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Fresh skip today - wish I could have got a couple of the hydraulic accumulators out of the last one (fixed steady for the sliced-up use of), but they must have weighed a few hundred pounds each!

Today's haul took a while, the firebricks had had pallets and junk thrown on top, but I still spotted 'em!

There are mostly enough 2" insulating 1400C firebrick offcuts for a new casting furnace, I think (the last one failed to move with me...), eight 6"diameter x 6" steel rounds plus some smaller drops, a VERY rusty lapping plate and some more small steel and ally drops, a couple of machine lights (condition unknown) and most of the parts of a grinder dust-hood, and finally a nice dual power supply (0-30v 2A) with one side working to take readings from while I fix the other (completely independent) side :)

One of the 6"rounds is destined to become one or two D1-5 spindle nose replicas to drop on my rotary table to speed up fitting / centring chucks, I hope!

Nice haul and

Yep, I sure do - I think we have the best skip I've ever seen, government science establishment so money no object... Did I tell you about the 4-gallon ultrasonic cleaner ;)
It does need mending, though...

Nice haul Dave. The obligatory is presented.

Ed

That definitely deserves a big YOU SUCK
Those rounds must be a respectable weight.

Sure are, Greg - I guessed about 30 pounds each, but http://www.calculatoredge.com/matweight/...l%20wt.htm says 48 each...

I must be stronger than I thought!

(03-17-2015, 03:59 PM)Hopefuldave Wrote: [ -> ]Fresh skip today - wish I could have got a couple of the hydraulic accumulators out of the last one (fixed steady for the sliced-up use of), but they must have weighed a few hundred pounds each!

Today's haul took a while, the firebricks had had pallets and junk thrown on top, but I still spotted 'em!

There are mostly enough 2" insulating 1400C firebrick offcuts for a new casting furnace, I think (the last one failed to move with me...), eight 6"diameter x 6" steel rounds plus some smaller drops, a VERY rusty lapping plate and some more small steel and ally drops, a couple of machine lights (condition unknown) and most of the parts of a grinder dust-hood, and finally a nice dual power supply (0-30v 2A) with one side working to take readings from while I fix the other (completely independent) side :)

One of the 6"rounds is destined to become one or two D1-5 spindle nose replicas to drop on my rotary table to speed up fitting / centring chucks, I hope!

I think we have a contender for the biggest   of the month! 

Pretty slim pickings today...


Pipe with 12" flanges to become a fixed steady after a bit of cutting and welding, slightly rusted angle strraightedge, some drops useful for spacers / quasi-parallels and a pair of Mercer 0.0001" gauges, both in need of repair!

Excuse the state of my car boot, it's always like it...

Looks like the Oil Drum Furnace is getting a little closer...

Enough soft (insulating) firebrick to wrap the hard firebricks from a previous dive, plus a few hard firebricks to fill the gaps in what I've collected so far... So now I need the drum and to make a burner suitable for the 4" x 32" stainless tube! Eek!

It's amazing stuff, heat it to glowing orange with a torch, touch it half an inch away and it's cool...


Also, some sort of Brown and Sharpe tool stand, any clue what belongs in there?

Yeah, I know, 0.3 kiloLovelaces of suction...

The B&S stand is probably some sort of gage holder, but that is only a guess.

Good grab on the fire brick.

BTW,