Chaps.
Last week I acquired quite a lot of this stuff:
And next week I hope to acquire some more...
It's pine, I think, about 6"x4" (ish) and was originally part of Shardlow's crankshaft works adjacent to the n/b M1motorway just above junction 34 near Sheffield, where crankshafts for Rolls Royce Merlin engines were made and ground during WW2 The entire building is being demolished prior to the site being redeveloped, having been occupied by Shardlow's for over 100 years, and my Dad and some of his brothers worked there during the 1950's.
It might just be lengths of old wood to most folk but as it comes from yet another famous Sheffield firm that's only a couple of miles from where I was born and raised it means a bit more to me, so having rescued it from the demolition boys (who looked at me like I wasn't all there when I asked if I could take some...) my intention is to cut it up and preserve it in the form of candle holders and such like.
Obviously having been part of the fabric of the building for over a century, the wood is riddled with nails and screws and various bits of steel, all waiting eagerly to ruin the shiny new blade in my mitre saw, so if anyone recommend a decent detector scanner thingy to avoid the inevitable sparks and curses and purchase of another new blade, my eternal thanks are guaranteed.
Last week I acquired quite a lot of this stuff:
And next week I hope to acquire some more...
It's pine, I think, about 6"x4" (ish) and was originally part of Shardlow's crankshaft works adjacent to the n/b M1motorway just above junction 34 near Sheffield, where crankshafts for Rolls Royce Merlin engines were made and ground during WW2 The entire building is being demolished prior to the site being redeveloped, having been occupied by Shardlow's for over 100 years, and my Dad and some of his brothers worked there during the 1950's.
It might just be lengths of old wood to most folk but as it comes from yet another famous Sheffield firm that's only a couple of miles from where I was born and raised it means a bit more to me, so having rescued it from the demolition boys (who looked at me like I wasn't all there when I asked if I could take some...) my intention is to cut it up and preserve it in the form of candle holders and such like.
Obviously having been part of the fabric of the building for over a century, the wood is riddled with nails and screws and various bits of steel, all waiting eagerly to ruin the shiny new blade in my mitre saw, so if anyone recommend a decent detector scanner thingy to avoid the inevitable sparks and curses and purchase of another new blade, my eternal thanks are guaranteed.
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