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06-29-2011, 05:18 PM
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Are the porcelain insulators worth anything or is that just throw away? Thanks.
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06-29-2011, 08:01 PM
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Electrical Contractor
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I throw `em away. IF you can find someone willing to pay $$$ for them, let me know, and I'll sell him bunches of `em!!
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06-29-2011, 08:09 PM
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Learning by Doing
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I'd save a representative example or two. Trash the rest.....
or find a creative way to repurpose them:
- give em to the kids to string into festive christmas garland.
- insert a reed and make a tube whistle. Repeat x10 for a pan-pipe.
- Three words: miniature bowling set.
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06-29-2011, 09:27 PM
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The tubes are supposed to be excellent as knife sharpeners.
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06-29-2011, 09:27 PM
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They make good pea-shooters 
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06-29-2011, 09:29 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by joed
The tubes are supposed to be excellent as knife sharpeners.
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I'll have to try that sometime.
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06-29-2011, 11:08 PM
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You can also use them as napkin holders, paper weights, a spool for some string, a plumb bob...
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06-29-2011, 11:10 PM
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Originally Posted by epson
You can also use them as napkin holders, paper weights, a spool for some string, a plumb bob...
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I've got at least two doing duty as plumb bobs.
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06-29-2011, 11:15 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Leah Frances
I've got at least two doing duty as plumb bobs.
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So I’m not the only one in this world using them as plumb bobs 
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06-29-2011, 11:20 PM
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That is what I figured. I had to ask cause I hate throwing things away that possibly could be useful to someone. I went on Ebay and one guy is selling one of the insulators for 15 dollars. It has to be a joke. http://cgi.ebay.com/Porcelain-Insula...item483f1b4e42.
The post really cracks me up. He has 3 pictures of a single tube and says it is a antique in perfect condition.lol. Thanks for the post. No pea shooters or bowling alleys for me. Straight to the garbage.
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06-29-2011, 11:43 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by daltinator
That is what I figured. I had to ask cause I hate throwing things away that possibly could be useful to someone. I went on Ebay and one guy is selling one of the insulators for 15 dollars. It has to be a joke. http://cgi.ebay.com/Porcelain-Insula...item483f1b4e42.
The post really cracks me up. He has 3 pictures of a single tube and says it is a antique in perfect condition.lol. Thanks for the post. No pea shooters or bowling alleys for me. Straight to the garbage. |
Boy what some people will do or sell for a buck….
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07-02-2011, 02:00 AM
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If you look up sundial wire they say they will buy the knobs for up to $2 a piece depending on condition. I have never delt with them though.
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07-02-2011, 07:39 AM
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Save them to show your apprentices. And explain to them they used a hand drill to do the whole house. Pass on the History of Electric! I sometimes wonder how many workers fed their family because of stuff thats no longer needed,but needed at the time.
Last edited by bobelectric; 07-02-2011 at 07:44 AM.
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