Another one bites the dust....

[rickr]

Sounds like that Frigidaire got on your last nerve.

Yes, it really did! I was SO sick of messing with it! I did not smash it, or anything. I saved the parts I could use, and scrapped the rest. It was intact at the edge of the alley, but not for long. The scrap metal scavengers are "on it" around here. I have done many other laundry machines, jukeboxes, electronics, homes, you name it. But this thing, was just too much. For one thing, I had ended up installing a Rollermatic transmission in it, when it was designed for a Multimatic. So the wiring was different, etc. It did run for about eight years, but the spin part of the Rollermatic was giving out. I tried another Rollermatic transmission in it, and had it running, but the motor shorted out. I was DONE! Here is a link to when it was working, with the first Rollermatic transmission.

 

[sarahperdue]

Acceptance and Understanding

There was a time when I just didn't get it--mostly with house parts--why would someone trash knotty pine paneling, pink toilets... then I started doing small appliances...

The more i began to work on things and learn about construction, appliances, fixtures, whatever, the more accepting I became of people who put things on the curb. If it's not functional enough for the thrift or ReStore, it's taking up physical and psychological space and you just need to get rid of it, let it go and let the guilt go with it.

One of my close friends was one of the worst to rant and criticize people who trash tongue and groove flooring, paneling etc. instead of salvaging it. But when it came time for me to rip out the knotty pine paneling and tongue and groove flooring in the country house kitchen, she couldn't make time to salvage it. I trashed it. It takes 5 times as long to reclaim and salvage as it does to demolish. It may be valuable and someone may want it, but no one is going to pay what your time is worth to buy it. You're on schedule, your contractors need to get in to run plumbing, pull wire and sheetrock. And you know what, there's still a lot of reclaimable wood in that pile, but she hasn't come down to get it.

Architectural salvage may seem like a bigger deal than appliances, but it's not. It may be sad to see something go on the curb, but it made a lot of sense to the person who put it there.

As some have already said, the time it takes to harvest parts, the space they take up until they find a home and the time it takes to pack and ship can be more than someone wants to deal with, and, yeah, there are some things that have been so much trouble that beating it with a hammer or torching it is extremely satisfying the person who has been trying to make it work.

So, this is a long way of saying, be tolerant. I think we can work with the assumption that everyone who has joined this forum and participates has some respect for preserving old things.

Sarah

 

[goatfarmer]

Amen, Sarah...

 

 

[tolivac]

My brother loves to do woodworking projects with salvaged floor lumber and paneling.when someone is doing a renovation he is right there to salvage the old lumber.Some of the floors in his house came from an old downtown hotel lobby!BEAUTIFUL!!!!

 

[sarahperdue]

Rex

I hope your brother is more careful than I seem to be. I was pulling nails out of trim Saturday when a piece kicked back on me and drove a rusted nail clean through my right ring finger. It missed the bone, and my carpenter friend was there so I didn’t have to deal with it by myself. I went all helpless female, handed him finger with the nail and board attached. Jerry, I said, take care of this, and he did.

It’s not too bad really (and, yes, I got a tetanus shot. If had gotten one a month ago, I probably would have gone in for a booster.

Sarah