I got a digital camera and lots of clothes but the best part was I got to help my grandpa move out of his house that he's lived in since the war ended. Lots of stuff he won't be taking so I took some of it.
So far I've collected
about 100 lbs of copper pipe -to be recycled
about 30 lbs of aluminum scrap - hopefully to be melted in a forge
two icecream buckets full of bearings. 2" to 5" outside diameters, I haven't dug through enough to figure out what all is in there.
a push lawn mower
a second gas mower that will have to be turned into something else. Not sure what yet though
a bunch of shovels, rakes, sledge hammers, wood mauls,...
two nice hand saws that are actually still sharp.
some attic vents for my shop
a bunch of 4" pvc fittings
some plexiglass
and of course more nails/screws/nuts/bolts then I could ever use.
another chainsaw, this one is a husky and much lighter then my old autolite
a propane heater and two 100lb tanks both full.
my dad took all of the wood but I can help myself to most of it. Which is best to carve blades out of? I have access to straight and clear oak, yellow cedar, maple, black walnut, alder, fir. the oak and walnut are way too nice to turn into blades on the big 8'x10"x4" boards but I can probably scrape up smaller pieces of the oak to play with.
Of course I didn't get any of the hand planners I really wanted but I thats fine. Tommorrow is another day of moving. Thank god we got done with the scrap steel. About 1000 lbs moved today.