Gotta love craigslist. Saw an ad for a junk sale, mentioned lumber, twice. Had to go look. Ad said bring flashlight and they weren't kidding. Big shop building, but no lighting. In the back is a pile of lumber, dusty, dirty, randomly stacked. Looked like might be some hidden gold in it. I offered her $50, hoping she wouldn't be offended. She took my money. I loaded my truck. An hour and half later this is the load:
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Then I got it home with no real place to store it so it's now right in the middle of the shop, right in the way. But there are some interesting pieces in there, including 4/4 slabs of walnut and cherry with live edge that are 8 feet long and over a foot wide. Even found a 3' piece of popular that is 10/4 and some small chunks of what I think is white oak over 4" thick and 10-12 inches wide.
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Now it's such a mess that I can't use my $75 SS510. Aint life rough??
$50, is it worth it?
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$50, is it worth it?
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'55 Greenie #292284 (Mar-55), '89 SS 510 #020989, Mark VII #408551 (sold 10/14/12), SS Band Saw, (SS 500 #36063 (May-79) now gone to son-in-law as of 11-11), Magna bandsaw, Magna jointer 16185 (May-54), Magna belt sander SS28712 (Dec-82), Magna jigsaw SS4397 (Dec-78), SS biscuit joiner, Zyliss (knockoff) vise, 20+ hand planes, 60s Craftsman tablesaw, CarbaTec mini-lathe, and the usual pile of tools. Hermit of the Hills Woodworks, a hillbilly in the foothills of the Ozarks, scraping by.
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fiatben wrote:Gotta love craigslist. Saw an ad for a junk sale, mentioned lumber, twice. Had to go look. Ad said bring flashlight and they weren't kidding. Big shop building, but no lighting. In the back is a pile of lumber, dusty, dirty, randomly stacked. Looked like might be some hidden gold in it. I offered her $50, hoping she wouldn't be offended. She took my money. I loaded my truck. An hour and half later this is the load:
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Then I got it home with no real place to store it so it's now right in the middle of the shop, right in the way. But there are some interesting pieces in there, including 4/4 slabs of walnut and cherry with live edge that are 8 feet long and over a foot wide. Even found a 3' piece of popular that is 10/4 and some small chunks of what I think is white oak over 4" thick and 10-12 inches wide.
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Now it's such a mess that I can't use my $75 SS510. Aint life rough??
Good thing you fraged your license plate so she cannot come get you when she realizes what you 'stole'!:D
Nice haul!
I do not think you will regret that purchase!
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Goldie(Bought New SN 377425)/4" jointer/6" beltsander/12" planer/stripsander/bandsaw/powerstation /Scroll saw/Jig saw /Craftsman 10" ras/Craftsman 6" thicknessplaner/ Dayton10"tablesaw(restoredfromneighborstrashpile)/ Mark VII restoration in 'progress'/ 10E[/size](SN E3779) restoration in progress, a 510 on the back burner and a growing pile of items to be eventually returned to useful life. - aka Red Grange
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Goldie(Bought New SN 377425)/4" jointer/6" beltsander/12" planer/stripsander/bandsaw/powerstation /Scroll saw/Jig saw /Craftsman 10" ras/Craftsman 6" thicknessplaner/ Dayton10"tablesaw(restoredfromneighborstrashpile)/ Mark VII restoration in 'progress'/ 10E[/size](SN E3779) restoration in progress, a 510 on the back burner and a growing pile of items to be eventually returned to useful life. - aka Red Grange
Not fair!!!
There ought to be a forum policy against posting this kind of thing!!! I have been trying to find a "good buy" on a SS for 4 years, you get one for $75 and then get some poor old lady to give you thousands of $$ worth of wood. The best I have done is nearly get whipped by a guy who was mad at me for passing on a pile of junk goldie that he wanted $200 for. I thought he was going to hit me!!!! Nice find, enjoy while I will work on this character flaw!:D
Saw dust heals many wounds. RLTW
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you get to live in Colorado. I'd consider that a fair trade. I love it out there, but haven't been in so many years I've lost count.
