August 28, 20178 yr Let me start out by saying that if you keep at long enough Frosty is right, you can and will find someone selling scraps of kaowool, inswool, etc. for a great price. It was kind of like the TPAAAT thing. I had looked all over the internet, for local sources of refractory materials, called anyone even marginally associated and asked. No one knew of a supplier in the area. Finally last Friday I went over to my local propane supplier (my mowers were propane) to fill a 20# tank for Saturday for the local FABA meeting. I mentioned that I was looking for refractory materials to build my forge, and the guy behind the counter says I got a contact for you. It was that easy. I got 2 boxes of 4 5' lengths(20') of 2600* inswool $25.00 ea $50.00 total, 1 55# bag of Mizzou $48.00, 2 hard 2700* bricks to block the front of the forge $5.00 ea $10.00 total, 1 55# bag of fumed silica free, no charge, NADA. Total for all items was $108.00 . Can't beat that, certainly better than a poke in the eye with a sharp stick. Also picked up several pieces of scrap stainless steel 3/4", 1", and 1.25" each about 6' long for less than $20.00. Not a bad day. Tomorrow, I start on the forge.
August 28, 20178 yr You're right; that was quite a score. And you are even more right that bargains on ceramic supplies are out there; just waiting to be stumbled across.
August 29, 20178 yr I sure wish I could say, if you keep at it long enough Frosty's right. That's a good score alright. did you buy a lottery ticket while you were out? Hmmmm? Frosty The Lucky.
August 29, 20178 yr Author Unfortunately no, we had one for Sunday's PB drawing and not a single number. That's our normal outcome when we do occasionally buy a ticket. I'm a firm believer that the lotto is a tax on those who don't understand math. As we all know there are three kinds of people in the world, those who can do math and those who can't.....
August 29, 20178 yr 8 minutes ago, customcutter said: As we all know there are three kinds of people in the world, those who can do math and those who can't..... Actually, there are only two kinds of people: Those who can extrapolate from incomplete data.
August 29, 20178 yr In IT we know there are only 10 types of people in the world---those who can count in Binary and those who can't---they sell that as a T shirt at the local Tech University...
August 29, 20178 yr 2 hours ago, JHCC said: Actually, there are only two kinds of people: Those who can extrapolate from incomplete data. I was wearing a T-shirt with that on it at my mom's one day. She asked what the other kind of people was. My response was "You I guess."
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