Craigslist and Garage sale scores!

[mthomas58]

Originally Posted by Baz

Another score from my Mom's neighborhood this morning. I think it's a piano bench. In pretty good shape - hinges work very well.

Might use on one of my covered decks as a place to sit and to store magazines in.

I think its a coffee table that flips up into a TV Tray Table. Our neighbor had one like it.

[herr_oberst]

Originally Posted by mthomas58

I think its a coffee table that flips up into a TV Tray Table. Our neighbor had one like it.

That sounds about right. Those hinges are cool and could be really handy as part of a storage solution in a small garage/workshop.

[stevej37]

[Racerbvd]

Found something for Baz

[porsche930dude]

Making a scrap run I stopped at a garage sale and asked if they had any scrap to get rid of. The tractor was free so i got it on the way home. It was pretty bad i was going to use it for parts but looking it over it was fixable and battery was only a year old. I got the deck working again spindles were all froze up. The dash board pannel and steering were all loose got that fixed. Needed a gas tank and electrical work. I went to start it and nothing. Tured out the rocker stud ripped out of the head and all the pieces were missing. So I did an engine swap with a spare i had and it works good now. More than i bargained for but not too bad. The diamondback mountain bike my brother got from the dumpster at his work. It was missing a seat and it looks like its just been sitting in a barn for 30 years but i pumped up the tires and everything works great i took it on a ride this morning.

[Baz]

This could go into the music thread too. Yesterday in Mom's neighborhood, people are still putting stuff at the curb as a by product of Ian.

I have brought home some useful items - too many to post actually.

But had to share this with the pelican brotherhood due to the coolness factor.

A stack of 33 1/3's....almost all the Redheaded Stranger. And all of them are in very good condition. I got 'em before they laid in the sun very long. Just good timing I guess.....

[herr_oberst]

Baz, that's a pretty good score on the Willie albums. It reminds me of a story; my brother was telling me that he thought Red Headed Stranger was his favorite Willie album. I said how would you know, he's released about 100 albums. Well, I looked it up, and at that time I wasn't far off - I think he had 75 or 80 albums. (Right now his discography shows 98 studio albums, including collaborations. Yikes. That's a lot of albums.

[Baz]

Originally Posted by herr_oberst

Baz, that's a pretty good score on the Willie albums. It reminds me of a story; my brother was telling me that he thought Red Headed Stranger was his favorite Willie album. I said how would you know, he's released about 100 albums. Well, I looked it up, and at that time I wasn't far off - I think he had 75 or 80 albums. (Right now his discography shows 98 studio albums, including collaborations. Yikes. That's a lot of albums.

Wow...I had no idea!

Thanks....I feel good about saving these!

I didn't even look at them - just tossed them in the Volvo until I got home....

[mthomas58]

Local pickup only item in Birmingham. Great timing as I was headed to Bham for my grandson's LaCrosse game. He plays for BSC. This is a like new planer that is a beast weighing 80 lbs producing close to 90 decibels so I had to buy hearing protection headphones. Picked it up for half the retail price and decided to get a stand to permanently mount it on vs schlepping it around and risk throwing out my back.

[porsche930dude]

Found a dirtbike on the curb! Every guys dream. Its a Suzuki TS125 just a roller. I have a rusty tank that might work and a 125 engine to put on it.

[Baz]

Nice score on the Suzuki!

[porsche930dude]

I was going to visit my buddy but instead went the other way and scored that dirtbike. Today I went to visit him and scored this Ripper X ! Byron eat your heart out He paid 200 for it but I didnt pay anything he gave it in trade for work on his 4 wheeler. His brother said I should recreate the bmx jumping over my porsche lol Also gave me about 5 buckets of tools wrenches files chizels screwdrivers and such.

[Racerbvd]

Originally Posted by porsche930dude

I was going to visit my buddy but instead went the other way and scored that dirtbike. Today I went to visit him and scored this Ripper X ! Byron eat your heart out He paid 200 for it but I didnt pay anything he gave it in trade for work on his 4 wheeler. His brother said I should recreate the bmx jumping over my porsche lol Also gave me about 5 buckets of tools wrenches files chizels screwdrivers and such.

Very nice. I have a early 80's PK.

[herr_oberst]

Byron, is there a bike that you wish you could have but have never come across? A white whale, as it were? Something that you'd gladly pay far too much for, because, whew! from where I sit it seems like your collection has got to be pretty well complete by now!

[porsche930dude]

Originally Posted by Racerbvd

Very nice. I have a early 80's PK.

Is this early 80s? Looks newer. Feel free to enlighten me I know nothing about them really other than its light as heck and I cant wait to find my presta adapter and ride it.

[Racerbvd]

Originally Posted by porsche930dude

Is this early 80s? Looks newer. Feel free to enlighten me I know nothing about them really other than its light as heck and I cant wait to find my presta adapter and ride it.

That is a modern version, much newer. Most likely a 2010.

[cmccuist]

So here’s a strange one. I saw this DoAll bandsaw blade welder on Facebook marketplace for $75. Anytime you see DoAll, it’s typically four figures. So I bought it even though I don’t have any use for it. When I got it home, I noticed that the two little plates that clamped the bandsaw blade into the device were missing. I thought no problem I’ll just get those from DoAll. Yeah, DoAll wants $440 for those two little plates. Well, I saw another bandsaw blade welder - same exact model - on Facebook marketplace, and it had the little plates. So I bought it. Now I have two bandsaw blade welders that I have no use for. But I have those little plates and I can knock out those on my mill in less than an hour.

[A930Rocket]

How do they work? The lower picture seems to have some kind of grinding wheel?

Originally Posted by cmccuist

[varmint]

Slowly transforming my basement. Everything off Craigslist except the books.

[herr_oberst]

I think John Prine said "Blow up your TV".