[TheForge] scrap yards

[Bruce Freeman]

Clyde,
 
So tell us about the work you do...
 
Bruce
NJ

>>> clyde@tznet.com 10/17/2003 9:13:37 AM >>>

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




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