Julio Navarro
05-12-2006, 3:36 PM
I needed a sheet of steel to make a transition for my cyclone so I went to trhe place where I got the sheet metal for the cyclone initialy. Its a kitchen vent equipment manufacturer and installer not far from where I work. Its a small shop run by a the nicest guy, aptly named 'Buddy'
He gives me all the scrap steel he would other wise throw out. I looked around for a scrap peice of about 4'x4' 24-28 gau but found none so I asked him if he would sell me a spare peice. He sold it to me for 15 bucks!!! 48x48 28ga. The borgs sell a 24x36 24 for $30 some!
But thats not what almost knocked me over...
He took me to the back where he keeps his material and on a table in a dusty grimmy corner was a table abouty 24x48 pilled high with Baldor, Lesson and Dayton motors!!! Almost brand new!
He takes them off of the hoods and fans and blowers he repalces and just THROWS THEM OUT!!! He cant re install them cos they are used so he chucks them,...needless to say I will talk to him to buy them or at least the best looking ones.
Atleast 30 1 to 5 hp motors, I saw perhaps 5 Baldor and 2 Lessons.
They are all 3 phase but definately salvagable.
I cant waite till Monday. If I can scrape up maybe 500 bucks I'll see if he will sell me the lot.
He also offered me a "small" 4' break he no longer uses...this is when I had the heart attack. Or was it after he told me I was welcome to come and use his spot welder if I ever needed to weld anything...I forget, the whole visit is still blurry!
He gives me all the scrap steel he would other wise throw out. I looked around for a scrap peice of about 4'x4' 24-28 gau but found none so I asked him if he would sell me a spare peice. He sold it to me for 15 bucks!!! 48x48 28ga. The borgs sell a 24x36 24 for $30 some!
But thats not what almost knocked me over...
He took me to the back where he keeps his material and on a table in a dusty grimmy corner was a table abouty 24x48 pilled high with Baldor, Lesson and Dayton motors!!! Almost brand new!
He takes them off of the hoods and fans and blowers he repalces and just THROWS THEM OUT!!! He cant re install them cos they are used so he chucks them,...needless to say I will talk to him to buy them or at least the best looking ones.
Atleast 30 1 to 5 hp motors, I saw perhaps 5 Baldor and 2 Lessons.
They are all 3 phase but definately salvagable.
I cant waite till Monday. If I can scrape up maybe 500 bucks I'll see if he will sell me the lot.
He also offered me a "small" 4' break he no longer uses...this is when I had the heart attack. Or was it after he told me I was welcome to come and use his spot welder if I ever needed to weld anything...I forget, the whole visit is still blurry!