[TheForge] scrap yards

[Clyde Wynia]

Here in Central Wisconsin the scrap yards charge 15 cents a pound for steel
and are very cooperative and helpful.

The large one, 15 minutes from here, sorts the scrap by lifting it into a
large hopper where it falls onto a belt. Two fellows are up there sorting by
sending motors, cast, etc down separate chutes into large bins. One chute
goes to my barrel where they send things that they know I use or might like.
They catch a lot of things that I would miss by my just scanning the outside
of the pile. They also set larger pieces that I may want aside until I can
look at it.

With this service I periodically rub their tummies with small sculptures,
bags of candy, etc.

When I walk into a scrap yard that I haven't been to before, I bring one of
my popular pieces and show them what I do. I leave the piece with them which
invariably ends up on display in the office and with the staff eager to help
when I return for a look. The cost of the piece to me is only some time and
the return in their help in invaluable.

Clyde Wynia
Marshfield, WI
http://www.jurustic.com