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That’s totally cool Jack and one heck of a torch cut which is not as easy as one would think! Lot of edge clean up.
Most of yesterday i spent thinking back of projects he did. Thanks for the spark!!
The Valentine’s Day necklace he made for Mom was a classic. Steel chain you could pull a truck with and a 3” heart said “”I Love You Junie. Weighed about 10 lbs.
Still laughin!!
B
Ps: outta be a thread for stories like these.
More from the same place.

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I always wanted to do an Indian warrior on horseback, leading a string of Indian painted ponies coming out of the woods on my place. But I never got it done.
 
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Just a few things this weekend.

Rockabilly anyone?

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$5.00 for the jacket.

The ties were 50-cents each:

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Some bar glassware. $1.00 for the mug, quarter for the wine (cordial?) glass.

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And something heavy. From the early 1950s (when even table saws looked like hot-rods). $100 with several blades (some new).

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Some great finds! Does the jacket fit you? Because if it does I'm calling that the score of the year.

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TheOldFashioned

Call Me a Cab
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So far I've been fortunate that the wife hasn't complained (yet) about my ever growing hat collection. Heck, she even indulged me recently with this hand steamer she found at a garage sale the other day:
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It's not a Jiffy, but it's better than the kettle on the stovetop that I've been using up until now. Plug it in, pump it up, and out shoots a blast of steam. For only $1 this thing is the cat's a**.
 

3fingers

One Too Many
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Illinois
Yesterday I was talking to my wife about getting a first-aid kit for our new shop/barn and today she thrifts this! 12” x 12” x 8” with two glass shelves. Just need to stock it.

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There was one of those on the back wall in the barbershop of my youth. Never saw it open so no idea what he kept in it. This was the same barber who had a skull and crossbones, poison, nitroglycerin, etc. stickers on all of his glass tonic bottles.
 
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Junk jackpot this morning.

Formica top table, couple of mid-century folding chairs, both clocks work but need new light bulbs, the flamingos is cast aluminum, and I haven't even counted how many fishing rods I ended up with in that bundle yet, but I did check the ebay on the Ambassadeur reel....and I got the whole truckload for less than what those are going for.
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