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One source for cheap do-dads
Not for professionals or those with limited time to turn, but a good
source for cabochons, stone for crushing, finials, candle cups, pepper grinder & lamp hardware, potpourri tops and many other do-dads is the local 'auxiliary' thrift store. The quality is often better than new and figuring how to disassemble and adapt for one-off masterpieces can be fun. On the floor, the items are inexpensive, but for the real deal make friends with the staff. I was surprised at the unsalable items people bring in. They are a mine of salvageable parts for free. Approach a cabinet shop for mill ends and you have an unending supply of quality dry wood and parts for making wood bowls that grind pepper, hold candles, light bedrooms, decorate walls and the myriads of things that proper wood bowls do instead of holding popcorn and lettuce. Arch Fortiter, http://community.webtv.net/almcc/MacsMusings |
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Hey, watch that Arch, popcorn is the national snack at my house and I have a
12" Ash bowl full just about every night.....otherwise, excellent suggestions. "Arch" wrote in message ... Not for professionals or those with limited time to turn, but a good source for cabochons, stone for crushing, finials, candle cups, pepper grinder & lamp hardware, potpourri tops and many other do-dads is the local 'auxiliary' thrift store. The quality is often better than new and figuring how to disassemble and adapt for one-off masterpieces can be fun. On the floor, the items are inexpensive, but for the real deal make friends with the staff. I was surprised at the unsalable items people bring in. They are a mine of salvageable parts for free. Approach a cabinet shop for mill ends and you have an unending supply of quality dry wood and parts for making wood bowls that grind pepper, hold candles, light bedrooms, decorate walls and the myriads of things that proper wood bowls do instead of holding popcorn and lettuce. Arch Fortiter, http://community.webtv.net/almcc/MacsMusings |
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If you turners are like me, I find too many useable chunks of wood in my
scrap pile - so much that my trips to the dump have been cut in half! - or is that because I am finding myself making some smaller stuff...? Arch you have a point there - if you are willing to pick through a pile of someone else's junk, you might just find a diamond in there somewhere! It seems that a few masterpiece paintings have been discovered in garage sales! Who knows, maybe the next Ellsworth will find his/her perfect dodad where they least expect it! Ray "Arch" wrote in message ... Not for professionals or those with limited time to turn, but a good source for cabochons, stone for crushing, finials, candle cups, pepper grinder & lamp hardware, potpourri tops and many other do-dads is the local 'auxiliary' thrift store. The quality is often better than new and figuring how to disassemble and adapt for one-off masterpieces can be fun. On the floor, the items are inexpensive, but for the real deal make friends with the staff. I was surprised at the unsalable items people bring in. They are a mine of salvageable parts for free. Approach a cabinet shop for mill ends and you have an unending supply of quality dry wood and parts for making wood bowls that grind pepper, hold candles, light bedrooms, decorate walls and the myriads of things that proper wood bowls do instead of holding popcorn and lettuce. Arch Fortiter, http://community.webtv.net/almcc/MacsMusings |
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