Above 1200 Sq/FT Cleaning Up My Shop

[Lyndon]

Thanks! I'm having loads of fun.



I am an experienced blacksmith, I do and have done lots of hammer work. I'm also ambidextrous, a switch hitter.

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Andy

I'd give my right arm to be ambidextrous!!!!!!

(Or is that too old a joke for this fast moving space)......

Lyndon


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[oldironfarmer]

Thanks for the kind words!

Not really an obsession with hearses, BugThug just has one. I've never had one so I can't rehearse.



Well its not something to practice at, its kinda one time deal. If you do get a chance to " rehearse", I would take it. Specially if you get a better offer second time around.
On the hearse bumper. I'm sure its not OG with the car, but sometimes the coach builders would use whatever they could get cheap. They would shop around like International Harvester, or AMC just whoever had the best price. It was a business that there wasn't much profit to make a specialty pro car. You have to realize that ALL of these cars were custom made, lot of hands on manual work. That is what makes it neat to own something that maybe only a very low number was made and still around in OG condition.
There all your visitors are "feed" (fed). if they like it or not

Interesting stuff about hearses! Can you use one for a camper? (Assuming you're light sleeper, and don't ever sleep in one in a box)

Andy

I'd give my right arm to be ambidextrous!!!!!!

(Or is that too old a joke for this fast moving space)......

Lyndon


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I don't do jokes...

We'll have to defer to Bob to answer that riddle.

 

[rmack898]

We'll have to defer to Bob to answer that riddle.

I had that same thought, but you said if first.

 

[Kev442]

Hmmm, just last week looking at the anniversary pics/recap, I was thinking that unless even a handful of hours per week get committed to the Stud project, it will never meet the due date.

Today: Voila!

How about that? I can nag mentally from hundreds of miles away!

 

[oldironfarmer]

Hmmm, just last week looking at the anniversary pics/recap, I was thinking that unless even a handful of hours per week get committed to the Stud project, it will never meet the due date.

Today: Voila!

How about that? I can nag mentally from hundreds of miles away!

Yes, there's your mental nagging, and Dan threatened me.

Since I'm a total novice at sheet metal work I really have no idea whether I'll be able to learn fast enough anyway. The tailgate is going ok.

 

[oldironfarmer]

I had that same thought, but you said if first.

Bob? You there?

(he probably thinks we're talking about either the Bobcat or an old slot machine)

 

[oldironfarmer]

This is what I'm up against on the Studebaker. The only rust is at the bottom of the doors. Front and rear fenders are fine except for right at the front doors. The is the left running board, door is open to the left. Running board is inside the door.

The sill is rusted out and the bottom of the door as well. This is the left door (the one the driver uses here)

The passenger door is similar but it also appears to have a lot of body putty. I didn't expect to find that. I don't think this truck has ever been restored, just driven as a work truck. Maybe I'm wrong yet again.

I spent some of today looking for 16 gauge steel, all I could find is 15 gauge and 18 gauge. I'm thinking 15 gauge will repair the tailgate. It's the old yellow baler guard next to foundry furnace.

I guess I need to buy a sheet of 16 gauge too.

Thanks for stopping in!

 

[Bob Heine]

Bob? You there?

(he probably thinks we're talking about either the Bobcat or an old slot machine)

Andy, I am surprised when asked if I was right handed before losing my left arm. I am pretty sure I was but I'm absolutely certain I am now.

I've probably told this story before. My son's kindergarten teacher was describing 'Susan' to the assembled parents on Parent/Teacher Night. Susan was a Thalidomide baby born with a undeveloped right arm. She was fitted with a prosthesis and the teacher was raving about how well Susan was learning to write with her hook. She saw me, stuck a pen in my face and said "sign your name" like it was going to do something miraculous. I gave her a mystified look, took the pen in my right hand and signed my name.

