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stopped in at my friends scrap yard, and went through the dumpster..just got some stuff to have around, augmenting my scrap pile so to speak..a dozen nice 8"x12" pieces of 12 gage,about 10 sf of 10 ga, a dozen one foot pieces of 2 or 3 x 4 tube steel, 10 lf of 1x2 tube, 2 orange  i donnowhats with a 1 1/4  x 12" piece of hard round stock, one buncha small pieces of 3/16 plate, 12 one foot pieces of real nice 3/8 x 3/4 cr flat bar, a real nice old steel box and some misc other stuff..260 # for $20 and a turkey sammich.. Attached Images
Reply:Nice score. I wish I could get deals like that around here.
Reply:Scrap is mostly what I work with. Just don't "save" it until you find a project "worthy" of "wasting" it. It'll just pile up and rot, and then it'll be back to the scrapyard! Speaking from experience. ie; just scrapped two 20' lengths of 2" x 2" x 1/8" angle. I was saving it for a "good" project, and now it's trash. Use it and then get some more. Resist the "lucky" feeling. THERE IS ALWAYS SCRAP!"Where's Stick man????????" - 7A749"SHHHHHH!! I sent him over to snag that MIC-4 while tbone wasn't looking!" - duaneb55"I have bought a few of Tbone's things unlike Stick-Man who helps himself" - TozziWelding"Stick-man"
Reply:Wow. that is awesome. I ought to start checking out the scrap yards for a table top and legs, instead of going the skeleton route on 1" x 1/8" square tube
Reply:Scrapyard is a great place to look. That is where I buy 90% of my stuff.http://weldingweb.com/vbb/showthread.php?t=46156
Reply:Scrap is a mans best friend!  Ask any man!  A few of my toys !LinuxMintManjaroMiller Roughneck 2E Lincoln WeldPak 100HTP MTS 160 Chicago Electric 80amp Inverter   Victor O/A
Reply:I saved the doors off the old furnace when it was replaced - good weight and nice formed edges.  They will make good shelves on the next cart I build..John