We've spent almost every weekend for the past 2 years or so at the local tip - there's a shop attached, where they sell on anything that looks vaguely reusable for dirt cheap. This weeks tip finds included two large rolls of barbed wire, an assortment of tools/hinges/other odds and ends, and a collection of hardwood beams that all matched. $40 for the lot was pretty good.
The wood had a lot of nails still in it, but as they were all sort of sticking out a bit we figured we'd just spend an afternoon pulling them out before we do anything with them.
It's a bit tough at first, but once you get the hang of it it's sort of meditative. There's a big sense of triumph when you finally pull out a really tough one. And then you get to play silly games, like who pulls the nail that's bent the most (awarded today to the below offender who was the source of at least 20 minutes frustration), and guessing "what was this all used for originally anyway?" (we suspect someone's deck).
And then there are some nails that are buried deep, and surprise you when they finally get hammered out by being screws after all.
The wood had a lot of nails still in it, but as they were all sort of sticking out a bit we figured we'd just spend an afternoon pulling them out before we do anything with them.
It's a bit tough at first, but once you get the hang of it it's sort of meditative. There's a big sense of triumph when you finally pull out a really tough one. And then you get to play silly games, like who pulls the nail that's bent the most (awarded today to the below offender who was the source of at least 20 minutes frustration), and guessing "what was this all used for originally anyway?" (we suspect someone's deck).
And then there are some nails that are buried deep, and surprise you when they finally get hammered out by being screws after all.
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