a buddy was having a used tool sale (big tools, like 12' shears and breaks and miller welders...)but he didn't care about all the "little" stuff. Just needed to get rid of it. I got a 12' aluminum ladder, a sweet 3' wide alum motorcycle ramp, an oxy-acetylene setup, 100' of heated anti-freeze wire, a big *** fire extinguisher (combustion chamber for turbo jet!!), a universal hydraulic pump and a bunch of other little stuff. And a sears colormatic (old as dirt) stick welder. All for $20. And I'm going back today for a 10hp horz. shaft motor with some sort of factory pulley outdrive (off a cement mixer).

Now I have to learn to arc weld, and how to set up the acetylene torch.