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Salvaging a Garage door torsion-spring
I just happen to have this 32" torsion spring with a 2" i.d. left over
from an obvious home repair. I placed it in the garbage, at first, but I retrieved it--in case it may be valuable! ; ) Seriously, is it material suitable for making any sort of wood cutter? If it is, I think I can get a lot of 'em out of the spring! Bill |
Salvaging a Garage door torsion-spring
"Bill" wrote in message
... I just happen to have this 32" torsion spring with a 2" i.d. left over from an obvious home repair. I placed it in the garbage, at first, but I retrieved it--in case it may be valuable! ; ) You don't recycle where you live? |
Salvaging a Garage door torsion-spring
In article , "Lobby Dosser" wrote:
"Bill" wrote in message ... I just happen to have this 32" torsion spring with a 2" i.d. left over from an obvious home repair. I placed it in the garbage, at first, but I retrieved it--in case it may be valuable! ; ) You don't recycle where you live? Scrap steel brings about $225/ton, or around eleven cents a pound. He'd most likely spend more on gasoline taking to a recycler than he'd get back in scrap value. |
Salvaging a Garage door torsion-spring
In article
"Lobby Dosser" writes: "Bill" wrote in message ... I just happen to have this 32" torsion spring with a 2" i.d. left over from an obvious home repair. I placed it in the garbage, at first, but I retrieved it--in case it may be valuable! ; ) You don't recycle where you live? I recycle where I live, but I've never lived anywhere that the recycling pickup/dropoff would take steel other than food cans. I'm digging out a 6' steel pole ('70s style satellite dish post) in the back yard, and I have no idea what I'll do with it when it is out of the ground. -- Drew Lawson | Though it's just a memory, | some memories last forever |
Salvaging a Garage door torsion-spring
On Apr 5, 7:53*am, "dadiOH" wrote:
Bill wrote: I just happen to have this 32" torsion spring with a 2" i.d. left over from an obvious home repair. *I placed it in the garbage, at first, but I retrieved it--in case it may be valuable! *; ) Seriously, is it material suitable for making any sort of wood cutter? If it is, I think I can get a lot of 'em out of the spring! Maybe you could make some sort of catapult and use it for disposing of things the trash men won't take. *Like dead cats *:) ....or live ones! Ron |
Salvaging a Garage door torsion-spring
In article , RonB wrote:
On Apr 5, 7:53=A0am, "dadiOH" wrote: Bill wrote: I just happen to have this 32" torsion spring with a 2" i.d. left over from an obvious home repair. =A0I placed it in the garbage, at first, but I retrieved it--in case it may be valuable! =A0; ) Seriously, is it material suitable for making any sort of wood cutter? If it is, I think I can get a lot of 'em out of the spring! Maybe you could make some sort of catapult and use it for disposing of things the trash men won't take. =A0Like dead cats =A0:) ....or live ones! Of course. Why do you think they call it a CATapult?? |
Salvaging a Garage door torsion-spring
On Apr 5, 5:53*am, "dadiOH" wrote:
Bill wrote: I just happen to have this 32" torsion spring with a 2" i.d. left over from an obvious home repair. *I placed it in the garbage, at first, but I retrieved it--in case it may be valuable! *; ) Seriously, is it material suitable for making any sort of wood cutter? If it is, I think I can get a lot of 'em out of the spring! Maybe you could make some sort of catapult and use it for disposing of things the trash men won't take. *Like dead cats *:) What a waste! Don't you know that dead cats make great push sticks. Luigi who squirrelled away a couple of garage door springs in his garage for 20 years (but not on the door) until he gave them to a locals sculptor last year. |
Salvaging a Garage door torsion-spring
On 4/5/2011 7:10 AM, Doug Miller wrote:
In , "Lobby wrote: wrote in message ... I just happen to have this 32" torsion spring with a 2" i.d. left over from an obvious home repair. I placed it in the garbage, at first, but I retrieved it--in case it may be valuable! ; ) You don't recycle where you live? Scrap steel brings about $225/ton, or around eleven cents a pound. He'd most likely spend more on gasoline taking to a recycler than he'd get back in scrap value. Come on now. No fighting to be first in line to buy it!!! New one's are going for upwards of $60. This one's already been cut in two for easier storage! Serious offers only (please). Bill |
Salvaging a Garage door torsion-spring
GEEESH! Talk to the solar PV people, especially if you have the mechanism.
