Are model railroaders by nature pack rats and scavengers or we just observant to opportunities? I know, I have some of that myself from my former workplace. One day they were throwing away a solid-core door that was in use for one month, which became a worktable top. I have 50 and 25 pair telephone cables removed during remodeling. One time I was at a construction site and they were cleaning up and getting rid of control wiring on the end of reels (12, 14, and 16 AWG cables, with all different color wires). I'm wiring my second layout using some of it, plus two friends have used it for their layouts. At one time we had a construction inspector who was a model railroader. He would collect any terminal blocks, relays, sockets, etc. that were being removed. I have several drawers full of the stuff he gave me.
Dave Heine Easton, PA -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of ctxmf74 Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2012 1:03 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: {S-Scale List} 10 year layout final --- 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 ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