I sympathize. I've done my fair share of grousing about other guys getting all the breaks. Then I found this $75 Model 510 thru fortuitous circumstances (see my thread https://forum.shopsmith.com/viewtopic.php?t=7516) and with a litle help from my friends here I got the stuff it was missing and then some. And I'm pretty pumped about the huge difference in saw tables compared to my old '55 Greenie (https://forum.shopsmith.com/viewtopic.php?t=5449)
I can't wait to start cleaning some of this up and seeing what lays underneath the dust, mold, dirt and sawmarks.
I sympathize. I've done my fair share of grousing about other guys getting all the breaks. Then I found this $75 Model 510 thru fortuitous circumstances (see my thread https://forum.shopsmith.com/viewtopic.php?t=7516) and with a litle help from my friends here I got the stuff it was missing and then some. And I'm pretty pumped about the huge difference in saw tables compared to my old '55 Greenie (https://forum.shopsmith.com/viewtopic.php?t=5449)
I can't wait to start cleaning some of this up and seeing what lays underneath the dust, mold, dirt and sawmarks.
'55 Greenie #292284 (Mar-55), '89 SS 510 #020989, Mark VII #408551 (sold 10/14/12), SS Band Saw, (SS 500 #36063 (May-79) now gone to son-in-law as of 11-11), Magna bandsaw, Magna jointer 16185 (May-54), Magna belt sander SS28712 (Dec-82), Magna jigsaw SS4397 (Dec-78), SS biscuit joiner, Zyliss (knockoff) vise, 20+ hand planes, 60s Craftsman tablesaw, CarbaTec mini-lathe, and the usual pile of tools. Hermit of the Hills Woodworks, a hillbilly in the foothills of the Ozarks, scraping by.
Knot a bad haul there Ben, some of those boards wood be about $50.00 alone.
SS 500(09/1980), DC3300, jointer, bandsaw, belt sander, Strip Sander, drum sanders,molder, dado, biscuit joiner, universal lathe tool rest, Oneway talon chuck, router bits & chucks and a De Walt 735 planer,a #5,#6, block planes. ALL in a 100 square foot shop.
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You crack me up with some of the comments!
Yeah, I feel pretty blessed today. Guess it's time to get serious about tuning up the little Delta 12" planer that I bought at a garage sale last fall. Problem is that a few of these boards won't fit! (Yeah, now I'm just bragging). I hope to clean up some of it and post follow-ups here. There was even a little 1/2 x 3" x 2' piece of padauk in the pile. She had a stack of cedar too, but I didn't have no more money on me.
Like this .... no clue, but can't wait to see it cleaned up:
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Yeah, I feel pretty blessed today. Guess it's time to get serious about tuning up the little Delta 12" planer that I bought at a garage sale last fall. Problem is that a few of these boards won't fit! (Yeah, now I'm just bragging). I hope to clean up some of it and post follow-ups here. There was even a little 1/2 x 3" x 2' piece of padauk in the pile. She had a stack of cedar too, but I didn't have no more money on me.
Like this .... no clue, but can't wait to see it cleaned up:
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'55 Greenie #292284 (Mar-55), '89 SS 510 #020989, Mark VII #408551 (sold 10/14/12), SS Band Saw, (SS 500 #36063 (May-79) now gone to son-in-law as of 11-11), Magna bandsaw, Magna jointer 16185 (May-54), Magna belt sander SS28712 (Dec-82), Magna jigsaw SS4397 (Dec-78), SS biscuit joiner, Zyliss (knockoff) vise, 20+ hand planes, 60s Craftsman tablesaw, CarbaTec mini-lathe, and the usual pile of tools. Hermit of the Hills Woodworks, a hillbilly in the foothills of the Ozarks, scraping by.
Get it stacked!