Somebody will want to build a solar tracker from that one. ----------------------- "Drew Lawson" wrote in message ... I recycle where I live, but I've never lived anywhere that the recycling pickup/dropoff would take steel other than food cans. I'm digging out a 6' steel pole ('70s style satellite dish post) in the back yard, and I have no idea what I'll do with it when it is out of the ground. -- Drew Lawson | Though it's just a memory, | some memories last forever |
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Salvaging a Garage door torsion-spring
In article
"dadiOH" writes: Drew Lawson wrote: I'm digging out a 6' steel pole ('70s style satellite dish post) in the back yard, and I have no idea what I'll do with it when it is out of the ground. If you lived in central Florida you could just put it out by the street and someone would steal it within a couple of hours. I get rid of all sorts of stuff that way, gotta drag an old fiberglass jon boat that someone left on my property down there pretty soon. That's how I get rid of lots of semi-useless stuff, but in the pick-up sense rather than stealing. Our house is on a common cut-through-the-neighborhoods path, so things with a "free" sign don't last long. (I have an extra string trimmer I need to put out. Any mechanic could probably make it run, but I'm no mechanic.) We aren't in a wealthy area, but definitely a "not hurting" part of town, so some people seem to make intentional shopping trips around trash day. That's especially true in better weather. -- Drew Lawson | "But the senator, while insisting he was not | intoxicated, could not explain his nudity." |
Salvaging a Garage door torsion-spring
dadiOH wrote:
Bill wrote: I just happen to have this 32" torsion spring with a 2" i.d. left over from an obvious home repair. I placed it in the garbage, at first, but I retrieved it--in case it may be valuable! ; ) Seriously, is it material suitable for making any sort of wood cutter? If it is, I think I can get a lot of 'em out of the spring! Maybe you could make some sort of catapult and use it for disposing of things the trash men won't take. Like dead cats :) that begs the question: why won't they take dead cats? i put dead pack rats in my trash can (not the recycling one though). (or not so dead, as my wife found out one night as she was making the late night deposit, which was the last time she ever did so) |
Salvaging a Garage door torsion-spring
"Doug Miller" wrote in message
... In article , "Lobby Dosser" wrote: "Bill" wrote in message ... I just happen to have this 32" torsion spring with a 2" i.d. left over from an obvious home repair. I placed it in the garbage, at first, but I retrieved it--in case it may be valuable! ; ) You don't recycle where you live? Scrap steel brings about $225/ton, or around eleven cents a pound. He'd most likely spend more on gasoline taking to a recycler than he'd get back in scrap value. Out here we can take it to the curb. Reminding me that tonight's the night .... |
Salvaging a Garage door torsion-spring
"Drew Lawson" wrote in message
... In article "Lobby Dosser" writes: "Bill" wrote in message ... I just happen to have this 32" torsion spring with a 2" i.d. left over from an obvious home repair. I placed it in the garbage, at first, but I retrieved it--in case it may be valuable! ; ) You don't recycle where you live? I recycle where I live, but I've never lived anywhere that the recycling pickup/dropoff would take steel other than food cans. I'm digging out a 6' steel pole ('70s style satellite dish post) in the back yard, and I have no idea what I'll do with it when it is out of the ground. Where I live (Portland, or area), if it's legal (your pipe would be) and fits in the bin it's good to go. If it can't fit in the bin you can take it to the recycler or pay $35 for a pu load at the dump. Our dump won't take fluorescent bulbs or paint; they have to go to a special central recycling center. |
Salvaging a Garage door torsion-spring
"Drew Lawson" wrote in message
