I'm a little bit dumbfounded....

Andrew Colglazier

Andrew Colglazier

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Not that it's very hard to dumbfound me.

My wife and I are buying some property out in the boonies. We are very excited about it... 103 acres, whitetail thick as fleas.

The property already has a small, new (04) modular home on it, which will be great fo rus to live in while I'm building our new, bigger house.

The dumbfounding part?

The elderly gentleman from whose estate we are purchasing the property (and who must have been a worker every single second up until the moment he dropped dead!!) built a nice 1200 square foot steel shop building right behind the modular.

It is full of tools. No, I mean, it is FULL of tools! :eek: :eek:

There is a small pathway from the door to the back. Every other square foot (cubic foot, almost) of free space in that shop is covered with, buried under, layered by, tools of every type and description.

We performed a quick survey the other day. We didn't see everything or take a full accounting.

We found two or three power hacksaws, at least four circular saws, 6 angle grinders of various sizes, three shop vacs, a large compressor, a cuple of big 'ol jacks, a 3000 watt generator, two radial arm saws, two wood lathes, one chop saw, two drill presses, two belt sanders, tons and tons and tons of hammers, wrenches, screwdrivers and chisels; two dust collectors, a monster shop crane, shovels, rakes and sledge hammers, power drills, pneumatic nail guns, and some other stuff I don't even know what it is or what it does, and most of the stuff is brand new, in the box, and we get it all with the purchase of the property!!!:thumbup: :thumbup:

I am, like I said, dumbfounded.

I have an incredibly well stocked shop at the drop of a hat. Now I'm thinking, how to get into hobby knife making with all of this, when I'm not busy building a house!!

I still can't believe it.

Andy
 
Either can I. But these opportunities must pass to someone; why not you?


munk
 
What is the quote ? " Fortune Favours the Prepared"

It sounds like the man was well versed in what he needed . May I suggest this is an indication of even more preparedness on his part . From the lay of the land to things that don,t meet the eye I think you will find much more than is apparent .

Often such men have much . The tools may just be what he would utilise to take advantage of those hidden treasures .

Good fortune to you Sir .
 
Hey, if there are any that need to be sold, let us know. We LOVE tools.
 
Kevin the grey said:
What is the quote ? " Fortune Favours the Prepared"

It sounds like the man was well versed in what he needed . May I suggest this is an indication of even more preparedness on his part . From the lay of the land to things that don,t meet the eye I think you will find much more than is apparent .

Often such men have much . The tools may just be what he would utilise to take advantage of those hidden treasures .

Good fortune to you Sir .
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You are, I think, absolutely right. The truth is that when the realtor opened up the shop and flipped on the light, saying "And you get all this with the purchase, too.." my wife and I pretty much knew the place was for us.

Since I am going to be building the house, how much more of a sign of good things to come can it be to discover such a bonus?

I can't wait to get in there and start organizing things. The fellow also, very thoughtfully, purchased a bunch of machine stands and shelving for the project. All still in boxes.

Andy
 
You hit the jackpot. Congratulations. Even if there are too many I'm sure you can think of somthing to do with all that tool steel, especialy if there is a furnace and an anvil.
 
Grob said:
You hit the jackpot. Congratulations. Even if there are too many I'm sure you can think of somthing to do with all that tool steel, especialy if there is a furnace and an anvil.
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That's funny, there is an anvil, but homemade from a huge chunk of I beam and a 2" slab of steel. It probably isn't any good for metal working, but who knows?

No forge, either.

But, just outside the shop itself, there is a concrete slab big enough to park a car on. There is no door from this slab into the shop, but it wouldn't be difficult to put one in. A steel roof over that slab, a wall or two, and there would be plenty of room for an old fashioned forge and a big anvil...

:thumbup:

Andy
 
Grob said:
You hit the jackpot. Congratulations. Even if there are too many I'm sure you can think of somthing to do with all that tool steel, especialy if there is a furnace and an anvil.
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There is a lot of steel on the place in the form of old files and old steel tools. But there are also tons of steel in the form of old farm equipment, along with some I-beams.

The farm equipment is made up of, mostly, old disks and plows. Do you think any of that type of steel would be any good for knifemaking?

Andy
 
This is pretty common in Florida when an elderly person dies and the family is far away. Too big a pain to deal with all that stuff. Is that the case here?
 
Yes, it is. The elderly gentleman was a widower. There hasn't been any mention of kids, but there is a grandson, mid-30's, who is involved in the property sale. He lives some distance away, and evidently has no interest in any of the equipment, etc. on the place.

Andy
 
Thought so. Good on you. You may need a good bit of that during your build, and then afterward you can learn to make knives. Or, ship that stuff to me. I'll take the building too.
 
Sounds like you're all setup for a wintertime project- for about 80 winters. :D

Don't forget to put "esq." after your name, now. :p How about (in time) pix?


Mike
 
Ad Astra said:
Sounds like you're all setup for a wintertime project- for about 80 winters. :D

Don't forget to put "esq." after your name, now. :p How about (in time) pix?


Mike
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I'm going back out to the property this coming weekend, I'll take some pics, then have to figure out how to post them.

I'll do a before, during and after kinda thing.

Andy, esq.

:D
 
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