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Post by jamesp on Jan 8, 2015 9:30:12 GMT -5
110 pounds of 60 grit silicon carbide for tumbling in the form of grinding wheels 85 pounds of 2 inch industrial grade bushings for welding to fire pits for drain Couple of motors, one may be a 1550 RPM for a Thumbler 60 mesh SS screen for sifting 180-220 grit Vibe springs sheaves Total $120  |
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Post by fantastic5 on Jan 8, 2015 9:32:52 GMT -5
Nice haul! Didn't know that sheaves is another name for pulley, or is this a special kind of pulley?
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Post by captbob on Jan 8, 2015 9:38:21 GMT -5
The title of this thread - Scored at the junk yard - begs for randy comments.
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Post by snuffy on Jan 8, 2015 9:58:42 GMT -5
No wonder he goes there so often!!
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Post by Fossilman on Jan 8, 2015 11:21:42 GMT -5
GIT R DONE!!!!
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Post by Fossilman on Jan 8, 2015 11:27:46 GMT -5
The title of this thread - Scored at the junk yard - begs for randy comments. Like this one!!!!!!  |
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Post by Fossilman on Jan 8, 2015 11:28:46 GMT -5
I like this one........Here ya' go James....  |
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Post by jamesp on Jan 8, 2015 11:30:39 GMT -5
The title of this thread - Scored at the junk yard - begs for randy comments. There is more to that subject captbob, but not going there. |
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Post by jamesp on Jan 8, 2015 11:39:39 GMT -5
Nice haul! Didn't know that sheaves is another name for pulley, or is this a special kind of pulley? Sheave is proper I believe Ann. I think a pulley is more like a hoist, like a rope pulley for lifting. Sheave is drive train part, to carry a belt to rotate something. Seems to go both ways though, pulley: A simple machine consisting essentially of a wheel with a grooved rim in which a pulled rope or chain can run to change the direction of the pull and thereby lift a load. A wheel turned by or driving a belt. Sheave: : a grooved wheel or pulley (as of a pulley block) Sheave is proper, it is the grooved wheel in a pulley block. Terms used loosely. |
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Post by jamesp on Jan 8, 2015 11:48:55 GMT -5
The title of this thread - Scored at the junk yard - begs for randy comments. Like this one!!!!!! I have taken ladies from the jewelry school to these places to buy copper, brass, other mixed metals. And industrial stuff for their (jewelry) displays. gracious Junk yard owner just shakes his head. My buddies wives too, in all, gals like going most, go figure. You single guys take a hint. |
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Post by jamesp on Jan 8, 2015 11:51:13 GMT -5
No wonder he goes there so often!! snuffy My main reason was for the SiC snuffy, wife has a little 25 cal Berreta if ya know what I mean. |
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Post by snowmom on Jan 9, 2015 8:07:17 GMT -5
The thrill of the hunt! Anybody who is a collector has that hunter gatherer instinct... women are just as gifted with that particular instinct as men. Probably why we all hunt rocks, right? I think it why so many women seem to love shopping... hunting down the bargains... gathering them in. I don't go to stores, I go to garage sales, resale shops, flea markets, auctions, and yes, I'd leap at a chance to go on a junk yard foray. Why should the guys get all the good stuff? There are so many situations where a woman packing makes sense too James, if ya know what I mean.  |
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Post by jamesp on Jan 9, 2015 10:28:50 GMT -5
The thrill of the hunt! Anybody who is a collector has that hunter gatherer instinct... women are just as gifted with that particular instinct as men. Probably why we all hunt rocks, right? I think it why so many women seem to love shopping... hunting down the bargains... gathering them in. I don't go to stores, I go to garage sales, resale shops, flea markets, auctions, and yes, I'd leap at a chance to go on a junk yard foray. Why should the guys get all the good stuff? There are so many situations where a woman packing makes sense too James, if ya know what I mean. Yea, I know about the packing thing all to well. And the snide confidence that goes along w/it haha. My fault, I bought it for her for self defense. Then looking at crime TV, it's the spouse ya gotta watch LOL. Talk about shooting yourself in the foot... yes, intrinsic behavior. And I told my buddies if they would take the wife to the junkyard it would keep them out of the expensive malls so much. "feed the need", blast their endorphins w/a syringe full of cheap deals. A super high. Y'all are peculiar birds. It's fun watching them climb through the dirt and grime. Exciting actually  Nothing hotter than a dirty woman. |
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Post by Tommy on Jan 9, 2015 17:52:21 GMT -5
Awesome haul James! I love a good junk yard ... or thrift store |
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Post by jamesp on Jan 9, 2015 18:16:10 GMT -5
Awesome haul James! I love a good junk yard ... or thrift store There is one industrial yard that always has a hopper full of about a 100 fractional HP motors. Atlanta has a great crack population that collects metal and motors and brings it to the scrap yard. Crazy way to build a scrap yard. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 9, 2015 21:02:02 GMT -5
That explains the dearth if scrap yards out here. Delivers license required to sell scrap....
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Post by 39don on Jan 10, 2015 9:28:02 GMT -5
That explains the dearth if scrap yards out here. Delivers license required to sell scrap.... Same around here.............. Nice haul on the SIC wheels. I didn't know junk yards bought used wheels?  ? 39don |
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Post by Fossilman on Jan 10, 2015 13:30:01 GMT -5
Thrift stores are great,most of them buy estate sales out here and usually have a great deal on rocks and certain equipment....
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Post by jamesp on Jan 10, 2015 15:04:09 GMT -5
That explains the dearth if scrap yards out here. Delivers license required to sell scrap.... Same around here.............. Nice haul on the SIC wheels. I didn't know junk yards bought used wheels? ? 39don These are liquidations and factory closings. Mostly industrial stuff, nothing automotive. Those are old lead babbit wheels, they were stacked in a dark corner for 20 years. Apparently corundum was in, alum oxide relatively new invention. Break them up and they time release for weeks in the rotary tumbler. wicked grind rates. Had tried that with AO, but it does little to agate. Looking close it appears sapphire ? corundum ? red and blue particles are in them.  |
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Post by adrian65 on Jan 11, 2015 22:41:16 GMT -5
You mean you plan to mill somehow those grinding wheels to turn them into SiC powder? How do you plan to do it?
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