When I finished, she admonished me, explaining that I had to use my hook. I asked her why she was teaching Susan to depend on a mechanical arm when she had a perfectly fine left arm and hand. She had one of those "because I can and I like pets" responses so I got a little angry and mentioned that I snapped the cable on my arm on a weekly basis. Use the faculties you have, not the jury-rigged ones meant as a substitute. If I were blind in one eye would you have me wear a patch over the good one and teach a cute dog to lead me around? The teacher said nothing, turned around and went back to her desk. We never spoke again and my son got some slack from her because of the obnoxious a-hole who was his role model. Funny that my son still remembers that day almost 50 years later.

How is the real Bob [the Bobcat] doing? Haven't heard much from or about him since we went walkabout at the Warthog Hidey Hole and your relative's place. If he's just parked in the shade or the A/C I completely understand.

 

[Kev442]

You may want to just bite the bullet on that step up.
http://www.classicent.com/studebaker/pickups/c-cab

 

[dreamingmuscle]

There's a young man working at one of the box stores here. His right arm is deformed from birth. Whats supposed to be his hand is up near the elbow.

Anyway he was checking me out one day and I noticed he was struggling to hunt and peck at the keyboard with his left hand. Much like I would if forced to do something left handed.

So I asked if I could ask him a personal question, he kind of got that not again look on his face but said sure. So I asked are you supposed to be right or left handed? His face lit up with excitement. I believe because it was a question he hadn't gotten over and over again.

He said he was wired to be a righty and still struggled with it.

 

[dlcwent]

First off, I love that little story Bob. As usual your superior mind overshadows any physical limitations that you have dealt with.

Andy..??????????? What did I do this time? The only threat I've made is that someday I'm coming to hang out with you for a few days. Did I forget something? It wouldn't surprise me at all. Please clarify. ( Or don't, I probably don't want to know.)

Carry on.

 

[shortykorte]

Andy
Crumbled up newspaper, duck tape and bondo should take of your needs.

Bob great story and so true.


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[oldironfarmer]

You may want to just bite the bullet on that step up.
http://www.classicent.com/studebaker/pickups/c-cab

I thought I had searched for patch panels. Not good enough! Thanks for the link. They have exactly what I need. Now if I can sell the shear and English wheel to pay for the panels...

But seriously, it is silly to struggle to make something that is available. You're right, at least the step up, maybe more.

There's a young man working at one of the box stores here. His right arm is deformed from birth. Whats supposed to be his hand is up near the elbow.

Anyway he was checking me out one day and I noticed he was struggling to hunt and peck at the keyboard with his left hand. Much like I would if forced to do something left handed.

So I asked if I could ask him a personal question, he kind of got that not again look on his face but said sure. So I asked are you supposed to be right or left handed? His face lit up with excitement. I believe because it was a question he hadn't gotten over and over again.

He said he was wired to be a righty and still struggled with it.

I've got an old friend with a similar, though not as severe, birth defect. He does not let it slow him down. My wife has lost most use of her right arm and as she used to say "my left hand doesn't know any tricks".

First off, I love that little story Bob. As usual your superior mind overshadows any physical limitations that you have dealt with.

Andy..??????????? What did I do this time? The only threat I've made is that someday I'm coming to hang out with you for a few days. Did I forget something? It wouldn't surprise me at all. Please clarify. ( Or don't, I probably don't want to know.)

Carry on.

Bob, physical limitations? Surely you jest

You have a convenient memory, it seems. Just a couple of days ago I remember you saying you were going to have to see progress on the Studebaker regularly. Thought that was you, I loved it, but did a quick search and can't find it.

Oh well, you can straighten me out when you get here. I'm saving the Dakota transmission for you

Andy
Crumbled up newspaper, duck tape and bondo should take of your needs.

Bob great story and so true.


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I think you have my plan figured out

Andy, I am surprised when asked if I was right handed before losing my left arm. I am pretty sure I was but I'm absolutely certain I am now.

I've probably told this story before. My son's kindergarten teacher was describing 'Susan' to the assembled parents on Parent/Teacher Night. Susan was a Thalidomide baby born with a undeveloped right arm. She was fitted with a prosthesis and the teacher was raving about how well Susan was learning to write with her hook. She saw me, stuck a pen in my face and said "sign your name" like it was going to do something miraculous. I gave her a mystified look, took the pen in my right hand and signed my name.

