BillyBones Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 Dang it, now i got to turn around here in Montana. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 It's easy to get to my place from Ohio; just remember to turn left at Albuquerque. About 1500 miles of driving though. We're having our second snow of the winter here---hasn't even turned the grass white---where folks had grass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farmall Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 Maybe we should charter a bus (with a trailer behind) to help Thomas clean out that unit. Heck. Thomas, just drop the grindstones, lineshafts, and cone in the mail. I'll get them out of your way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 From the drop bin: a lot of 1/4” round, a bit of 1/2” round, and some chunks of 1/4” x 1”. From the dumpster of the church renovation project next door to work: a section of old oak floor joist* and a chunk of mahogany pew seat. *And for those unclear on the difference between a joist and a girder, Joist wrote Ulysses and Girder wrote Faust. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris C Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 My kind of guy. It's not hoarding if you can use it! Wife gets mad at me when we are driving down the road and I stop to pick up something "useful". One man's trash..................... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 I have been known to point out that salvaged smithing materials are cheaper than even discounted yarn. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc1 Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 1 hour ago, JHCC said: *And for those unclear on the difference between a joist and a girder, Joist wrote Ulysses and Girder wrote Faust. Mm ... I am afraid that the difference between Girder and Joist is not to be found in ancient literature Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 I will allow that there was some decent literature written after Late Antiquity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris C Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 53 minutes ago, JHCC said: I have been known to point out that salvaged smithing materials are cheaper than even discounted yarn. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 John; for that one your 10000 years in Purgatory have been commuted to 100000 years in Vail...(perhaps commuted is the wrong term)... When I was recovering from pneumonia one summer; I once spotted a sledge hammer on the side of the highway coming home from my twice weekly Dr appointments. My wife kindly pulled over and let me go grab it: step---breathe, step---breathe, step---breathe, step---breathe, step---breathe, step---breathe,... When our church in OH remodeled I snagged the 150 year old oak joists they threw in the dumpster; just because! I do not comment on the relative price for steel by the pound and fiber by the oz; I hope by doing so I won't end up dying in bed---perhaps next week! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris C Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 You're a hoot, Thomas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stash Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 Thomas- for John's time in Vail, does that include a lift pass? Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 Only going *down*; of course the 9th circle *is* frozen over... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 Well I just heard that they should have a price for me tomorrow morning; of course I will be offline over the weekend so none of you will hear anything one way or the other till Monday. If I get it; I will try to get the first load in this weekend concentrating on what I can use the most/is the most prone to walking off. My wife wants to take me to the city tomorrow afternoon. Supposed to get to 59 degF Tuesday; just need more daylight! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CtG Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 Sounds good! Either way it should be a nice weekend I hope! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 My wife has been telling me not to make a decision on it till I have discussed it with her; as I was only thinking of *my* money, I think she may be thinking of contributing some of the "family funds". Perhaps that episode in the ER made her want to encourage a strong will to survive in me; must practice looking hangdog...Unfortunately I'm so cheap that if the price is too high I wouldn't want it anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted January 15, 2020 Share Posted January 15, 2020 DEAL IS DONE! A friend is getting the 50# LG, my wife talked them down another US$1000 and is taking a cashier's check over this afternoon. I hope to start loading Saturday morning---and it's a 3 day weekend! Looks like I will be getting none of the line shaft stuff, (yeah!), or the bellows, (boo) and of course the 114# lakeside anvil in great shape + 4" columbian postvise and 6 pairs of tongs that his wife is keeping, (sigh). I hope she takes one of my classes and is not too upset at what they sold me afterwards! So: 3 powerhammers, (50# LG, 25# LG, small helve---hawkeye? ), 200#? PW anvil, 1 large postvise and 4 smaller ones, stack of tongs and hammers and top tools, 3 forges (2 I can use and 1 selling on), a bunch of old hand crank or line shaft drill presses (to be sold on) and a cone mandrel (MINE!). Several hand crank blowers, including one with a smashed fan housing that may help others looking for gears...plus a bunch of stuff I can't remember it all. I think I can sell enough stuff on to cover the family funds and my shop funds I'm using for the deal and still end up with a goodly amount of *useful* equipment residual. To reprise an old quote: "If you plan to be adding anything else to the shop it had better be a liquid!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris C Posted January 15, 2020 Share Posted January 15, 2020 Well xxxx, Thomas. Sounds as if you're going to have your hands full gettin' all that stuff home and into the shop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted January 15, 2020 Share Posted January 15, 2020 I expect I'll be ready to sit in a comfy chair and stare at a screen next week. Just hope I don't have to type with a pencil held in my teeth because my hands won't close. I also expect that the hammers will move at a later date; save for the small helve which can go in my small pickup. I forecast lots and lots and lots of wire brushing in my future; perhaps the 60 mph wind gusts will be a big help coming up. I'm already planning to build another tool rack; I'm of the "You can't use a tool you can't find." school of things. He also just told me that the parts for the tire bender are probably around and if they don't show up loading they will when they clean the rest of the stuff out of the building. My wife is dropping off a key to the storage place and I'm telling myself I *REALLY* should wait till the weekend to start; as moving heavy stuff in poor lighting is a good way to damage oneself. I'm going to dig out my "In Rust We Trust" Tee shirt! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irondragon Forge ClayWorks Posted January 16, 2020 Share Posted January 16, 2020 I would comment, but it's hard to do, looking through green with envy eyes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CtG Posted January 16, 2020 Share Posted January 16, 2020 Wow, that's awesome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted January 16, 2020 Share Posted January 16, 2020 My, my, my, I'm looking forward to the inventory and pics you're going to get with the new camera or phone you buy with a portion of the spoils. It's been my experience that letting the wife do the final negotiating has been profitable. When Deb gets a $ in her sights she won't turn loose till she has every bit she can get. I've also found the wife is a lot more likely to sell the old man's stuff for a LOT less than he thinks it's worth. I'm not sure how I'll work that at my estate sale I really have to convince her that stuff's worth . . . what it's worth? I can't tell you how happy I am I'm not faced with that kind of temptation, I'm darned excited for you though. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anachronist58 Posted January 16, 2020 Share Posted January 16, 2020 7 hours ago, ThomasPowers said: DEAL IS DONE! Stoked Thomas! You be careful with that hide of yours, pay heed to what good sense you have left (not insinuating anything, I just know what it is like for me at 61 years). Frosty, the estate sale thing is a real concern for me, I do not want all of that junk hanging around Mrs. Taylor's neck - yet I DO NOT want to see the Soderfors go out the door for a song. I had best make a list. Robert Taylor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pnut Posted January 16, 2020 Share Posted January 16, 2020 I'm happy for you Thomas. This is a prime example of you can't get a deal if you don't have the cash available. Can't wait to see some pictures. Shhhh don't tell anyone but I've had money for an anvil as soon as I come across one in good shape and the price range I want to spend for months. I just haven't seen one yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jasent Posted January 16, 2020 Share Posted January 16, 2020 My biggest fear is my wife to be will sell all my tools and guns for what I told her they cost Making a list is a good idea! congrats TP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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