marlinspike
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That's an epic start, MTF. It's really tough getting rid of parent's stuff but knowing it will go to a good home really helps. You're doing the right thing letting someone else have the enjoyment of them.
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Thank you.
I think it is very easy to hold onto things that have a perceived sentimental value but often they lock you in the past and prevent forward movement.
As difficult as it sometimes is, I try to think of myself as a custodian of physical items and regardless of monetary value, once something no longer serves any use it is time to find it a new home where it will be enjoyed.
The challenge with overwhelming clutter is that it prevents use and enjoyment of those things I actually do want to keep.
Sending best wishes out to everyone reading this thread going through the same process of clearing; keep chipping away and you'll make steady progress
Practised what I preach this weekend too. Had an old enamel bread bin full of glass jars of screws, cable grips, potentiometer knobs, nuts, dials, back plates, general crap that was my dad's.
He had a stroke in 85, they've been around since then, kept as they might have something useful in.
They didn't.
He had a stroke in 85, they've been around since then, kept as they might have something useful in.
They didn't.
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We have just spotted a property by the coast, all my old jusk up the lift will make great decorations and if we rent it out it won't matter if they steal a few things 
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Having projects I wanted to do and not being able to get in either shed for crap/treasure was a great motivator for me
Cleared the tool shed as I had an offer of a ramp so I did a full service on the Freelander
After tripping over boxes for the eleventy millionth time in the other shed while looking for my canbus project stuff, I finally snapped. Tip run, charity shop run, storage run followed by another tip run
Even found something that killed a previous project so managed to finish that
Cleared the tool shed as I had an offer of a ramp so I did a full service on the Freelander
After tripping over boxes for the eleventy millionth time in the other shed while looking for my canbus project stuff, I finally snapped. Tip run, charity shop run, storage run followed by another tip run
Even found something that killed a previous project so managed to finish that
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I wash out jam jars and offer them on FB recycle groups when I've got ten or twelve, and it's surprisingly difficult to get rid of them. Fast-forward to whenever there's fruit ready to pick and make into jam, the group is full of "wanted" ads for jars. Like car parts, I'm a bit surprised that people don't gather these things when they're available rather than waiting until they need them, though that philosophy is why my sheds look like they do. I don't like round things for storage, so much wasted space on the shelf.
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After Father passing (3 years this August) we still have loads of his woodworking tools to move on.
He managed to find someone who was starting up a workshop who bought much of his stuff but there is still a few bits remaining.
A lot of old wooden moulding planes , other planes, chisels, mallets etc..
I can't bring myself to freecycle them as I know someone will just sell them on at a car boot or make them into lamps or something. Really want to find someone who will use them. Not easy in these times ...
Must really go through and make a proper list.
He managed to find someone who was starting up a workshop who bought much of his stuff but there is still a few bits remaining.
A lot of old wooden moulding planes , other planes, chisels, mallets etc..
I can't bring myself to freecycle them as I know someone will just sell them on at a car boot or make them into lamps or something. Really want to find someone who will use them. Not easy in these times ...
Must really go through and make a proper list.
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Bin them. Only reason I keep jam jars is for when I make up another batch of eax or such. If I didn't have use, they go in the bin.
As mentioned, for storage, they aren't great. Much better alternatives available nowadays.
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I've made a few display items out of old tools belonging to people.i have known, some are like pictures, the best one is a bunch of tools in a frame in a mates local where he was popular.
Glass jars - for moonshine surely?
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A postponed job meant a rare(ish) day off during the week enabling me to hastily book and take a trip to the tip this afternoon.
All those broken small appliances and odd 'won't ever be used again' bits, again cluttering up the workshop and garage space which I have been constantly tripping over.
Thinking of dumping all my steel slotted woodscrews now as I don't intend using them and after a recent and ongoing run of firedoor remedial work, I don't wish them on anyone else either
Sorted out a load more offcuts and reclaimed (full of poxy staples) timber to cut up and drop over to my log burning man.
After pulling out loads of metal scrap I can almost walk the length of the workshop without tripping; I was planning a trip to my local recycler and weighing it in but they are shut for stocktake until Mon. Fine, that can wait as it is out of the workshop but there is still plenty more stuff to sort and to go
All those broken small appliances and odd 'won't ever be used again' bits, again cluttering up the workshop and garage space which I have been constantly tripping over.
Thinking of dumping all my steel slotted woodscrews now as I don't intend using them and after a recent and ongoing run of firedoor remedial work, I don't wish them on anyone else either
Sorted out a load more offcuts and reclaimed (full of poxy staples) timber to cut up and drop over to my log burning man.
After pulling out loads of metal scrap I can almost walk the length of the workshop without tripping; I was planning a trip to my local recycler and weighing it in but they are shut for stocktake until Mon. Fine, that can wait as it is out of the workshop but there is still plenty more stuff to sort and to go
Don't dump them.
People want them to give an authentic look to reproduction furniture and restoration.
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I do understand where you are coming from but I spoke to a local furniture restorer and he reckons he has several lifetimes supply and won't take any more.
But the space they take up is minimal and I do have to get them all in one place before sorting them to stay or go
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I find the concept of a scrapyard having a stocktake amusing. Not many categories, rusty stuff, brassy stuff, everything else.
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Probably take quite a while to run every bit over the weighbridge to audit it.
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They are also steel stockholders, recycled materials and aggregate suppliers, skip hire etc. so maybe that is what they were counting as well as the rusty and brassy bits
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It's a weight off ones mind. You don't need to think or worry about stuff you no longer own.
Busy day yesterday, Took My wife to hospital for an operation, on the way home stopped at my late friends house for another load of stuff, This workshop clearance may take quite a while as i have to clear the stuff from his place & sell it from my place, His widow just wants it gone & cant deal with lots of people picking through it which is understandable.
So my workshop looks worse than ever, like a bombsite of machines & tools.
I came home with a Clarke Bandsaw, Charnwood planer thicknesser, trend router table, Hegner fret saw & a CNC router plus a load of odd bits.
Bandsaw got moved on straight away, router table has gone into the boat shed. Try & find homes for the rest in next few days.
The CNC is intriguing, my mate was using it for headstock inlays on his guitars I tried its acompanying laptop last night but its dead with a broken RAM card. Must . Not . Get . Distracted.......
Wife is Ok but they kept her in overnight. Pick her up this morning.
So my workshop looks worse than ever, like a bombsite of machines & tools.
I came home with a Clarke Bandsaw, Charnwood planer thicknesser, trend router table, Hegner fret saw & a CNC router plus a load of odd bits.
Bandsaw got moved on straight away, router table has gone into the boat shed. Try & find homes for the rest in next few days.
The CNC is intriguing, my mate was using it for headstock inlays on his guitars I tried its acompanying laptop last night but its dead with a broken RAM card. Must . Not . Get . Distracted.......
Wife is Ok but they kept her in overnight. Pick her up this morning.
