Big bung auger

[Branson]

>Again, if you're truly interested in a copy of the article I quoted from, drop me an email line.  -bear

Hey bear, I tried your email from the membership list but it wouldn't work.

[turnnut]

yup, when I was 6 or 7 years young, my dad would hand me a bucket of salvaged nails to straighten,
we would do it on a piece of railroad track he had cut,  and a hammer.

we would also be allowed to strip the shipping blocks (2x4's) in the railroad freight cars accross
the street from our house on Rt. 20 in Palmer, MA

late 30's & the 40's were a rough time for our family.

oh yes, I banged a few fingers along the way.

I have been in a few old barns that also had buckets or boxes of old used nails. when times are tough,
even nails were a luxery.

Frank