When I finished, she admonished me, explaining that I had to use my hook. I asked her why she was teaching Susan to depend on a mechanical arm when she had a perfectly fine left arm and hand. She had one of those "because I can and I like pets" responses so I got a little angry and mentioned that I snapped the cable on my arm on a weekly basis. Use the faculties you have, not the jury-rigged ones meant as a substitute. If I were blind in one eye would you have me wear a patch over the good one and teach a cute dog to lead me around? The teacher said nothing, turned around and went back to her desk. We never spoke again and my son got some slack from her because of the obnoxious a-hole who was his role model. Funny that my son still remembers that day almost 50 years later.

How is the real Bob [the Bobcat] doing? Haven't heard much from or about him since we went walkabout at the Warthog Hidey Hole and your relative's place. If he's just parked in the shade or the A/C I completely understand.

We can see both sides of Susan's story. It is good to learn to use the tools you have but it can sure go too far. I love your eye patch analogy. The poor teacher probably thought you were disabled. But I'll bet she's never replaced the brake lines on a Corvette.

Your twin half-brother? He's fine. Had a ruptured aorta but only lost a bit of blood. He heals quickly with those new artificial arteries and veins. He went to visit his half nephew, my son. They were cutting trees and laughing and having a great time when he busted a gut. Son got excited and hurried him home. I told him it's just a small leak, and hydraulic fluid is cheap. "What if it gets worse" "You'll know". When Bob got back I patched him up with an o-ring (duly reported here) and we cut and stacked some trees next to the house. I think that o-ring has failed so we need to get the right gasket. My woodcutter and he have been chumming the last few days. he's cutting where he can't get his truck so Bob is hauling the wood up and piling it in his truck. Everybody likes Bob. I think you get a little slack because you're namesakes.

Thanks for the visits and comments!

 

[jbmatth]

It makes me a happy to see the progress on The Stud, and nice repairs on the tailgate. If you need some 16 gauge I have about half a sheet I could take some off for you. Also they sell it here in Ponca if you are ever over this way. Sadly they don't stock anything thinner than 16 for some reason and I would have to special order it or re-purpose it from something else. I may have though out a barter for some of the cast aluminium I have piling up and will send a PM to you about it, I'm sure you are running low by now.
JB

 

[oldironfarmer]

It makes me a happy to see the progress on The Stud, and nice repairs on the tailgate. If you need some 16 gauge I have about half a sheet I could take some off for you. Also they sell it here in Ponca if you are ever over this way. Sadly they don't stock anything thinner than 16 for some reason and I would have to special order it or re-purpose it from something else. I may have though out a barter for some of the cast aluminium I have piling up and will send a PM to you about it, I'm sure you are running low by now.
JB

Thanks, it is good to be started. And I'm learning, but I have a long way to go!

I'll swap 18 or 20 for 16. I can get all three in Stillwater, it's just I hate to leave the farm to go get stuff. And I can't shear 16, so if you want to trade I may give you sizes

 

[jimreed2160]

Of course, you could make a rolling mill out of old tractor parts and roll your own 16 gauge aluminum for door panels. Then the Stude could be like the new F-150.

 

[oldironfarmer]

Of course, you could make a rolling mill out of old tractor parts and roll your own 16 gauge aluminum for door panels. Then the Stude could be like the new F-150.

What a great idea! I've been wanting to make a little rolling mill for blacksmith work. My brother bought a new F-150 and got a little door ding the first time he parked it. I think a leaf blew into it.

 

[oldironfarmer]

No Studebaker work today!

The manual steering gearbox came in for the Massey Ferguson tractor I'm repairing. So I removed the transmission cover.

And dressed out the steering gear with the shift lever from the old cover.

Then installed the steering gear and let the gasket material set.

(Picture goes here)

My loom has been out of service for over two years. The reed was rusty when I bought it, I cleaned it up and it was fine for cotton and polyester yarn but I have some antique wool yarn in the loom and it was catching on the reed and breaking. I bought a stainless steel reed in January of 2015 and installed it today. I had been putting it off (really) but with some ladies coming for demonstrations I need to get the loom running.

