FS moly elements/transformer

I have two sets of new, unopened molybdenum disilicide elements for a
100# furnace, and a step down transformer for the moly system. I
decided not to build this furnace after I bought the parts from a guy
in Portland who builds them. I really don't know what the stuff is
worth but am open to offers.

Several hundred dollars.

--
Mike Firth
No more levees
Bury old Orleans
Raise New Orleans up if it is worth saving

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I have two sets of new, unopened molybdenum disilicide elements for a
100# furnace, and a step down transformer for the moly system. I
decided not to build this furnace after I bought the parts from a guy
in Portland who builds them. I really don't know what the stuff is
worth but am open to offers.

Send me a check then. I wrote this stuff off long ago, anything I get
for it is fine. I don't have time to shop it around for the best price.



Bury old New Orleans? Jeezis Mike that seems harsh.New Orleans is a
bona fide cultural treasure; one of very few that exist in the US. Its
worth saving and worth fighting mother nature for, IMO. Maybe not
sensible, but **** sensible.

I wonder how Andy Brott is doing. I guess he had a big studio build
going.

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Send me a check then. I wrote this stuff off long ago, anything I get
for it is fine. I don't have time to shop it around for the best price.



Bury old New Orleans? Jeezis Mike that seems harsh.New Orleans is a
bona fide cultural treasure; one of very few that exist in the US. Its
worth saving and worth fighting mother nature for, IMO. Maybe not
sensible, but **** sensible.

I wonder how Andy Brott is doing. I guess he had a big studio build
going.

he's in chicago looking for a place to work. he reported in on craftweb.com

Chicago is a logical move for his work. His stuff has a kind of funk
jazzy flavor that I always felt fit well with New Orleans. If you think
about it Chicago is that kind of metro funk environment except more
bluesy. Hard to look on the bright side but the experience will take
his work in new directions it wouldn't have otherwise. Andy is the real
deal. Way too few in glass these days as a percentage of the group.

Most of the guys who reported in on Craftweb say they can tell from aerial
photos that there is little damage to studios
If New Orleans is worth saving, as more than an amusement park near
Lafayette (above sea level) then the money should go to getting it above sea
level as Galveston did a century ago and not to increasing the politicians
to upper middle class, which is what usually happens in Louisiana.

--
Mike Firth
No more levees
Bury old Orleans
Raise New Orleans up if it is worth saving
--
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Send me a check then. I wrote this stuff off long ago, anything I get
for it is fine. I don't have time to shop it around for the best price.



Bury old New Orleans? Jeezis Mike that seems harsh.New Orleans is a
bona fide cultural treasure; one of very few that exist in the US. Its
worth saving and worth fighting mother nature for, IMO. Maybe not
sensible, but **** sensible.

I wonder how Andy Brott is doing. I guess he had a big studio build
going.

FYI and speaking of Shaftweb I sold these elements back to Steve
Stadelman. He apparently saw the wisdom in taking them back. I still
have the transformer though. If anyone wants it, I'll sell it for $150
and you pay to ship it from my Oregon shop. Its probably worth more
than that in copper.

I don't know how you move a city. Maybe they should make New Orleans
into New Venice.

Well, one way is to jack it up and put fill underneath it, which is what
they did in Galveston.
The other is to rebuild it as Fantasyland, moving those buildings that can
be on wheels (or barges in the case of NO).

--
Mike Firth
No more levees
Bury old Orleans
Raise New Orleans up if it is worth saving
--
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FYI and speaking of Shaftweb I sold these elements back to Steve
Stadelman. He apparently saw the wisdom in taking them back. I still
have the transformer though. If anyone wants it, I'll sell it for $150
and you pay to ship it from my Oregon shop. Its probably worth more
than that in copper.

I don't know how you move a city. Maybe they should make New Orleans
into New Venice.

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"Mike Firth" wrote:

Well, one way is to jack it up and put fill underneath it, which is what
they did in Galveston.
The other is to rebuild it as Fantasyland, moving those buildings that can
be on wheels (or barges in the case of NO).

I was thinking about that the other day and wondered how much
work it would be. As a back of the envelope, suppose that there
are 1,000,000 residents in 200,000 houses and each house
is on a lot that's 100 x 100 feet and four times that much area
spread across streets, malls, parks, and so forth, and that
it has to be raised 6 feet. That's 20,000 x 200,000 x 4 x 6/27
cubic yards of fill. That comes out to around 3.6 billion
cubic yards. A regular dump truck carries around 15 yards.
That's 240 million trips. I don't know where the nearest fill
would be. Suppose it's only 50 miles away. That's around
500 million man-hours just of dump truck driver time, which at
$15 an hour would be $7 billion. And that's probably the cheap
part, since you have to raise all the buildings, extend utility
lines, repave everything, pay for depreciation and fuel for
the equipment, and so on. I wouldn't be surprised
to find the total was several hundred billion bucks
since as you mentioned the political system has a lot of
friction in it.

I'm not saying it's a bad idea--I'm just saying that human
nature suggests that people won't pay for it and people will
insist on moving back anyway. Hopefully they can at least
make sure there's adequate transport available in the future,
but I wouldn't bet even money on it.

Mike Beede

That's true, and it'd be you and me that would pay that bill--and I
ain't even been to NO yall. I agree the best solution is to bail it out
and then be sure we hire experienced competent folks to come up with an
effective evacuation plan.