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263478 <gtgrouch@r...> 2017‑10‑10 Re: Cast iron sash weights
How would you handle shipping to western New York? I have an 1850s house with
about 30 windows and there are a few missing weights here and there.

Thanks, Gary K
---- Erik Levin via OldTools  wrote: 

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After entirely too much time digging through the archives without finding an
answer, I will pose the general question:

Any good uses for old sash weights? 

I have a large enough collection that I can't even slide the crate without  a
Johnson bar, and, if there is a use, I would prefer that to the $10 I'll get at
the scrap yard in the current market, and they sit on CL forever, even at below
scrap price. I pulled the best looking two or  three to hold on to as
material/weight for future needs, but the other 50 to 100 (some windows had
extras at the bottom of the pocket, so #windows*4 doesn't do it for a number...
I have no clue why, but I have some guesses) need to go if there is no practical
use.
 No, I'm not putting back the single pane double-hungs in my house.... *** This
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