Longitudinal yarn is called the warp, yarn you weave into the warp is called weft. Here the warp is through the heddles. They are little wires with eyes in them. There are lots of spare heddles in groups. They are attached to one of four frames which are lifted independently to allow you to throw the shuttle containing the weft thread through with half the warp threads lifted. Then you lower the frame and lift the other half of the threads to throw the shuttle back through. You lift the frames with foot pedals. Then the reed, a frame with a row of fine wires, is used to pack the weft against the woven material. It is great fun to weave when you get a rhythm going. There will be a test later.

So I interrupted weaving two and a half years ago. Today I pulled the warp back through the reed, installed the new reed, and started pulling one warp thread at a time through the reed. They have to be kept in order the same as they come through the heddles. These are in order, first thread through a heddle on the back frame, next a heddle on the next frame, then the next, and the fourth thread is through a heddle on the front frame. Then the next thread is in a back frame heddle, an so on and on and on. You can attach the thread to frames in a different combination depending on the weave pattern you want. You also can lift the frames in varying order to make different weave patterns. A herringbone, for instance. Here's the view from the other side showing a few of the green warp threads pulled through. There are 12 threads to a color, nine sets, 108 threads in this warp. It's to make winter mufflers. If I alternate weft 12 passes per color I'll have a standard square plaid.

I slowly got a rhythm going and got 3/4 of the warp in place.

I put this off for so long because I thought it might take several hours to get it all done. It didn't, but I ran out of time and ran out to Zumba

Next the warp gets tied off to the canvas on the front roller, you tension it up and the fun begins Knit one, purl two! Ummm, that's something else.

Thanks for stopping by, all you car enthusiasts!

 

[Craptain]

I have seen hundreds of looms over the years, and I understand the process but I'll be darned if I could use or see one up. Good on you for doing this for the ladies.

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[Guster]

...but I'll be darned...

Got me in stitches...

 

[dlcwent]

He'll have the garment industry sewn up in a matter of weeks. He apparently hates projects looming over his head. And I'm sure he'll keep us in stitches the whole time he does it........... Did you forget to feed the cows?

What's up with the Dakota's transmission?

 

[Strouty]

I sense a plot twist looming.

 

[oldironfarmer]

I have seen hundreds of looms over the years, and I understand the process but I'll be darned if I could use or see one up. Good on you for doing this for the ladies.

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"Hundreds"? Wow! I guess I've only seen pictures. And YouTube videos

Actually, I learned from a book. And while I know most guys wouldn't want a bunch (flock) of young women (birds) in their shop (shed) I'm just one tough dude. Me and the bull are used to being around a bunch of girls anyway so it won't be too tough.

Got me in stitches...

Knot funny! He didn't realize the common vernacular has it's roots in the fiber arts. It's an interesting twist, however, you trying to warp our minds.

He'll have the garment industry sewn up in a matter of weeks. He apparently hates projects looming over his head. And I'm sure he'll keep us in stitches the whole time he does it........... Did you forget to feed the cows?

What's up with the Dakota's transmission?

I just thought I could weave an interesting bit of sideline into the fabric of this thread and you guys just come unraveled. Whew!!

You just shuttle back and forth as I spin a little yarn about my shed. Don't get so wound up.

Fixing the transmission is my final payment for the Dakota chassis transplant bought by Bob. JB's Father-in-law bought the truck for salvage value to get the transmission. JB did the ****** swap and FIL gave him the truck and old transmission, Bob graded a ditch around JB's shop so JB gave me (really Bob) the truck as payment since the wheelbase matches the Studebaker so I need to rebuild the old transmission for my granddaughter's 16th birthday. A few twists in that thread.

I sense a plot twist looming.

It's a ***** of a story I might add.

 

[Craptain]

"Hundreds"? Wow! I guess I've only seen pictures. And YouTube videos
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I travel to many 3rd world countries where these are the only option. My recent visit to Cambodia saw silk weaving done on hand / foot powered looms producing some very intricate and expensive fabric.

