[TheForge] metal/equipment scrounge

Fri May 30 10:08:01 2003

I had a student in my shop not too long ago and left him to work on some s-
hooks while I went into the house for a bit.  When I came back he was making a 
knife out of a railroad spike.  I asked where he got it and he sheepishly 
admitted that him had gone into my supply bin and pulled it out.  I didn't 
really care, I just hadn't seen him bring one with him.  The next two times he 
came to the shop, he brought 5 gallon buckets filled with spikes.  I had to 
tell him to stop bringing them because I was running out of room. :)
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> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of TOOL GYPSY
> Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2003 7:21 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: [TheForge] Re vice spring info turned what no leaf springs?
> 
> 
> I notice that the responses to this vise question have many people talking
> of scrounged iron.I was out to the valley with the wife today and we stopped
> at a farm /nursery where she bought a few plants.while this went on i went
> wandering around the sheds out back ran into the farmer ,we got talking and
> i left there with a five gallon pail full of old horseshoes.dont know what
> ill do with them yet but who knows when you might need em.How about some
> ramblings on you alls  best metal/tool scrouge of the year.
>           P S  he gave all his old smithing tools to the lad that shoes his
> horses.
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