Here is my haul from the last few days. The funnel was a CL purchase, no screen no felt and a dent, so maybe not a great deal.
hit one estate sale, family run, from an old radio repair man. Way over priced for lots of stuff, wondering how much they were going to be stuck with. File box and oil can.
The rest came from a Pescadero city wide barn sale. Not as productive as previous years, but still fun. They’ve convinced people to come downtown, which reduced the running about, but also reduced the variety of good cruft.
the final tally, mostly storage, a 2 wide file card drawer set, two Smith Victor boxes which may have held studio flash heads, a cheap magnifying light, and another Golden Rod oil can.
The storage thing everything is resting on was found standing on the side of the road, heading south to the barn sale. Looked interesting at 55mph, said I’d look harder on the way back. It was still there several hours later when we returned (now I know why), so we pulled over, as it started misting harder. It looked like a series of half height drawers, 10 ish inches wide, six tall, and ~30” deep, on legs, with wheels. The drawers were dovetailed, oak and oak veneer overall, so I decided to take it. It was standing on uneven ground, pocked with gopher holes, and the mist was picking up. Saw it was two halves stacked, screwed together, so I pulled a screwdriver out of the truck, then realized it had Torx type deck screws, so we’re moving it in one piece. Back the truck up to it, tailgate down, and maneuver it onto the tail gate, alongside traffic moving at 50 mph, in the rain, with two dogs barking their encouragement. After moving it a few inches in and out of the gopher holes, I got my ramp/load lifter/cargo divider 2x6s, and got them under the wheels, and by rolling lifting & tipping we got it onto the tailgate, strapped in, and returned to the highway, where it proceeded to mist harder for the 15 minute drive home, watching all the tourists leave. Got it home and into the house, wiped off, and I realized what I had. A school teachers‘s desk, cut apart, with the two sets of drawers stacked on each other, and an extra wheel scabbed on a back corner. A cheap MDF top, and one of the pull out writing surfaces replaced with a piece of plywood. Worst part, I don’t really have a space to put it, as the drawers are too long to open into any aisle or work space, except the one cross aisle, which is going to be a huge moving project. Will check with some buddies, but if not, will scavenge the drawer sides and other good pieces of wood for something else.
so overall, kind of a wasted day, except we had some decent food and conversations, and ran into lots of fun dogs.
Hence I wear latex gloves whenever using these 2 chemicals. Cleanup is way easier and I dont smell as bad