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[jbmatth]

I'll swap 18 or 20 for 16. I can get all three in Stillwater, it's just I hate to leave the farm to go get stuff. And I can't shear 16, so if you want to trade I may give you sizes

I think we can work out a deal, the only problem is I'm booked for the next two weekends, I may have to take a day or two off of work just to make it happen.

Fixing the transmission is my final payment for the Dakota chassis transplant bought by Bob. JB's Father-in-law bought the truck for salvage value to get the transmission. JB did the ****** swap and FIL gave him the truck and old transmission, Bob graded a ditch around JB's shop so JB gave me (really Bob) the truck as payment since the wheelbase matches the Studebaker so I need to rebuild the old transmission for my granddaughter's 16th birthday. A few twists in that thread.

That sums it up quite nicely and easy to follow at that. As it turns out if I were any kind of a good mechanic I would have fixed the transmission and installed it before trading it off, as it turns out I'm just a hack with wrenches.
JB

 

[oldironfarmer]

I travel to many 3rd world countries where these are the only option. My recent visit to Cambodia saw silk weaving done on hand / foot powered looms producing some very intricate and expensive fabric.

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You're not kidding! I spent plenty of time (didn't take much for me) in third world countries but I was always in stinky oil fields for some reason.

I think we can work out a deal, the only problem is I'm booked for the next two weekends, I may have to take a day or two off of work just to make it happen.

That sums it up quite nicely and easy to follow at that. As it turns out if I were any kind of a good mechanic I would have fixed the transmission and installed it before trading it off, as it turns out I'm just a hack with wrenches.
JB

Just come when you can. I know what you mean about being a hack. Like they say about me "just because he can afford to buy stuff doesn't mean he can use any of it". I think you proved on the Silver Fox how you struggle with simple mechanics.

 

[madoc1]

good work on the loom. my second ex wife had i think the same model as you have. it was given to her and she struggled with it for a couple of years before giving up and passing it along to another friend. it was always interesting to visit the weaving shops in chimayo, nm. the looms were old but the women turned out beautiful pieces of art.

jim

 

[bolensboneyard]

I travel to many 3rd world countries where these are the only option. My recent visit to Cambodia saw silk weaving done on hand / foot powered looms producing some very intricate and expensive fabric.

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I used to watch my grandmother weave on a machine just like that one. She had it in a shed out back. Her paying job was weaving cotton and lace on a big machine in a factory. I used to sit in the corner and play with the hand pump that was used for DDT while she worked. Who knew?

 

[Bob Heine]

I used to watch my grandmother weave on a machine just like that one. She had it in a shed out back. Her paying job was weaving cotton and lace on a big machine in a factory. I used to sit in the corner and play with the hand pump that was used for DDT while she worked. Who knew?

Only thing better than chasing the DDT fogger down the street at home was eating the calcium chloride pellets they spread on the dirt road in Vermont. A feral childhood is a thing of the distant past.

Grandma just did needlepoint, knitting, crocheting and wove patches in stockings, socks, suits and shirts. Those were reserved for her leisure moments when she wasn't cooking, washing, dusting, polishing, gardening and feeding the chickens and gathering the eggs. At some unknown time she wrote letters to all her relatives and friends.

 

[oldironfarmer]

good work on the loom. my second ex wife had i think the same model as you have. it was given to her and she struggled with it for a couple of years before giving up and passing it along to another friend. it was always interesting to visit the weaving shops in chimayo, nm. the looms were old but the women turned out beautiful pieces of art.

jim

What I have is a common model, a LeClerc Nilus, 5 ft wide, 4 shaft. They are still sold new, $3,500. I traded 5 pair of socks I knitted to a friend whose wife couldn't make it work like she expected. Not sure what the issue was, but it is perfect for me and the price was right. They're a little over $1,000 for a typical used one. And, they typically don't see much use.

There are so many neat things you can do with a loom but obviously I'm just learning to drive. Right now I'm concentrating on not hitting the curb, shifting while taking a turn is a long way off.

