[TheForge] Dumpster Diving

[Mike Linn]

I did something similar with a B&D 3/8 drill. Found it in the dumpster 
behind a strip-mall while looking for boxes to move with..
I opened the case, reconnected the loose wire and Ive been using regularly 
it for the past 15 years..

mike

At 08:14 PM 5/20/2007, you wrote:
>This is how I got my new lawnmower. I knew the guy that owned the dumpster and
>boy was he peeved that someone was ditching trash in his dumpster. When I 
>asked
>him about the mower he said it wasnt his and since it was full of gas and 
>oil he
>couldnt leave it in there. Needless to say he was happy to be rid of it I was
>happy to drag it home.  I removed the wire from around the blade, replaced the
>seal that the wire ruined and TA DA great lil mower.
>Tod Estes


            Mike Linn
      Artist Blacksmith
         McCalla, AL


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