--- In [email protected], Bob Werre <bob@...> wrote:
> The old story about trash and treasure.
> In my case, on a Saturday I was at the studio cleaning up, so a trip to
> our dumpster was in order. We had a half dozen of those large metal
> containers. One contained carpeting that was being trashed. I looked
> it over and decided I had found a treasure. It's been in my RR room for
> many years and nobody has ever said--"this looks like it came from the
> dump".
>
Hi Bob, About 20 years ago the civil engineering firm I worked for decided
to remodel their office. I came back from the field one day and found a huge
pile of stuff in the parking lot so loaded up my truck with the bounty. They
had replaced all their cubicle dividers and counters etc. with the new modular
stuff covered with cloth. The old one's were custom made with milled redwood
frames holding mahogany plywood panels. I got about 50 sheets of 1/4 mahogany
ply cut into 4 by 4 panels, more sheets of 3/8 painted fir ply, all the clear
redwood support frames, all the old counter and storage cabinets, and even a
huge mahogany conference table( I guess someone had already claimed the
matching chairs) I did get some metal drafting chairs though.
Over the years I built 3 O scale layouts using the plywood( which was late
50's or early 60's era material when cabinet grade plywood was very nice stuff)
and probably have enough left to build my S scale layout. I used most of the
redwood to make new window trim when I installed new windows in my house, I
turned the conference table into a great layout and cutting table in my
shop,and I still have a couple of the heavy drafting chairs floating around the
shop with the back removed to make nice swiveling stools for working at the
bench.
Too bad they didn't replace the carpet too huh? ...DaveBranum
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