Finallygotit
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So what's the supposed life span on those roofs?
Above 1200 Sq/FT Uncle HoHo's Big Mountain Playstation
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Wokspaces above 1200 squarefeet.
strength_and_power
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Incredible build Sir.
Old Man Roger
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Such a large scale its difficult to know if that’s good or bad.lol
Going back a little in time to the demo of the bowling alley. I saved a lot of treasures.
I salvaged some of the old bowling lanes.
I found this antique Neon sign up in the rafters, It was 13' long and roughly 2' tall. I put a plug end on the wiring and it worked! One of my favorite saves ever.
Lots and lots of other treasures, the building was built in the 50's and the back areas where full of all kinds of stuff.
I salvaged some of the old bowling lanes.
I found this antique Neon sign up in the rafters, It was 13' long and roughly 2' tall. I put a plug end on the wiring and it worked! One of my favorite saves ever.
Lots and lots of other treasures, the building was built in the 50's and the back areas where full of all kinds of stuff.
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Love it! Is that going in your space, or are you passing it along?
Old Man Roger
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I was a pinsetter mechanic in my youth, although I never was really into bowling, it still kind of hurts to see a bowling alley get demolished.
larry4406
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My dad who was born in 1924 told me he was a “pin monkey” back in the day when pins were manually placed.
red
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"I saved a lot of treasures"
well it's about time . . .
Shame how it's cheaper to throw something out then it is to recycle it.
And yes I miss those days down in Manhattan scooping up what everyone else was throwing out.
Had a green Plymouth Valiant that I put a conference table on top of and drove it home. And I had to get a package pass from the account so security would let it out of the building.
It made the nicest work bench.
well it's about time . . .
Shame how it's cheaper to throw something out then it is to recycle it.
And yes I miss those days down in Manhattan scooping up what everyone else was throwing out.
Had a green Plymouth Valiant that I put a conference table on top of and drove it home. And I had to get a package pass from the account so security would let it out of the building.
It made the nicest work bench.
MrScott99
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So great to see your thread updated! I have stopped by from time to time just to check, and today it showed up on the feed. Congrats on the wedding. Thanks for sharing the project pics.
I really learned a lot about the whole bowling operation. There was a lot of history in this building ( 70 years). It was opened in 1958 as Totem Bowl, originally 16 lanes, it was expanded in the 70's to 32 lanes. This place was a full restaurant (Stocked commercial Kitchen), full bar, Video Arcade, There was an Oriental Massage parlor in the building, Another office building on the property as well as a drive through expresso stand. Literally an unbelievable amount of stuff left in this place. The wife wasn't overly impressed with most of my treasures. But some of them are pretty cool.
They stopped making this style of pinsetter machine in the early 80's. The majority of bowling alleys in the US have these old machines, There are no new parts available to repair them, so when an alley closes they swarm like vultures to get parts. The pinsetters where stripped pretty bare of usable parts.
You can see the billiards sign hanging up in this photo. It had been totally encased in plywood, i was onsite for about 2 weeks before i found it. Right before the equipment showed up to start demo.
And of course my company and I had to go bowling there before they closed.
SilverJimmy
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Did you salvage all the beginning area of the lanes? There was an old alley in Flagstaff that got repurposed and I got a bunch of the lanes. They were milled from local pine with maple edges where the balls went into the gutters but the approaches and first 10‘ of the alley were made of maple to prevent damage from badly thrown or lofted balls. I would have loved to get the maple but the salvagers got there before I did!
Old Man Roger
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Rock maple is amazingly hard.
larry4406
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Wow!
I am a PM for residential singles and towns.
I don’t think I would want your job!
I am a PM for residential singles and towns.
I don’t think I would want your job!
runit
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crane work is super cool!
Finallygotit
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I get the willies just thinking about having to be up there unbolting the thing. 
Old Man Roger
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Gives me that bad feeling in my bawls.lolI get the willies just thinking about having to be up there unbolting the thing.
red
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I think it requires quite a big set just to operate them, plus nerves of steel help too.
Just glad I'm not the guy writing the check . . . not sure I can fit that many zeros
I haven't operated one, but climb the tower on every crane I have had erected. When the crane is moving with a load, you cannot even comprehend the amount of movement of the tower twisting back and forth as well as up and down. I'm sure they get use to it but its a bizarre feeling for sure.
larry4406
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NFW!
