customcutter Posted August 28, 2017 Share Posted August 28, 2017 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikey98118 Posted August 28, 2017 Share Posted August 28, 2017 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted August 29, 2017 Share Posted August 29, 2017 And you never know *who* will be that magic contact! Talk to Everyone! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted August 29, 2017 Share Posted August 29, 2017 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
customcutter Posted August 29, 2017 Author Share Posted August 29, 2017 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..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted August 29, 2017 Share Posted August 29, 2017 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted August 29, 2017 Share Posted August 29, 2017 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... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buzzkill Posted August 29, 2017 Share Posted August 29, 2017 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." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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