Craigslist and Garage sale scores!

[oldE]

Originally Posted by Baz

Hey Les......I've never had covid but would recommend you take Bill's advice and take it easy, brother.

Nice score on the wall materials!

Hey guys, thanks for the concern. In the past 4 years, I've been vaccinated each year, as have the wife and granddaughter. Also, I suspect the virus has been sort of assimilated into the populace so its effects aren't quite so severe. I admit I have a mild sensation of fatigue, but am able to carry on more or less as normal since Monday. Today I got the new plastic fabric roof on the granddaughter's play house (with her help), finished up the new oarlock mounts for the dingy and got the summer wheels on the wife's car. In a half hour I am heading to a jam session.
I suspect getting bricks from the Islands to Nova Scotia might be more trouble than even I would consider.

Best to All
Les

[Bill Douglas]

Originally Posted by greglepore

My go to's for non-exotic electronics have always been NAD from the 90's o

Greg, I like NAD amps but I don't know much about them. I do like my Little NAD from the dump shop. What are your favorite NAD amps as I'm looking to buy another one? thanks, Bill.

also a friend was raving about his Marantz PM6003.

[oldE]

Some say NADs are the best.
Go NADs, Go.NADs, Go!


Best
Les

[greglepore]

Originally Posted by Bill Douglas

Greg, I like NAD amps but I don't know much about them. I do like my Little NAD from the dump shop. What are your favorite NAD amps as I'm looking to buy another one? thanks, Bill.

also a friend was raving about his Marantz PM6003.

My taste in NAD runs towards the older stuff, my personal fave was the old 2200-200wpc, lots of dynamic headroom, and a soft clipping feature. Not an integrated amp, so you need a preamp or streamer/volume control.

[porsche930dude]

Some of my better recent scores. Mower and cool old vacuum on the curb . They were moving. The Vacuum works fine. The mower hadnt been run in a few years I could tell. Just needed a good servicing carb clean and a new used tire and its all good. The chop saw also found on the curb down the road the guy always puts scrap out. He said what was wrong with it but I couldnt hear him. It had a stone blade on it I put a metal blade on and cut a bunch with it today works fine the gearbox sounds pretty dry im going to pull it apart and grease it. The crossman 622 was peeking out of my neighbors trash can its just missing the clip. I brought it home on my bicycle The winch I think I showed before got it for free on a scrap haul Im still working on it I cant get the motor to run the armature tests good and the grounds seem ok Im not sure how to test the field yet.

[Baz]

Good score....funny about the gun & bike....ha ha......

[WPOZZZ]

I got a Baz score left on my sidewalk. On Saturday, someone left a window ac on my sidewalk. Yardmen came Sunday and ckeaned around it. Called our Refuse service about illegal dumping and the guy said they'll pick it up. I told the guy don't worry, I'll move it because that would have been rewarding a guy for illegal dumping. He told me he needed to take a pic of it so I told him I'll clear it out later. He emailed back and said he needed to take a pic of it cleared. No problem, I'll move it.

So I move it and it looks to be in good shape. Had it on the handtruck so I plugged it in to a storage unit outlet. Started up slightly noisy, then quieted down. Put it down flat so the oil and refrigerant goes in the right place. Turn on again and cold air!

I moved it to my garage in town and I can work in 15k btus of ac comfort. lol

[porsche930dude]

Nice im always skeptical of a/c units because they are so often full of mold and nastiness. I usually take the cover off and have a good look at the condensers and such. We rarely even use a/c. Just July usually put a unit in one window and it cools enough of the house. Still I have a half dozen good ones in the basement waiting for their turn. Gave one to my neighbor last year because his menace kid dropped one out the 2nd story window.

[Baz]

Nice score on the AC unit.

I have a window AC unit in my garage and it's great! Put it in last years after 27 years here! I have it on a timer so it doesn't run all the time. It's only a 6K BTU so very cost effective.

[WPOZZZ]

Here's the pics of the ac. Filter was clean. Stuck it on a stainless kitchen cart. Just need to clean it up. Tired after lifting that up. 100+ lbs.

[oldE]

Some projects so I can have some fun with the granddaughter.
Lego Countach and Lego Lotus were $7 each. The boxes were damaged, but everything was there.


The central platform for the Lambo was bent in one corner, but two minutes with a hair dryer fixed that.
The other score was a solar powered motorized kit which can be built in numerous ways.


Knowing her she will want to build the T Rex.

Best
Les

[Zeke]

Originally Posted by porsche930dude

I think it's Warn out.

[Ayles]

Originally Posted by oldE

Some projects so I can have some fun with the granddaughter.
Lego Countach and Lego Lotus were $7 each. The boxes were damaged, but everything was there.


The central platform for the Lambo was bent in one corner, but two minutes with a hair dryer fixed that.
The other score was a solar powered motorized kit which can be built in numerous ways.


Knowing her she will want to build the T Rex.

Best
Les

Save yourself the trouble and toss the solar kit. My son has had a couple versions of that kit(all exactly the same parts). in my opinion its junk after building the models.

[A930Rocket]

Originally Posted by Baz

Nice score on the AC unit.

I have a window AC unit in my garage and it's great! Put it in last years after 27 years here! I have it on a timer so it doesn't run all the time. It's only a 6K BTU so very cost effective.

My garage does not have a window, just a 16 foot door. I wish I could install a window AC.

[Zeke]

Originally Posted by A930Rocket

My garage does not have a window, just a 16 foot door. I wish I could install a window AC.

How hard is it to cut a hole?

[Baz]

Originally Posted by A930Rocket

My garage does not have a window, just a 16 foot door. I wish I could install a window AC.

Originally Posted by Zeke

How hard is it to cut a hole?

A mini-split might be the ticket then.

I want to put one in mine and actually have already bought it. Timing just hasn't been right for the install. Plus I'm not quite ready for it yet. This window unit does what's needed in the meantime.

[herr_oberst]

Yep. I'll take those off your hands....

[herr_oberst]

Portland is full of iconoclasts and car people. Here's a venn-diagram sample:

Larry and his son made model car libraries for 1/64 cars. (Take one/Leave one), that are just out next to the street in the parking strip. (They live about 30 blocks apart, somewhat in my neighborhood.)

Larry's uses an old gas pump, his son has "the car of the month" posted (Anybody want to take a stab at this month's COTM?)

I love this stuff.

[Baz]

Originally Posted by herr_oberst

(Anybody want to take a stab at this month's COTM?)

Alfa Romeo Disco Volante?

Agree, stuff like that is WAY cool, Herr Oberst!

[thingmon]

[QUOTE=herr_oberst;12247452]Portland is full of iconoclasts and car people. Here's a venn-diagram sample:

Larry and his son made model car libraries for 1/64 cars. (Take one/Leave one), that are just out next to the street in the parking strip. (They live about 30 blocks apart, somewhat in my neighborhood.)

Larry's uses an old gas pump, his son has "the car of the month" posted (Anybody want to take a stab at this month's COTM?)

I love this stuff.


Too cool.