Decommissioning an old friend

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Today I decommissioned my 42" offset column. My new VM column has far exceeded what I'd hoped for. This column was just about 2 years old to the day and had never been cleaned other than rinsing through the top of the column after a run. I was surprised to find my SS scrubbers clean as could be with very little smell. There was a small amount of rust on the end of one scrubber but that was it. I spent a lot of hours babysitting that still so I knew it very well. I salvaged some parts from it for use on the next project so it's legacy will live on...........

I have a good chunk of 3" copper left from the VM build and it will soon be a bok with limited packing for white rum and hopefully some UJSSM in the spring. I'll be posting some results next week for the new bok but I won't try and compare to the VM column as it'll be doing a different job.

[Husker]

I'll pour one for her. Always hard to put a friend down.

H.

[punkin]

I'll pour one for her. Always hard to put a friend down.

H.

Yes, i've put two heads away in the cupboard now. Just can't bring myself to give em away or chuck em out...

[rad14701]

Sometimes you just have to set things aside instead of getting rid of them... Kinda like that collection of vehicles you see parked behind (or in front of) a true rednecks trailer...

[BW Redneck]

Sometimes you just have to set things aside instead of getting rid of them... Kinda like that collection of vehicles you see parked behind (or in front of) a true rednecks trailer...

I tend to have that problem with old farm equipment. I have a bunch of old hay rakes sitting around that need to be cut up for scrap, but I can't bring myself to do it.

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Sometimes you just have to set things aside instead of getting rid of them... Kinda like that collection of vehicles you see parked behind (or in front of) a true rednecks trailer...

I tend to have that problem with old farm equipment. I have a bunch of old hay rakes sitting around that need to be cut up for scrap, but I can't bring myself to do it.

Hey there BW you ought to be paying attention to scrap prices in Ohio........hay rakes are considered heavy melt and is bringing $350 bucks a ton on Oct 13th. Apparently the bottom has fallen out of the steel market so could be dramatically lower in the coming weeks. Scrap prices have been at record highs for the last year. At least 4 or 5 times higher than previous highs. Always check the exchange before you load your scrap as it's been a roller coaster.

Just thought you might be interested

[Husker]

bottom has pretty much fallen out over the last month or so. iron/steel is about 1/2 what it was, same with AL. Copper has dropped at least 1/3. Demand is way down, so the higher prices have dried up.

This is not as bad as the total collapse of platinum in the last 4 months or so. Platinum will soon be less than gold. Looks like orders of cat converters are abotu 40% down from the prior years, and with platinum at $2900 an oz (which it was), every dog in the world was ripping every cat available. Cats were even being stolen from peoples cars Well, with that much increase in supply, and that much reduction in demand, the market crumbled.

Same thing (or similar) for non-precious, but construction used metals. When housing and auto industries drop, so does the price for a lot of those things.

H.

[Dutchmancreek]

All of my hobbies are affected by metal prices. This one naturally by the copper, the iron and steel for my blacksmith hobby, and I use silver when I dabble in jewelry. I sure do have a lot of specialized hand tools.

[violentblue]

hoping that the drop in the price of copper means my air conditioner is safe from the scum that'd tear it apart for the $15 worth of copper

[Dutchmancreek]

hoping that the drop in the price of copper means my air conditioner is safe from the scum that'd tear it apart for the $15 worth of copper

Just give em some copper in small amounts...like copper jacketed 9MM rounds.