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By willib, Section Mechanical Posted on Wed Mar 14, 2007 at 09:45:25 PM MST
nice hub bearing and arbor

From a ceiling fan outdoor model ( all bolts are stainless)
there are at least ten maybe twenty in a dumpster , if you speek up i can go grab a few more ,
for the cost of shipping you can have one .
in the pic below the center is spinning but what i would do is fix the center and use the two shaft ends , one end for the blades and one end for the rotors

i dont know when they pick up the dumpster , but they are guarenteed to be there tonight.
they appear to have ball bearings also

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Lots O lead (3.00 / 0) (#1)
by willib on Wed Mar 14, 2007 at 03:37:52 PM MST

also i found about a hundred pounds of lead.
what do ya think that would be worth at the local recycler?

Carpe Ventum (seize the wind)

Re: Lots O lead (3.00 / 0) (#2)
by willib on Wed Mar 14, 2007 at 04:20:24 PM MST

each ingot weighs 1.576 Kg and i have 15 of them
they are even stamped " AAA Alloys "
so i quess i overestimated by a factor of two , oh well !!
52 lbs is not bad.?
oh it is real soft i was able to break off this piece by repeated bending

Carpe Ventum (seize the wind)
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Re: give away (3.00 / 0) (#3)
by nothing to lose on Wed Mar 14, 2007 at 06:41:43 PM MST

Great finds.

Shipping kills so many good deals, I would like the lead and fans myself, but shipping them to me might cost $100 or more :(

I would grab all those fans rather you get anyone wanting them or not. May be good for motors or lots of parts. Scrap value may be 10cents a pound or more as a motor?

Watch the fumes, lead is still good for casting bullets and fishing sinkers etc...
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nothing to lose

Spelin and tpying are my strong points, not electronics.

Re: give away (3.00 / 0) (#4)
by willib on Wed Mar 14, 2007 at 07:46:26 PM MST

i dont know , NTL where ya located ?
i'm at 0 7 7 4 0 .
front page worthy ?

thats ok , but ya forced me to go back and get some more .

now i have four , the dumpster is getting pretty full they may come tomorrow? not sure.

Carpe Ventum (seize the wind)
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Re: give away (3.00 / 0) (#5)
by nothing to lose on Wed Mar 14, 2007 at 08:10:28 PM MST

I geuss I decoded wrong, my rings broke.

I thought maybe near my friend Irving down South but I got somthing way elsewhere.

4 more? Must be walking distance or you got a mighty small car :)
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nothing to lose

Spelin and tpying are my strong points, not electronics.
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Re: give away (3.00 / 0) (#6)
by willib on Wed Mar 14, 2007 at 08:34:50 PM MST

well i have to dissassemble them at the location they have a pole attached to them about three feet long , and they have five blades with two screws each.
its not like i can just throw them in the back of the pickup and cart them home because
i have a saturn not a pickup

Carpe Ventum (seize the wind)
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Re: give away (3.00 / 0) (#7)
by coldspot on Wed Mar 14, 2007 at 09:19:17 PM MST

willib-
what is your zip code?
(I'm in 83402)
what do you think the fans weight?
the blades with mounts only?
could you measure the blade mounts width at the base,(the part that mounts to fan, not the end that holds the blades), from hole to hole?
what do the blades measure in length?

I wish I could score some lead like that, I started to round up all I've saved over the years just yesterday. Going to try to pour some downrigger balls, girlfriends brother came up with a mold for doing them and I've needed some for years. The little ones around 2Lb's that I built from mini-cannon balls found after a round-a-view over in Jackson Hole area don't track very well for me. They drift back to far from straight under the boat. After selling real-ones for years, I learned that the 6Lb ones are to light and the guys that do this a lot like to use 8-10Lb's+ .

Anyway GREAT finds.
:)

Re: give away (3.00 / 0) (#8)
by Gordy on Wed Mar 14, 2007 at 11:13:07 PM MST

Yep that lead has many uses. I've scrounged it for years, and melted it down for wheel weights for lawn tractors and snow blowers. And some 1" thick x 1' square's to lay in the truck bed for winter driving.

Gordy

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Re: give away (3.00 / 0) (#10)
by Waterlogged on Thu Mar 15, 2007 at 09:14:18 AM MST

Coldspot, or anyone else, if you want some 10Lb downrigger balls, I have 6. I don't need them. They are shaped like fish. Just pay shipping from zip 06010. I

Rod

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Re: give away (3.00 / 0) (#15)
by coldspot on Fri Mar 16, 2007 at 02:48:26 AM MST

Rod-
O Thank you !!!!!!!!!!!
I'll take at least 2 if not all!!!!!!
Just let me know how much and how to pay!!!!!!
johnnyfoos at hotmail dot com

Just wondering, do any of them have teeth marks on them??????
I guess I could add a hook or two to them, LOL!

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Re: give away (3.00 / 0) (#16)
by coldspot on Wed Mar 21, 2007 at 09:42:02 PM MST

Rod-
I lost our E-Mail
:(
please send again
THANKS

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Re: give away (3.00 / 0) (#12)
by willib on Thu Mar 15, 2007 at 09:31:46 AM MST

07740
i figure the fans weigh about 7.45 lbs
the blades with mounts weigh 540g about 1.2lbs each.
they are 21 inches long (just the blades)

the bolt circle where the blades , mount to the motor is approx 4.4 inches dia.
the hole to hole distance per blade is 2.1 inches.

Carpe Ventum (seize the wind)
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Re: give away (3.00 / 0) (#9)
by nothing to lose on Wed Mar 14, 2007 at 11:19:22 PM MST

Hey I am in MO, near 65791 zip. At least at present.

I got a plan that will get me kicked out soon, and I own the place. LOL

Going to shut off main breaker at the pole, padlock the box, mail keys to a freind not to be mailed back till May 1st :)

I'm really thinking about it :)
Yep Really.
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nothing to lose

Spelin and tpying are my strong points, not electronics.

Re: give away (3.00 / 0) (#11)
by fungus on Thu Mar 15, 2007 at 09:25:47 AM MST

willib- I would maybe be interested in the arbour- what diameter shaft does it fit?

'Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.'-Albert Einstein
Fungus - www.reenergy.co.uk

Re: give away (3.00 / 0) (#13)
by willib on Thu Mar 15, 2007 at 10:22:18 AM MST

i'm gonna have to get back to ya with that info , but it looked like the arbor was threaded onto the end of the shaft.

Carpe Ventum (seize the wind)
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Re: give away (3.00 / 0) (#14)
by willib on Thu Mar 15, 2007 at 08:15:22 PM MST

ok i got the measurement , it is a .592"dia shaft .

and it does appear to be threaded. but i havnt tried to take it off yet
i mean i did try , but not with tools

Carpe Ventum (seize the wind)
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