad but bad enough my wallets on a chain @Charles R. Stevens ya wanna know whats in walking distance ok go to google maps type in east stamp creek rd. and my house is on the hill and on the gravel road. Pats cash and Carry and the garbage dump is about the only places within walking distance from my house and it horrible on you feet the terrain and the big semi trucks that come down the highway. and Dawns hair salon that's within walking distance and a landing if you really want a long trip to go. salem south Carolina 29676 well I'm gonna have to split and make myself scarce in 4 minutes see ya later Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted November 16, 2017 Share Posted November 16, 2017 Das; how are you going to get good with out practicing? Make that one into something---you can always replace it later! Ryan; if I recall your life plans you had BETTER learn to be good with money NOW! How much are you putting in savings from every paycheck? Funny but my wife has coached a lot of our college friends on how to make and keep to a budget when they have gotten into difficulties. Most of our marriage she has not been employed; but she can sure hold household! Me; I've got a couple hundred in allowance built up...but the fleamarket is Saturday and the scrapyard is the following Saturday! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles R. Stevens Posted November 16, 2017 Share Posted November 16, 2017 I grew up in the desert and was an Infantry soldier, so honestly 1 mile is close, 5 is a stroll and 10 is a long walk. Dump and big trucks on the highway has huge potential I stop and pick up mudflap small the time, the spring stock that they are mounted to makes good tools. Not to mention other things that fall off, like 1" thick 12" pipe flange block of plates... and all kinds of stuff ends up in the dump! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted November 16, 2017 Share Posted November 16, 2017 I picked up a plastic bag of pipe elbows off the side of the road on my way home recently. (and a 3/8" drive craftsman ratchet wrench driving my Mother to the bank last month.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daswulf Posted November 16, 2017 Share Posted November 16, 2017 On November 14, 2017 at 12:24 PM, ryancrowe92 said: yeah in my last forge design it worked extremely well. if it had a tee in it then there is this. So instead of a little cutting and welding, you want to spend $50. On fittings, whatever on rotors, and then money in gas driving all over to get it? Ugh. I just don't know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted November 16, 2017 Share Posted November 16, 2017 Country folks soon learn that it's the gas and time costs of getting to town that are the real costs to many items. Why I like to buy an extra when buying things so if I lose one I don't have to make another trip---and after a while I have enough stuff on hand to do entire projects with no trip to the store(s). OTOH young folks often like the trip to town over the purchase. When gas got terribly expensive I was worrying about all the kids stuck out in the boonies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daswulf Posted November 16, 2017 Share Posted November 16, 2017 Yeah, when I was younger I was always wanting to get out and drive places. Not so much anymore. The less trips the better. After the drive to work and working then the drive home, the last thing I want to do is get back in the vehicle and go anywhere for this or that. I have found the value in salvaged fasteners and odds and ends. People call it junk until I save them money and a trip out to get a single bolt or whatnot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles R. Stevens Posted November 16, 2017 Share Posted November 16, 2017 Less than a thousand feet from the house I scored 1 stick heavy gauge sucker rod and 2 1/2 sticks of medium gauge. Dump and highway sound promising, I stop for mud flaps because they tend to have a chunk of square spring stock on them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Coke Posted November 16, 2017 Share Posted November 16, 2017 Greetings. At my home and shops I have a ton of nuts bolts metal and resources. The closest hardware is 30 miles away and over the years many local friends have stopped by to tap my inventory. Instead of just giving them what they need or charging a few bucks I developed a slick system. They must return the item to my stock but not just one but 2 . If they forget we’ll you guessed it.. No next time. This way they still have to purchase the item. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryancrowe92 Posted November 16, 2017 Author Share Posted November 16, 2017 I forgot to add the part about the charcoal falling back thru the pipe and it was a little unstable and I ran out of wire when I was welding it to the barrel lid so I had to use the gas and I finished it up. but good news I have a new brake rotor that is massive. 6 bucks On 11/16/2017 at 3:28 PM, Charles R. Stevens said: I stop and pick up mudflap small the time, the spring stock that they are mounted to makes good tools. really you find this on the side of the highway Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daswulf Posted November 16, 2017 Share Posted November 16, 2017 Massive is not necessarily a good thing. $6. For a used rotor? What a deal! For them... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryancrowe92 Posted November 16, 2017 Author Share Posted November 16, 2017 yeah wasn't all bad. and its not too massive if my phone was working I would take a pic of it but its heavy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Cochran Posted November 16, 2017 Share Posted November 16, 2017 41 minutes ago, ryancrowe92 said: I grew up in the desert and was an Infantry soldier, so honestly 1 mile is close, 5 is a stroll and 10 is a long walk. Bet you miss those days on occasion don't you? When I was younger I had a job that was 15 miles from my house (about as close as you could find employment since the few closer places never had anyone quit). I had a vehicle when I first started there but had a wreck and totaled it one day leaving me on foot. I started riding a bicycle to work five or six days a week. I rode the 15 miles to work then I worked for 8 hours then rode back home. The last two miles were mostly up hill which was rough at first. I hear complaints about not being able to go and after I tell that little story people usually quit complaining. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daswulf Posted November 16, 2017 Share Posted November 16, 2017 55 minutes ago, ryancrowe92 said: yeah wasn't all bad. and its not too massive if my phone was working I would take a pic of it Got a tape measure? Inner diameter and depth? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryancrowe92 Posted November 16, 2017 Author Share Posted November 16, 2017 I just welded the old stud holes shut so I can drill the new ones grinded flat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles R. Stevens Posted November 17, 2017 Share Posted November 17, 2017 That is slick, Jim got my license suspended after I got out, proptly got stopped for speeding on my way to my girlfriends house in my 10 speed, Mike. Yes Ryan, you find things like that on the side of the road (plus aluminum cans and in some places deposit bottles) look around and just count the number of flat bed trucks you see. Guys just throw stuff up the bed and some of that stuff falls off. Some times it's chains, bolts, tools, pipe ect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryancrowe92 Posted November 17, 2017 Author Share Posted November 17, 2017 the aluminium cans part I kinda knew about but the tail pipes and accessories not so much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles R. Stevens Posted November 17, 2017 Share Posted November 17, 2017 Yea, mufflers and tail pipes fall off too. Lol. I spot stuff from the truck, horse back, cart/wagon etc. walking is better as you see so much more at a 3 MPH. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryancrowe92 Posted November 17, 2017 Author Share Posted November 17, 2017 probably so Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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