... In article "dadiOH" writes: Drew Lawson wrote: I'm digging out a 6' steel pole ('70s style satellite dish post) in the back yard, and I have no idea what I'll do with it when it is out of the ground. If you lived in central Florida you could just put it out by the street and someone would steal it within a couple of hours. I get rid of all sorts of stuff that way, gotta drag an old fiberglass jon boat that someone left on my property down there pretty soon. That's how I get rid of lots of semi-useless stuff, but in the pick-up sense rather than stealing. Our house is on a common cut-through-the-neighborhoods path, so things with a "free" sign don't last long. (I have an extra string trimmer I need to put out. Any mechanic could probably make it run, but I'm no mechanic.) Reminds me, got a couple junker lawnmowers need to go to the curb with a sign ... |
Salvaging a Garage door torsion-spring
"dadiOH" wrote in message
.com... Bill wrote: I just happen to have this 32" torsion spring with a 2" i.d. left over from an obvious home repair. I placed it in the garbage, at first, but I retrieved it--in case it may be valuable! ; ) Seriously, is it material suitable for making any sort of wood cutter? If it is, I think I can get a lot of 'em out of the spring! Maybe you could make some sort of catapult and use it for disposing of things the trash men won't take. Like dead cats :) That's what the beefy plastic bags are made for ... |
Salvaging a Garage door torsion-spring
On Tue, 5 Apr 2011 21:05:23 -0700, "Lobby Dosser"
wrote: "Drew Lawson" wrote in message ... In article "Lobby Dosser" writes: "Bill" wrote in message ... I just happen to have this 32" torsion spring with a 2" i.d. left over from an obvious home repair. I placed it in the garbage, at first, but I retrieved it--in case it may be valuable! ; ) You don't recycle where you live? I recycle where I live, but I've never lived anywhere that the recycling pickup/dropoff would take steel other than food cans. I'm digging out a 6' steel pole ('70s style satellite dish post) in the back yard, and I have no idea what I'll do with it when it is out of the ground. Where I live (Portland, or area), if it's legal (your pipe would be) and fits in the bin it's good to go. If it can't fit in the bin you can take it to the recycler or pay $35 for a pu load at the dump. Our dump won't take fluorescent bulbs or paint; they have to go to a special central recycling center. Fluor bulb cost: $2 each. Fluor bulb recycling area: Portland only, nowhere else in Oregon. Fluor bulb recycling cost: ONLY $4, delivered to the recycler. "Uckfay atthay itshay!" sez I. I recycle everything else, though, and when they make it convenient to recycle fluor tubes, I'll do those. As it is, it's a tax on eco idiots by gov't approved scammers. -- You do not need a parachute to skydive. You only need a parachute to skydive twice. |
Salvaging a Garage door torsion-spring
Lobby Dosser wrote:
"dadiOH" wrote in message .com... Bill wrote: I just happen to have this 32" torsion spring with a 2" i.d. left over from an obvious home repair. I placed it in the garbage, at first, but I retrieved it--in case it may be valuable! ; ) Seriously, is it material suitable for making any sort of wood cutter? If it is, I think I can get a lot of 'em out of the spring! Maybe you could make some sort of catapult and use it for disposing of things the trash men won't take. Like dead cats :) That's what the beefy plastic bags are made for ... For disguising the cats or as freezer bags? What about the tail? ; ) |
Salvaging a Garage door torsion-spring
"Larry Jaques" wrote in message
... On Tue, 5 Apr 2011 21:05:23 -0700, "Lobby Dosser" wrote: "Drew Lawson" wrote in message ... In article "Lobby Dosser" writes: "Bill" wrote in message ... I just happen to have this 32" torsion spring with a 2" i.d. left over from an obvious home repair. I placed it in the garbage, at first, but I retrieved it--in case it may be valuable! ; ) You don't recycle where you live? I recycle where I live, but I've never lived anywhere that the recycling pickup/dropoff would take steel other than food cans. I'm digging out a 6' steel pole ('70s style satellite dish post) in the back yard, and I have no idea what I'll do with it when it is out of the ground. Where I live (Portland, or area), if it's legal (your pipe would be) and fits in the bin