"shop-teacher" (shop-teacher)
07/26/2017 at 22:50 • Filed to: Craigslist
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"shop-teacher" (shop-teacher)
07/26/2017 at 22:50 • Filed to: Craigslist | 3
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A few months ago my buddy gave me a cheapo flux core mig welder. I bought a Harbor Frieght welding helmet and laid down a couple birdshit beads with it. I then realized the helmet didn’t go down enough to keep the light from coming in under the bottom. So, I said Eff this and returned it.
After tripping over the welder for months, I decided to chuck it on Craigslist for $50 this afternoon. I figured maybe someone would offer me $40 after a couple weeks.
Then something weird happened. I had 10-12 people email me about this cheap crappy welder within four hours. Actual people. Not scammer robots. I sold it about an hour ago for $57.
Weird.
I also have away a used toilet to a nice couple who showed up in a white supercharged Previa.
I celebrated with a Scooter ride.
Wacko
> shop-teacher
07/26/2017 at 23:07 |
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Why would anyone want a used toilet?
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shop-teacher
> Wacko
07/26/2017 at 23:08 |
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Because it’s a free Koehler toilet.
Trevor Slattery, ACTOR
> shop-teacher
07/26/2017 at 23:21 |
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Real adult talk.
Urambo Tauro
> shop-teacher
07/26/2017 at 23:22 |
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Now you’ve done it. About two weeks from now, you will suddenly need a welder for something.
Die-Trying
> Wacko
07/26/2017 at 23:39 |
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remember the glory days, when a toilet used 5 gallons. it made an immense whoosh noise when you touched the handle. just about EVERYONE in the house knew that you had just taken care of buisness. and the bowl. it was large enough to hold a small dog. there was not nearly as much scraping, and cleaning involved, as these modern miser toilets that only use a cup of water per flush.......
the American Standard, gone but not forgotten........
DrJohannVegas
> shop-teacher
07/27/2017 at 02:08 |
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One man’s discarded MIG is another person’s cheap exhaust repair.
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shop-teacher
> DrJohannVegas
07/27/2017 at 06:59 |
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Yeah, I guess so. Who knew so many people would need that?
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shop-teacher
> Die-Trying
07/27/2017 at 07:01 |
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Pepperidge Farm remembers.
I put in a Toto. They don’t make that satisfying sound, but even using 1.6 gallons they are damn hard to clog.
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shop-teacher
> Urambo Tauro
07/27/2017 at 07:02 |
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I don’t know how to use it. I’ll buy my buddy beer and have him do it.
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Wacko
> Die-Trying
07/27/2017 at 07:20 |
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So that is how to America great again
PartyPooper2012
> shop-teacher
07/27/2017 at 09:16 |
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could have welded that buick’s pillar back together. Could have still had the brown wagon.... SADS!!!
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shop-teacher
> PartyPooper2012
07/27/2017 at 09:18 |
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Not a chance dude. That rust went deep, and there’s no way I’d trust myself for something structural.
I’ll have another one someday! This time I’ll get one with working AC :)
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PartyPooper2012
> shop-teacher
07/27/2017 at 09:20 |
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For a cold beer or two, you could have had your buddy weld it then.
Yeah. Broken AC is definitely grounds for junking a car. I have a C5 vette with a really shitty AC. I wanna wrap it around a tree, but then I’ll just have a sweaty shirt on and have to walk home. GM I tell ya
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shop-teacher
> PartyPooper2012
07/27/2017 at 09:23 |
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It needed a lot more than a beer or two’s work. I sold it for $100 more than I paid for it. If I hadn’t found a buyer I would’ve kept it and made it into my permanent world’s most inappropriate Rallycross car. No way in hell I would’ve junked it.
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PartyPooper2012
> shop-teacher
07/27/2017 at 09:28 |
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You and I have discussed it on several occasions. I have a really soft sport for those Buicks.
As for the welder, there are tons of youtube videos on how to use it. Could have mastered a new skill.
I actually bought a new one and I have not had the time or a project that needed welding to give it a try yet. Still in a box. 6 months now. Damn you, time. Where do you go?
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shop-teacher
> PartyPooper2012
07/27/2017 at 09:57 |
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I have that soft spot as well for them. I absolutely loved that car. You need to trust me on this, that car was too far gone to really save. The B-pillar rust was far from the only rust, that was just the rust that took it from a rusty car to something I wasn’t willing to put my kids in, For example, the rear bumper inner structure just rumbled if you touched it. It still had life in it. I sold it for way too much for it to be a demo derby car. The kid I sold it too was going to make it his road trip car.
I will learn to weld someday, but I don’t have time now or anytime soon. I’ll get a better one when the time comes. When I told the friend who gave it to me about the sale, he said, “Really? That thing is a piece of shit!”
crowmolly
> shop-teacher
07/27/2017 at 10:05 |
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Sure, there was visible dangerous rust you could have fixed.
But underneath the skin there was probably structural weaknesses you could not see. Not what you want to gamble your family’s safety on.
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shop-teacher
> crowmolly
07/27/2017 at 10:48 |
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Exactly. Everything inside that hole was crispy. I could’ve made it look fine, but it would’ve never really been fine.
The exact quote from the body shop estimator was, “Don’t spend another dollar on this car. Sell it tomorrow, while the frame is still solid.”
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PartyPooper2012
> shop-teacher
07/27/2017 at 12:08 |
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haha fair enough.