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Old Nov 22, 2018 | 09:19 PM
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Some people just love flogging a dead horse until it actually falls over John. My last landlord renovated the place that I was in, I offered to do the work for $3500 but he decided to do it himself. Its been a year and he's still not finished, cost him $12,000 so far in lost rent.
 
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Old Nov 22, 2018 | 09:20 PM
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it will probably be rented in whatever shape it ends up John..

Will be good when you get your customer base set up..
We've yet to get a good neighbor in that place yet, best time is when it's empty..
 
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Old Nov 22, 2018 | 09:25 PM
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Those are always a good neighbor.. no loud parties or screaming kids..
 
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Old Nov 22, 2018 | 09:26 PM
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Sounds like the last place I was at, in 8 years the only good people we had upstairs were a Syrian refugee family and they moved after 6 months cause he ran into to many aholes here.

I've got some metal working tools to make this winter and a metal lathe to buy plush my projects need to get finished so that I have something to show customers.
 
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Old Nov 22, 2018 | 09:30 PM
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It sounds like your winter is going to be busy getting things ready for spring..
 
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Old Nov 22, 2018 | 09:31 PM
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I've just been fixing up these old grilles I have so I can hang them up on my wall plus it gives me something to do..
 
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Old Nov 22, 2018 | 09:35 PM
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it will be good to see your end results John..
 
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Old Nov 22, 2018 | 09:43 PM
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Yeah it would be nice to see it hung up on a wall, been thinking about making shelves out of the bumpers from my 54 Mercury.

I'm going to build a couple of English wheels, planishing hammer, brake press and I need a bead roller.
 
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Old Nov 22, 2018 | 09:45 PM
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I painted up another set of headlight pots today, Saturday I'll take a picture of the 53 grille and post it..it won't get painted though until the spring. I don't want to rattle can it in case I actually get to use it on a future truck some day so will wait to get epoxy and high build primer on it..
 
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Old Nov 22, 2018 | 09:47 PM
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Yeah it would be nice to see it hung up on a wall, been thinking about making shelves out of the bumpers from my 54 Mercury.

I'm going to build a couple of English wheels, planishing hammer, brake press and I need a bead roller.
Handy tools to have, thought of getting some too some day but not if I don't find another project..
 
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Old Nov 22, 2018 | 09:50 PM
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I wouldn't know how of use any of those tools..
 
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Old Nov 22, 2018 | 09:53 PM
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Decided that if I'm going to be retired I may as well take a 40 year step backwards and get into metal working again. Our neighbor when we were kids was the local autowrecker and he had all the metal working equipment you'd need to build a car. It was going to be my trade but the economy got in the way, nowadays I don't need to worry about economics so I can afford to get back into it.
 
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Old Nov 22, 2018 | 09:54 PM
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I made a small English wheel and have used plenishing hammers in school half a century ago...lol
 
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Old Nov 22, 2018 | 10:03 PM
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Here in North america there's not as many people in the trade as in Europe where its common place. It's one of those trades that either you have the ability or you don't, it can't be faked Steve.
 
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Old Nov 22, 2018 | 10:18 PM
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I believe that.. There is a lot of good metal workers on these car and motorcycle shows..
 
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