it's good to go. If it can't fit in the bin you can take it to the recycler or pay $35 for a pu load at the dump. Our dump won't take fluorescent bulbs or paint; they have to go to a special central recycling center. Fluor bulb cost: $2 each. Fluor bulb recycling area: Portland only, nowhere else in Oregon. Did not know that. How about the big box stores down there, do they take them? The electronic and office supply places up here all take printer ink cartridges and various batteries. I think they also recycle laser printer cartridges. A BTW for pet owners, don't let them get at any of those button batteries (infants and children too, I guess)! If swallowed, the damn things light off and burn holes! |
Salvaging a Garage door torsion-spring
"Bill" wrote in message
... Lobby Dosser wrote: "dadiOH" wrote in message .com... Bill wrote: I just happen to have this 32" torsion spring with a 2" i.d. left over from an obvious home repair. I placed it in the garbage, at first, but I retrieved it--in case it may be valuable! ; ) Seriously, is it material suitable for making any sort of wood cutter? If it is, I think I can get a lot of 'em out of the spring! Maybe you could make some sort of catapult and use it for disposing of things the trash men won't take. Like dead cats :) That's what the beefy plastic bags are made for ... For disguising the cats or as freezer bags? What about the tail? ; ) Tie it to a back leg ... |
Salvaging a Garage door torsion-spring
If you have scrap tires put them in the front yard with a $50.00 'for
sale' sign on them and when it gets dark someone will steal them! Worked twice for me! JR http://community.webtv.net/awoodbutc...oodWorkingPage |
Salvaging a Garage door torsion-spring
On 4/5/2011 7:45 AM, Drew Lawson wrote:
In "Lobby writes: wrote in message ... I just happen to have this 32" torsion spring with a 2" i.d. left over from an obvious home repair. I placed it in the garbage, at first, but I retrieved it--in case it may be valuable! ; ) You don't recycle where you live? I recycle where I live, but I've never lived anywhere that the recycling pickup/dropoff would take steel other than food cans. I'm digging out a 6' steel pole ('70s style satellite dish post) in the back yard, and I have no idea what I'll do with it when it is out of the ground. put it in the iron pile? Throw it in a ditch? cut it up and put it in your trash? dig a deeper hole? -- Steve Barker remove the "not" from my address to email |
Salvaging a Garage door torsion-spring
On 4/5/2011 8:59 AM, Doug Miller wrote:
In , wrote: On Apr 5, 7:53=A0am, wrote: Bill wrote: I just happen to have this 32" torsion spring with a 2" i.d. left over from an obvious home repair. =A0I placed it in the garbage, at first, but I retrieved it--in case it may be valuable! =A0; ) Seriously, is it material suitable for making any sort of wood cutter? If it is, I think I can get a lot of 'em out of the spring! Maybe you could make some sort of catapult and use it for disposing of things the trash men won't take. =A0Like dead cats =A0:) ....or live ones! Of course. Why do you think they call it a CATapult?? Does that make this a squirrelapult? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBb7KReY6Eg -- Steve Barker remove the "not" from my address to email |
Salvaging a Garage door torsion-spring
On 4/5/2011 11:56 PM, Larry Jaques wrote:
On Tue, 5 Apr 2011 21:05:23 -0700, "Lobby wrote: "Drew wrote in message ... In "Lobby writes: wrote in message ... I just happen to have this 32" torsion spring with a 2" i.d. left over from an obvious home repair. I placed it in the garbage, at first, but I retrieved it--in case it may be valuable! ; ) You don't recycle where you live? I recycle where I live, but I've never lived anywhere that the recycling pickup/dropoff would take steel other than food cans. I'm digging out a 6' steel pole ('70s style satellite dish post) in the back yard, and I have no idea what I'll do with it when it is out of the ground. Where I live (Portland, or area), if it's legal (your pipe would be) and fits in the bin it's good to go. If it can't fit in the bin you can take it to the recycler or pay $35 for a pu load at the dump. Our dump won't take