I used to watch my grandmother weave on a machine just like that one. She had it in a shed out back. Her paying job was weaving cotton and lace on a big machine in a factory. I used to sit in the corner and play with the hand pump that was used for DDT while she worked. Who knew?

Cool story. DDT is a much maligned compound and I think it should be brought back. It was safe in treating lice on soldiers and would be a great treatment for head lice on school children. It was banned because it was eliminating the bald eagles. However it was sprayed widespread by the hundreds of thousands of tons over wide areas of forest as well as crop land. IMHO it still has a great place for limited use in homes, hospitals, and gardens. I bet it would eliminate bed bugs without all the hoopla. If it is used in moderation.

Only thing better than chasing the DDT fogger down the street at home was eating the calcium chloride pellets they spread on the dirt road in Vermont. A feral childhood is a thing of the distant past.

Grandma just did needlepoint, knitting, crocheting and wove patches in stockings, socks, suits and shirts. Those were reserved for her leisure moments when she wasn't cooking, washing, dusting, polishing, gardening and feeding the chickens and gathering the eggs. At some unknown time she wrote letters to all her relatives and friends.

I'm with you on the calcium chloride. It's better for you than it's sodium based cousin.

Grandma was a busy lady, which probably kept lot's of marriages together.

I learned I could mash the contents of mercury batteries together and get droplets of mercury. So I got into production and accumulated a teaspoon or so of mercury. It sure makes silver coins beautiful. And, through boredom, they ultimately wind up in the mouth. Had I not ingested all that mercury I could have been a smart guy I did not intentionally swallow any, just had the shiny coins in my mouth a few times. however it certainly has reduced my fear of cleaning up a broken fluorescent bulb

Thanks for stopping in, guys!!

 

[madoc1]

Only thing better than chasing the DDT fogger down the street at home was eating the calcium chloride pellets they spread on the dirt road in Vermont. A feral childhood is a thing of the distant past.

Grandma just did needlepoint, knitting, crocheting and wove patches in stockings, socks, suits and shirts. Those were reserved for her leisure moments when she wasn't cooking, washing, dusting, polishing, gardening and feeding the chickens and gathering the eggs. At some unknown time she wrote letters to all her relatives and friends.

right after the war, our little town in nj bought a used jeep and outfitted it to spray for mosquitos. when ever it came down our street we did the same thing, running in and out of the fog. loved that smell! i am sure my folks had no idea it was ddt. but as andy said, it wasnt considered bad then.

jim

 

[krcoomer]

right after the war, our little town in nj bought a used jeep and outfitted it to spray for mosquitos. when ever it came down our street we did the same thing, running in and out of the fog. loved that smell! i am sure my folks had no idea it was ddt. but as andy said, it wasnt considered bad then.

jim

I was reading a build thread last week where there was a small oil spill and wanting to know how to get rid of the "contaminated" soil. It and these comments reminded me of the county spraying waste oil on the dirt and gravel roads around my aunt and uncle's farm to control dust. Little concern for what it would do to the water supply. My father in law said when he was a boy the oil was drained to the ground and they always had grass the next year.

Chlordane is another missing element from my childhood. I remember the glass bottles it came in and the distinctive smell. Mice didn't nest long where it was sprayed either. I guess what we didn't know really didn't kill us.

 

[Craptain]

My first job out of school was a physics technician. Part of that job was operating the mercury still. I actually had a stock of around 500 pounds of mercury.

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[oldironfarmer]

right after the war, our little town in nj bought a used jeep and outfitted it to spray for mosquitos. when ever it came down our street we did the same thing, running in and out of the fog. loved that smell! i am sure my folks had no idea it was ddt. but as andy said, it wasnt considered bad then.

jim

Yeah, I'm not sure it's considered hazardous to humans now, in limited exposure.

I was reading a build thread last week where there was a small oil spill and wanting to know how to get rid of the "contaminated" soil. It and these comments reminded me of the county spraying waste oil on the dirt and gravel roads around my aunt and uncle's farm to control dust. Little concern for what it would do to the water supply. My father in law said when he was a boy the oil was drained to the ground and they always had grass the next year.

