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Marthe48

(18,992 posts)
Sat Sep 23, 2023, 05:39 PM Sep 2023

I put an antique cast iron rivet punch in my booth recently

I went in a few days later, and it was laying on the shelf in pieces. How anyone could demolish a cast iron tool is a mystery. I brought it home. My first effort to get it back together failed, but I went back to it today, and got it reassembled. If I put it back in the booth, I might put a couple drops of Gorilla Glue on it.

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I put an antique cast iron rivet punch in my booth recently (Original Post) Marthe48 Sep 2023 OP
I'm pulling out the first of the year. Sales have been off all year. multigraincracker Sep 2023 #1
I'm downsizing Marthe48 Sep 2023 #5
I do better on FaceBook Marketplace and multigraincracker Sep 2023 #2
If I were younger Marthe48 Sep 2023 #6
I've been in malls for over 40 years. multigraincracker Sep 2023 #7
We stopped buying in 2016 Marthe48 Sep 2023 #8
I worked at a major university for nearly ten years. I discovered that students could Chainfire Sep 2023 #3
Creative! Marthe48 Sep 2023 #4
Sometimes older cast iron is brittle here or there if dropped the wrong way bucolic_frolic Sep 2023 #9
I should've said it was in parts, Marthe48 Sep 2023 #10
your lucky they didn't steal it too. My mall stopped caring about security so I left my booth ZonkerHarris Oct 2023 #11

Marthe48

(18,992 posts)
5. I'm downsizing
Sun Sep 24, 2023, 09:01 AM
Sep 2023

My goal is to reduce the amount of stuff I have. I'm not getting what it's worth, but I'm selling it. If I don't want to sell something at a low price, it goes back in a box. Glad I'm not doing it for a living, or even extra cash.

Maybe you can rest up, and try again after that.

Marthe48

(18,992 posts)
6. If I were younger
Sun Sep 24, 2023, 09:04 AM
Sep 2023

and a few other things, I'd sell some of the things that way. I used Marketplace a few years ago. Noticed that there are some people who claim every item, but don't really want to come and get it. It held me up when I wanted to move ahead.

For now, having the booth gives me storage with benefits, and some socializing with people that have the same interests.

multigraincracker

(34,069 posts)
7. I've been in malls for over 40 years.
Sun Sep 24, 2023, 09:10 AM
Sep 2023

Just tired of it now. Too much stuff and want to stop buying.
There is a local on line auction I’m going to try. Just drop it off and let it go. Try not to buy anything iffy. Just look for home runs on eBay.

Marthe48

(18,992 posts)
8. We stopped buying in 2016
Sun Sep 24, 2023, 09:29 AM
Sep 2023

I didn't do anything to downsize for a couple years, then started chipping away. I miss buying, but I can always got through a box or 2 and feel better. lol

 

Chainfire

(17,757 posts)
3. I worked at a major university for nearly ten years. I discovered that students could
Sun Sep 24, 2023, 08:44 AM
Sep 2023

tear up an anvil...

bucolic_frolic

(46,971 posts)
9. Sometimes older cast iron is brittle here or there if dropped the wrong way
Mon Sep 25, 2023, 12:57 PM
Sep 2023

Metallurgy added more ingredients to strengthen and flex as time moved by.

Marthe48

(18,992 posts)
10. I should've said it was in parts,
Mon Sep 25, 2023, 02:52 PM
Sep 2023

not pieces. The body, a spring, a plate and a handle. Between my eyesight and the narrow area that everything went into, I was truly grateful that I got it back the way it was supposed to be.

it really looked like someone took it apart to see how it worked :/ I guess it could've fallen and landed the wrong way.

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