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Post by skycheney on Jan 10, 2013 9:45:39 GMT -5
For you junkers out there, if you ever see an old out of service buoy, I'd be interested in it.
Our gas station is named "Admiral" and we have a nautical theme. I have always thought it would be great to pick up an old rusty buoy and fix it up and set it out in the lawn and landscape around it.
So, I have no idea what one of those pieces of scrap would cost, but I do have the equipment to move one around.
Let me know if you ever see one.
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Post by Avenger on Jan 10, 2013 11:02:08 GMT -5
If I find two, you can have the other one.
For years I've been looking for either a buoy or an old tank the right size and shape to fabricate into one. The lamppost at Mom's house looks lousy but the lamp for it has a Fresnel lens. It's been my goal to replace it with a buoy that has the house number on it and use that lens for the light. But I can never seem to find the right thing.
I like how you think though.
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Post by skycheney on Jan 10, 2013 15:08:59 GMT -5
I thought about building one too. I don't think it would be that difficult but getting the portions just right so it looked authentic would be the key. Something like this might be okay [
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Post by Avenger on Jan 10, 2013 16:23:46 GMT -5
We think alike. That's like what I had in mind, but to my eye the base of that looks wrong. The angle iron and plate is easy enough to cobble up but I'm looking for an old compressor tank or some kind of fiberglass tank that has the right shape. Seems to me to get it to look right it's probably got to be at least 4 ft in diameter.
The other thing I've figured out is if I use a tank and just bury part of it I'm going to need an anchor at Mom's. You know, just in case another Sandy tries to float it away.
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Post by saltshaker on Jan 10, 2013 16:33:13 GMT -5
We've got one down the shore. Next time I'm down there I can take some pics and measurements if you like. She did move during Sandy but she's chained and anchored to the ground so it didn't go far.
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Post by Avenger on Jan 10, 2013 16:43:34 GMT -5
That may be the answer for me. I'm thinking that it may make more sense to cobble up some masonite and foam in the right shape and lay up fiberglass over it.
I wonder if it would pay to make it up as a mold and start production. Think there's a bigger market than just Sky and me?
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Post by skycheney on Jan 10, 2013 22:27:22 GMT -5
We think alike. That's like what I had in mind, but to my eye the base of that looks wrong. The angle iron and plate is easy enough to cobble up but I'm looking for an old compressor tank or some kind of fiberglass tank that has the right shape. Seems to me to get it to look right it's probably got to be at least 4 ft in diameter. The other thing I've figured out is if I use a tank and just bury part of it I'm going to need an anchor at Mom's. You know, just in case another Sandy tries to float it away. I agree. That one doesn't look quite right. I like the tank idea if you can find the right size and shape
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Post by Top Hatt and Tails on Jan 11, 2013 6:10:49 GMT -5
Is it me or is that marker a bit to the left of where it should be at low tide?
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Post by Top Hatt and Tails on Jan 11, 2013 6:11:51 GMT -5
...and what's with the electrical cord coming out if the bottom of it?
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Post by yachtsmanwilly on Jan 11, 2013 6:31:30 GMT -5
Thats the extent of the shoaling from low water on the lakes! Looks like a glue failure where the wood 2x2 cross brace lifted from the corner angle iron ;-)) ws
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