Chlordane is another missing element from my childhood. I remember the glass bottles it came in and the distinctive smell. Mice didn't nest long where it was sprayed either. I guess what we didn't know really didn't kill us.

Widespread contamination by oil contamination has consequences, but being overly concerned seems to have become a national pastime. I was showing some land to a relative who thought she might want to buy it. I proudly showed her the residue from the cleanout of a tank which had been torn down in the late 1920's. Just tar now, all the volatile constituents are long gone. It is a piece of history. She was horrified and worried about the cost to have it remediated. I told her I really did not want to sell it.

Residue is routinely oil farmed in refineries. Sludge is spread on top of the soil and it is tilled in, grass covers it, and the hydrocarbons are locked up in the soil and broken down by microbes.

In the oil business we take oil spills seriously. Very small oil spills. So extreme, like two drips under a valve, I've had to ask "why do we check the oil in our trucks at filling stations and discard the paper towel carelessly in the trash?" And at one large terminal they were getting a new parking lot. Paving company was spreading a lot of asphalt. I asked the terminal manager "Are you not concerned with spreading hydrocarbons out on the ground, intentionally?" An asphalt leak in front of a storage tank is a big deal.

I still have a bottle of chlordane, why? Because I don't know how to use or dispose of it safely.

My first job out of school was a physics technician. Part of that job was operating the mercury still. I actually had a stock of around 500 pounds of mercury.

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Wow! That's over 4 gallons of mercury. Whew!!

 

[Vieux]

You continue to amaze me! Beautiful old cars, foundry, loom... I probably won't be surprised if you had a space ship.

 

[BBChevro]

My first job out of school was a physics technician. Part of that job was operating the mercury still. I actually had a stock of around 500 pounds of mercury.

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Wow, that would make a lot of thermometers.

Can you still get thermometers containing mercury?


I must have had a sheltered childhood, I didn't get to play with mercury or DDT - I did get to tear bits of asbestos lagging off the sheet as it was called for though.

 

[oldironfarmer]

You continue to amaze me! Beautiful old cars, foundry, loom... I probably won't be surprised if you had a space ship.

No space ship!!

I have been wanting one, though...

I used to have one. When my oldest grandson was four he and I were playing in the shop. he wanted to make a space ship. We made it out of a cardboard box. A control panel out of cardboard with a few old gauges stuck in holes in the panel. Then we mounted it on the lift and he got in it. He would radio voice commands to ground control, and ground control would adjust the elevation of the ship via floor lift air control. We had great fun until his mom happened in and thought the whole apparatus rather unsafe so she shut us down. I hate it when adults come around...

Wow, that would make a lot of thermometers.

Can you still get thermometers containing mercury?


I must have had a sheltered childhood, I didn't get to play with mercury or DDT - I did get to tear bits of asbestos lagging off the sheet as it was called for though.

I don't know either on the thermometers. We still have a few. I need to get some "Hazardous Material" labels for them, so nobody decides to break one and eat the contents.

As best as I can tell I'm one of the few people around with a house totally sheathed in asbestos. I may not last long.

Thanks for stopping in guys, I'm doing lawn mower and tractor repair the last few days, so no Studebaker news.

 

[Craptain]

Guys, that was a lot of mercury and even back then we fully appreciated the potential risks. It was the stock for the whole university. I seriously doubt that they still have it.

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[power wagon]

haha love the cardboard space ship story, now that sounds like what goes on around here

 

[oldironfarmer]

Guys, that was a lot of mercury and even back then we fully appreciated the potential risks. It was the stock for the whole university. I seriously doubt that they still have it.

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That could have made a LOT of shiny dimes!!

haha love the cardboard space ship story, now that sounds like what goes on around here

At four my grandson was very shy and didn't know me well as they lived several hours away. It would take him a while to warm up. This trip we were in the living room, he went to his dad and said I want to go play in the shop with that one. Gestured in my direction. Not grandpa, just "that one". he is the one that bought the copper color VW last fall. He is very bright and not socially adept. It's genetics I'm afraid. I love his mom dearly, but she does not like some of the things we like to do.