Thrift Store Scores

[Inorganic]

@GraemeE bonsai planter? looks nice

[GraemeE]

@Inorganic indeed it is.
Either need to acquire a new tree for it or hold onto it for a few more years until one of the ones I currently have wired and planted in the ground is ready

[SuitOfUHF]

At a 50% off event, acquired an Orvis Big Bear flannel shirt, which is essentially a CPO, for the price of a cup of joe. Stateside folks should know of this storied brand.

[Inorganic]

A grail has landed. A Pfaff 545. This was on the production floor at Langlitz Leathers in Portland for 40 years….the lady who used to sew on it just retired and I learned that back in the day they’d give ‘stars’ to seamstresses who found errors before garments shipped. I feel like I picked up an important part of PDX history.

[goosehd]

@Inorganic that’s f’n cool!!!

[Inorganic]

@goosehd RIGHT!!!!! I’m so stoked but beauty is gnarly. I gotta get a servo motor to slow it down, this fucker will see thru your fingers.

[scarfmace]

All you need to do now is find the seamstress

[Inorganic]

@scarfmace ha! I wasn't able to meet her, but her protege gave me a run down of the machine. I'm working my way thru projects with it - but I need to put a different motor to slow it down. The current set up is way above my paygrade.

[goosehd]

@Inorganic can you put a variable motor speed control on the current motor? Some motors have the ability and cheaper than trying to find another motor.

[Inorganic]

@goosehd good question. The current setup is with a clutch motor: fast stitches ~1k-2k/min and with reasonable torque. I plan to remove that and in its place install what's called a 'servo motor' which has variable speed control, more torque and much much slower, down to 1stitch a second or less in some models. I was so surprised to see that all of the machines on the Langlitz floor were clutch (fast) motors, I wonder what set up Iron Heart has for their machines.

[Inorganic]

Old school flyers jacket - ready for fall

[Clint_D]

Can’t believe it but I picked up this Good Art Fin Link bracelet at a Pawnshop off Riverside Ave in Austin and there was a hobo passed out 5’ from the front door on behalf of @Bomar1981 for $163:

[GraemeE]

@Clint_D that is one hell of a score

[sabergirl]

Dang, @Clint_D how did you know it was there?! Spidey sense?

[Inorganic]

@Clint_D holy hell!!

[Clint_D]

My buddy Mark had this AI ad pop up on marketplace and the Pawn shop was only a few miles from me!

[GraemeE]

I assume they were just selling it for the melt value of the silver?

[Clint_D]

Spot price per gram is like $2 and it's 28 grams total so not too terribly far off!

[Danimal506]

What a killer find!

[sabergirl]

That’s bonkers, man. What a score!