[modeleng] Re: Boilers
- From: Harry Wade <hww@xxxxxxxx>
- To: modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 05 Feb 2005 10:07:22 -0600
At 07:02 AM 2/5/05 -0800, you wrote:
>Harry can vouch for its effectiveness as he was the recipient of
>part of the booty! - Al Messer
When I go mooching and begging scraps these days, and scrap hunting is
getting much more difficult, I no longer mention anything about "miniature
steam" or especially "BOILER." Some people/shops have become very wary of
liability no matter how remote and untraceable their involvement might be
and any mention of a regulated use, such as pressure vessels, tends to make
them nervous. Officially I am now (or when required) involved in building
"a heat exchanger . . . an experimental device . . . for a medical research
project" and this seems not only to remove fears of potential liability but
make them quite willing to help or contribute to the experiment.
By all this I don't mean that I expect to walk in just anywhere and
have people give me things . . . sometimes the benefits are very small but
are benefits nonetheless, such as being allowed rummage through the bins in
the back of the shop for (possibly) just the right bit that maybe they
weren't aware they even had, whereas the usual walk-in customer would not
be allowed beyond the front counter.
A severe blow came a few years ago when our local brass/bronze/copper
supplier would no longer allow regular buyers to rummage through their
scrap shed for "just the right piece" - cash & carry. Officially they no
longer kept "scrap" and a formal order had to be placed at the sales
counter, and of course you were charged associated cutting and handling
charges in addition to waiting for long periods if not having to make a
second trip to retrieve the goods. They were in so many words telling me
(and others like me) "We don't want to be bothered with your business."
Regards,
Harry
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