coinnut
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Even though winter is not really here in New England, as we still can detect, I'm starting one of my main winter projects early. Over the years I have collected boxes of scrap as well as good items that I was going to get to sooner or later 
Well that time has come:clapping
art 1 of my projects is to go through every single box and separate junk scrap from keepable artifacts. The junk is going to the scrap yard as soon as all of it is gone through. Part 2 will be to put all the "keepers" in groups (all buttons, buckles, drawer hardware, crotal bells, etc...). Part 3 is the cleaning, preserving and displaying of all the good finds. I'm hoping to get through Parts 1 & 2 this winter. So here is how I am doing part 1
I have set up a bench grinder and a fan that I use to score the junk metal to see what metal it really is, and to show the scrap yard that it is all the type of metal I am claiming it is. This is the quickest way if you are trying to do the quantity of material I am doing. It beats the Dremel I was using before :lol: The fan is a must since the dry dirt and the grinding of the metal produces some extremely fine particles which are extremely bad for your health. The next time I do this, I will be adding gloves and a heavy duty respirator.
Once I score the pieces, I fill up 5 gallon pails and wait for scrap day.:thumbsup01: I am scrapping everything...copper, brass lead, aluminum, tin and even iron...nothing is going to be left out. I want a clean slate for Spring 2014. So here are some pictures of my set up. I have a nice pile of keepers, one of which may be a hat plume holder.
Well that time has come:clappingart 1 of my projects is to go through every single box and separate junk scrap from keepable artifacts. The junk is going to the scrap yard as soon as all of it is gone through. Part 2 will be to put all the "keepers" in groups (all buttons, buckles, drawer hardware, crotal bells, etc...). Part 3 is the cleaning, preserving and displaying of all the good finds. I'm hoping to get through Parts 1 & 2 this winter. So here is how I am doing part 1I have set up a bench grinder and a fan that I use to score the junk metal to see what metal it really is, and to show the scrap yard that it is all the type of metal I am claiming it is. This is the quickest way if you are trying to do the quantity of material I am doing. It beats the Dremel I was using before :lol: The fan is a must since the dry dirt and the grinding of the metal produces some extremely fine particles which are extremely bad for your health. The next time I do this, I will be adding gloves and a heavy duty respirator.
Once I score the pieces, I fill up 5 gallon pails and wait for scrap day.:thumbsup01: I am scrapping everything...copper, brass lead, aluminum, tin and even iron...nothing is going to be left out. I want a clean slate for Spring 2014. So here are some pictures of my set up. I have a nice pile of keepers, one of which may be a hat plume holder.
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