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osage outlaw:
Between the wife making plans and work I haven't been able to make any auctions this summer.  I finally made it to one today.  It was crowded and very hot.  The only thing I bought was a pair of old cruiser bikes.  I've been looking for a pair to take with us when we go camping.  These were dirty but looked to be in good shape.  They were a his and hers set with matching accessories.  I left the auction and was headed to Lowe's to get a 2x12 to make a work bench top.  On the way I stopped at an estate sale that was wrapping up.  I spotted a couple of treated 2x12's and a 2x4 in the basement.  It was the exact lengths that I needed for the work bench.  I gathered up a few more items and they told me $5 for all of it.  I got some good stuff that I know I will put to use. 


Everything on the tailgate was from the $5 estate sale purchase.




A few minutes with a wet rag had the bikes looking good.  When the wife got home we took them for a test ride.  Everything works good on them.  They are Huffy Good Vibrations.




According to the odometer they have low miles. 



burchett.donald:
     Look's like they cleaned up real nice Clint...It's kinda funny how they decided a guy needed a bar across the top...Lol...Lady bike's are safer, I know from experience...Try to get Ol'Red up to say 25mph, but do it going down hill...Look's like a lot of goodies on the truck...
 

bubby:

--- Quote from: burchett.donald on July 14, 2018, 07:11:21 pm ---     Look's like they cleaned up real nice Clint...It's kinda funny how they decided a guy needed a bar across the top...Lol...Lady bike's are safer, I know from experience...Try to get Ol'Red up to say 25mph, but do it going down hill...Look's like a lot of goodies on the truck...
 

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http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2010/09/why-mens-bicycles-have-a-horizontal-crossbar-and-womens-bicycles-typically-dont/

Eric Krewson:
My dad died at age 100, this past weekend I looked through his shop equipment. There was stuff packed in boxes and tons of old tools, even a fairly new band saw. I doubt if he had anything I didn't already have so I left almost everything for my brother to sort through and dispose of.

He did have a nice drawknife and one thing I didn't have already, a froe. The drawknife is a Dunlap in really good shape, it should clean up really well. the froe is kinda' rough but I will have to refurbish it because it is a family tool. Of course these had to follow me home.

osage outlaw:
Dunlap made a very solid draw knife.  That's a nice froe.  Its neat you get to keep them in the family.

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