fluorescent bulbs or paint; they have to go to a special central recycling center. Fluor bulb cost: $2 each. Fluor bulb recycling area: Portland only, nowhere else in Oregon. Fluor bulb recycling cost: ONLY $4, delivered to the recycler. "Uckfay atthay itshay!" sez I. I recycle everything else, though, and when they make it convenient to recycle fluor tubes, I'll do those. As it is, it's a tax on eco idiots by gov't approved scammers. -- You do not need a parachute to skydive. You only need a parachute to skydive twice. I just javelin them sonabitches into the dumpster and they disappear. -- Steve Barker remove the "not" from my address to email |
Salvaging a Garage door torsion-spring
On 4/6/2011 3:51 AM, Jerry - OHIO wrote:
If you have scrap tires put them in the front yard with a $50.00 'for sale' sign on them and when it gets dark someone will steal them! Worked twice for me! JR http://community.webtv.net/awoodbutc...oodWorkingPage had a friend got rid of a push mower that way. Took his new one, started mowing, then put the old one right where he left off, and it was gone the next morning. -- Steve Barker remove the "not" from my address to email |
Salvaging a Garage door torsion-spring
On Wed, 06 Apr 2011 01:29:15 -0400, Bill wrote:
Lobby Dosser wrote: "dadiOH" wrote in message .com... Bill wrote: I just happen to have this 32" torsion spring with a 2" i.d. left over from an obvious home repair. I placed it in the garbage, at first, but I retrieved it--in case it may be valuable! ; ) Seriously, is it material suitable for making any sort of wood cutter? If it is, I think I can get a lot of 'em out of the spring! Maybe you could make some sort of catapult and use it for disposing of things the trash men won't take. Like dead cats :) That's what the beefy plastic bags are made for ... For disguising the cats or as freezer bags? What about the tail? ; ) There's an idea. Triplebag the dead cats in your freezer, putting them out only the night before pickup so they don't give themselves away by smelling up the can. If only we had more Asian restaurants in town... -- Some people are like Slinkies ... not really good for anything, but you can't help smiling when you see one tumble down the stairs. |
Salvaging a Garage door torsion-spring
On Wed, 06 Apr 2011 08:45:32 -0500, Steve Barker
wrote: On 4/5/2011 7:45 AM, Drew Lawson wrote: In "Lobby writes: wrote in message ... I just happen to have this 32" torsion spring with a 2" i.d. left over from an obvious home repair. I placed it in the garbage, at first, but I retrieved it--in case it may be valuable! ; ) You don't recycle where you live? I recycle where I live, but I've never lived anywhere that the recycling pickup/dropoff would take steel other than food cans. I'm digging out a 6' steel pole ('70s style satellite dish post) in the back yard, and I have no idea what I'll do with it when it is out of the ground. put it in the iron pile? Throw it in a ditch? cut it up and put it in your trash? dig a deeper hole? We have guys here in town who advertise that they collect all old scrap metal, which they sell to the metal recycler. Free pickup. See your local newspaper classified ads. Or you could make something out of it. Retask these things, guys. -- Some people are like Slinkies ... not really good for anything, but you can't help smiling when you see one tumble down the stairs. |
Salvaging a Garage door torsion-spring
Larry Jaques wrote:
On Wed, 06 Apr 2011 01:29:15 -0400, wrote: Lobby Dosser wrote: wrote in message .com... Bill wrote: I just happen to have this 32" torsion spring with a 2" i.d. left over from an obvious home repair. I placed it in the garbage, at first, but I retrieved it--in case it may be valuable! ; ) Seriously, is it material suitable for making any sort of wood cutter? If it is, I think I can get a lot of 'em out of the spring! Maybe you could make some sort of catapult and use it for disposing of things the trash men won't take. Like dead cats :) That's what the beefy plastic bags are made for ... For disguising the cats or as freezer bags? What about the tail? ; ) There's an idea. Triplebag the dead cats in your freezer, putting them out only the night before pickup so they don't give themselves away by smelling up the can. LOL - How many do you have??? If only we had more Asian restaurants in town... -- Some people are like Slinkies ... not really good for anything, but you can't help smiling when you see one tumble down the stairs. |
