January 13, 20224 yr I'm pouring with excitement. Uh oh, well I hope I dont start a pun-valanche. Might want to tie on a rope, it might get deep. Looking forward to seeing it. Makes me think of Buckethead. Tho I don't really follow him he is a talented musician.
January 13, 20224 yr 12 minutes ago, Daswulf said: pun-valanche Daswulf, that don’t start till tomorrow on Friday punapalooza, lol Scott make sure you add some pictures with a thunderstorm!
January 14, 20224 yr Don't put a hole in it so soon TW. Sure it'll get plugged tomorrow. Thomas has the Key. Ill keep my distance incase it gets strung along.
January 14, 20224 yr Author Now I have to find a metal bucket..... I may have jumped the gun posting this, as has been said, "can't rush fine art".
January 14, 20224 yr Worst case scenario I've seen them at Lowe's hardware in the paint supplies isle. I know you'd prefer a junky old scrap one tho. I've got nice old metal buckets at estate auctions that I certainly wouldn't use for scrap art. They are good old and thick. They don't make em like they used to.
January 14, 20224 yr Happy Friday! I too am brimming with excitement. I'm envisioning that Buckethead will pail in comparison to the almighty Frankenbucket.
January 14, 20224 yr It Lives! it LIVES!! So many buckets! working under a leaky roof will do that. And when they die, either by rust or dropping a big chunk of clinker in your favorite quench bucket, the pinhole leaks were sneaky, they do service as coal buckets, clinker buckets etc. My best beer can bucket rusted out the bottom years ago and is lined with hardware cloth, to avoid a puddle of old beer dripping from the cans.
January 14, 20224 yr Author Hi Michael! I found a small rusty garbage can in storage that I may make use of for a just my size Frankenbucket. I'm curious, how does that hardware cloth keep the old beer dripping out?
January 15, 20224 yr The hardware cloth LETS the old beer drip out so there is not a puddle at the bottom when I go to dump it out.
January 15, 20224 yr Author Sorry, I'm easily confused these days... That ol garbage can in storage is galvanized so I'm not bothering with it. I want one of those rr spike cans now.
January 20, 20224 yr Author On 1/14/2022 at 8:17 AM, Daswulf said: I know you'd prefer a junky old scrap one tho. Now, what made you say that? Lol.... I checked out Lowe's and some other places but it's not right. There's a shop down the road that repairs locomotives and I may check there. Maybe they have some old grease or spike buckets laying around. Maybe I'll put in a job application while I'm there. My scrounging skills have gotten rusty....
January 20, 20224 yr Imagine all the goodies that you could drag home from a locomotive repair shop!?! I wonder if they ever change out the wheels? that would be kinda cool, to have a train wheel!
January 20, 20224 yr Author It so happens I know where there is one sitting on a pallet. The cool part is it's broken and is missing about 1/4 of the wheel. I have been meaning to stop in and ask about it, must be a story behind it. Too big and heavey for my current situation, but back home I would have figured out some way to get them to part with it. Yard art!
January 20, 20224 yr That does sound like a place that may have goodies. I can't see them not changing train wheels at some point.
January 20, 20224 yr 31 minutes ago, Nodebt said: Too big and heavey for my current situation Aww come on! We’ve all hauled something ridiculously heavy home at one time or another! Lol, i think you should go for it Scott! An then mount your mailbox on it! ive got some big engine valves that came out of an old alco locomotive that I just use for shop decoration, I’d love to have a piston and rod to go with them, but train wheel would be even better!
January 20, 20224 yr Author Oh no, you misunderstand. If I had to I could drag it home with a chain. I was thinking more of my neighbors reactions, now that I have some. New Guy on the block and all. 3 hours ago, TWISTEDWILLOW said: ive got some big engine valves that came out of an old alco locomotive that I just use for shop decoration, I’d love to have a piston and rod to go with them How about the whole shebang, crank, cam and all? Set it up on posts in your front yard. Heck mabey you could even make it all turn and operate on wind power or something. (I'm not knowledgable on diesel engines, maybe they dont even have camshafts, Idk.... )
January 20, 20224 yr I wouldn’t mind haven a whole train engine! id use it as a power plant for electricity and air! here’s a valve, push rod and valve guide out of that locomotive
January 20, 20224 yr Author I always have liked your outlook Aric. Why bother with formalities? At the rate I go I might have to use a plastic 5 gallon bucket and a glue gun.
January 20, 20224 yr Wish you was closer, I got a spike bucket settin out in the scrap trailer, with a partially rusted out bottom that would be perfect to mess with,
January 20, 20224 yr Check with a local mechanic, they may have a steel container to hand---may have to burn it off in a bonfire though.
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