Fantastic! Now, and take my word for it, you GOTTA get that wood stickered and stacked flat, or you'l be making pens outta that great find! It may take a while to get it done, but the rewards will be worth the effort, and wait! I got a pickup truck load of 6"x 10'x1/2' rosewood given to me, and it was all crooked and twisted from improper storage. I stickered it with 1/2" plywood pieces, and wieghted it down VERY flat, for a two year period. Came out flat as, well, a board! Ran it through the planer, and man it was nice stuff! You got a potential couple grand worth of stuff there buddy!! jimsjinx
If you are a part time band leader, does that make you a semi-conductor? Where do all the "unguided" bombs go?
Update and a project
Spent the last few days fixing the problem created by this great find on wood. Since it was raining, I unloaded it in the only quick place, the middle of the shop floor. It rendered the place unworkable. After pondering solutions versus budget constraints, I finally came up with a solution.
The problem:
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The beginning of the solution:
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The completed lumber rack:
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Filling it up:
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Reclaiming the space for my 510:
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This is the same space the pile in the first picture was taking.
This thing is a monster, perhaps a bit overkill. The top racks are 7'6" above the floor but will only see light stuff and overage. This turned out to be the simplest and cheapest solution I could come up with. It took 22 - 2x4s and 2 lbs. of screws. Total cost was $69.14. Of course, the wood itself only costed $50. I can climb on this if I have to, but not a good idea. The bottom two tiers are almost 16" wide. The top three are 9-5/8" wide. I actually had a couple of slabs that were wider in places. I know it's not fine cabinetry, just rough carpentry, but it was fun and it is totally practical and maybe now I can turn some of that cherry, walnut and white oak into fine cabinetry.
I originally wanted to use 4x4 posts with 3/4" black iron pipe ran thru holes. The cost was just too much for all new material. Eventually I realized that two 2x4s were cheaper than one 4x4, and since at that point I was going to insert the rails between members with tenons, it came to mind that I could just space the 2x4s to hold one inbetween.
Anyone wants details I'd be happy to share. Might be able to help you avoid my learning curve on a couple of things like how to put it together. It could potentially be built a bit lighter and a bit shorter, but as loaded as I will keep it, this works for me, for now.
The problem:
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The beginning of the solution:
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The completed lumber rack:
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Filling it up:
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Reclaiming the space for my 510:
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This is the same space the pile in the first picture was taking.
This thing is a monster, perhaps a bit overkill. The top racks are 7'6" above the floor but will only see light stuff and overage. This turned out to be the simplest and cheapest solution I could come up with. It took 22 - 2x4s and 2 lbs. of screws. Total cost was $69.14. Of course, the wood itself only costed $50. I can climb on this if I have to, but not a good idea. The bottom two tiers are almost 16" wide. The top three are 9-5/8" wide. I actually had a couple of slabs that were wider in places. I know it's not fine cabinetry, just rough carpentry, but it was fun and it is totally practical and maybe now I can turn some of that cherry, walnut and white oak into fine cabinetry.
I originally wanted to use 4x4 posts with 3/4" black iron pipe ran thru holes. The cost was just too much for all new material. Eventually I realized that two 2x4s were cheaper than one 4x4, and since at that point I was going to insert the rails between members with tenons, it came to mind that I could just space the 2x4s to hold one inbetween.
Anyone wants details I'd be happy to share. Might be able to help you avoid my learning curve on a couple of things like how to put it together. It could potentially be built a bit lighter and a bit shorter, but as loaded as I will keep it, this works for me, for now.
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'55 Greenie #292284 (Mar-55), '89 SS 510 #020989, Mark VII #408551 (sold 10/14/12), SS Band Saw, (SS 500 #36063 (May-79) now gone to son-in-law as of 11-11), Magna bandsaw, Magna jointer 16185 (May-54), Magna belt sander SS28712 (Dec-82), Magna jigsaw SS4397 (Dec-78), SS biscuit joiner, Zyliss (knockoff) vise, 20+ hand planes, 60s Craftsman tablesaw, CarbaTec mini-lathe, and the usual pile of tools. Hermit of the Hills Woodworks, a hillbilly in the foothills of the Ozarks, scraping by.