Salvaging a Garage door torsion-spring
"Larry Jaques" wrote in message
... On Wed, 06 Apr 2011 08:45:32 -0500, Steve Barker wrote: On 4/5/2011 7:45 AM, Drew Lawson wrote: In "Lobby writes: wrote in message ... I just happen to have this 32" torsion spring with a 2" i.d. left over from an obvious home repair. I placed it in the garbage, at first, but I retrieved it--in case it may be valuable! ; ) You don't recycle where you live? I recycle where I live, but I've never lived anywhere that the recycling pickup/dropoff would take steel other than food cans. I'm digging out a 6' steel pole ('70s style satellite dish post) in the back yard, and I have no idea what I'll do with it when it is out of the ground. put it in the iron pile? Throw it in a ditch? cut it up and put it in your trash? dig a deeper hole? We have guys here in town who advertise that they collect all old scrap metal, which they sell to the metal recycler. Free pickup. See your local newspaper classified ads. Guys that do that in the Portland area also. Problem is they don't ask before they remove the guard rails and stop signs .... |
Salvaging a Garage door torsion-spring
"Larry Jaques" wrote in message
... On Wed, 06 Apr 2011 01:29:15 -0400, Bill wrote: Lobby Dosser wrote: "dadiOH" wrote in message .com... Bill wrote: I just happen to have this 32" torsion spring with a 2" i.d. left over from an obvious home repair. I placed it in the garbage, at first, but I retrieved it--in case it may be valuable! ; ) Seriously, is it material suitable for making any sort of wood cutter? If it is, I think I can get a lot of 'em out of the spring! Maybe you could make some sort of catapult and use it for disposing of things the trash men won't take. Like dead cats :) That's what the beefy plastic bags are made for ... For disguising the cats or as freezer bags? What about the tail? ; ) There's an idea. Triplebag the dead cats in your freezer, putting them out only the night before pickup so they don't give themselves away by smelling up the can. If only we had more Asian restaurants in town... Chinese restaurant in town near where I was stationed in England got shut down for that and serving cat Food (the canned kind). Most of us ate at the Indian places, but I was always suspicious of the teensy tiny drumsticks in the Tandoori Chicken ... |
Salvaging a Garage door torsion-spring
"Bill" wrote in message
... Larry Jaques wrote: On Wed, 06 Apr 2011 01:29:15 -0400, wrote: Lobby Dosser wrote: wrote in message .com... Bill wrote: I just happen to have this 32" torsion spring with a 2" i.d. left over from an obvious home repair. I placed it in the garbage, at first, but I retrieved it--in case it may be valuable! ; ) Seriously, is it material suitable for making any sort of wood cutter? If it is, I think I can get a lot of 'em out of the spring! Maybe you could make some sort of catapult and use it for disposing of things the trash men won't take. Like dead cats :) That's what the beefy plastic bags are made for ... For disguising the cats or as freezer bags? What about the tail? ; ) There's an idea. Triplebag the dead cats in your freezer, putting them out only the night before pickup so they don't give themselves away by smelling up the can. LOL - How many do you have??? I've got three. All of them bigger than the dog. |
Salvaging a Garage door torsion-spring
"Steve Barker" wrote in message
... On 4/6/2011 3:51 AM, Jerry - OHIO wrote: If you have scrap tires put them in the front yard with a $50.00 'for sale' sign on them and when it gets dark someone will steal them! Worked twice for me! JR http://community.webtv.net/awoodbutc...oodWorkingPage had a friend got rid of a push mower that way. Took his new one, started mowing, then put the old one right where he left off, and it was gone the next morning. LOL!! |
Salvaging a Garage door torsion-spring
On 2011-04-05 12:49:59 -0400, "dadiOH" said:
If you lived in central Florida you could just put it out by the street and someone would steal it within a couple of hours. I get rid of all sorts of stuff that way, gotta drag an old fiberglass jon boat that someone left on my property down there pretty soon. Things are tough all over -- today was trash day (we have recycling pick-up every OTHER week) and I noticed a heavily-laden old Chevy pickup truck cruising the cans on my street. Not the first time, either! (N.B. I've got plenty of partcle board for disposable jigs from a entertainment center somebody left on the street, too -- just not from MY neighborhood. GRIN) |
Salvaging a Garage door torsion-spring
On 2011-04-06 00:05:23 -0400, "Lobby Dosser" said:
Our dump won't take fluorescent bulbs or paint; they have to go to a special central recycling center. If it's latex, all that's required here for trash pick up is that you dump enough cat litter in the can that the paint's no longer liquid. |
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Salvaging a Garage door torsion-spring
"Steve" wrote in message
g.com... On 2011-04-05 12:49:59 -0400, "dadiOH" said: If you lived in central Florida you could just put it out by the street and someone would steal it within a couple of hours. I get rid of all sorts of stuff that way, gotta drag an old fiberglass jon boat that someone left on my property down there pretty soon. Things are tough all over -- today was trash day (we have recycling pick-up every OTHER week) and I noticed a heavily-laden old Chevy pickup truck cruising the cans on my street. Not the first time, either! (N.B. I've got plenty of partcle board for disposable jigs from a entertainment center somebody left on the street, too -- just not from MY neighborhood. GRIN) Toledo Ohio about late 1960s we'd get an "all you can drag to the curb day" a few times a year. Folks would be out all night cruising neighborhoods with a kid hanging out a window spotlighting the curb. |
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"Steve" wrote in message
g.com... On 2011-04-06 00:05:23 -0400, "Lobby Dosser" said: Our dump won't take fluorescent bulbs or paint; they have to go to a special central recycling center. If it's latex, all that's required here for trash pick up is that you dump enough cat litter in the can that the paint's no longer liquid. They apparently really Do something with the paint here. |
Salvaging a Garage door torsion-spring
On Apr 5, 12:25*am, Bill wrote:
I just happen to have this 32" torsion spring with a 2" i.d. left over from an obvious home repair. *I placed it in the garbage, at first, but I retrieved it--in case it may be valuable! *; ) Seriously, is it material suitable for making any sort of wood cutter? If it is, I think I can get a lot of 'em out of the spring! Bill Heat it with a torch and stretch it out. Make it into small scribes, detail knives, etc. The only difference between spring steel and tool steel is the temper (purple vs. straw). Need a whole lot of cheap miter clamps? Cut the thing down the side with a slitting wheel. Sharpen the cut ends so they'll bite into wood. |
Salvaging a Garage door torsion-spring
Father Haskell wrote:
On Apr 5, 12:25 am, wrote: I just happen to have this 32" torsion spring with a 2" i.d. left over from an obvious home repair. I placed it in the garbage, at first, but I retrieved it--in case it may be valuable! ; ) Seriously, is it material suitable for making any sort of wood cutter? If it is, I think I can get a lot of 'em out of the spring! Bill Heat it with a torch and stretch it out. Make it into small scribes, detail knives, etc. The only difference between spring steel and tool steel is the temper (purple vs. straw). That's the kind of encouragement (and information) I was after! Thank you. Bill |
Salvaging a Garage door torsion-spring
Lobby Dosser wrote:
Toledo Ohio about late 1960s we'd get an "all you can drag to the curb day" a few times a year. Folks would be out all night cruising neighborhoods with a kid hanging out a window spotlighting the curb. I do that in 2011. Here it's called "Heavy Trash" day (sometimes "Yard Waste" day). And I call my excursion "foraging." |
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