Show us your Flat File/Work/Flattening area

ZLandrum · Mon Jun 11, 2012 10:28 am

nice score Schwager!

I Picked these guys up about a year ago from an architectural firm way out in BFE. The fellow said he'd take $30 for each or all three for $80... I opted for all 3. The guy said they were WWII era architectural drafting flat files. They're big, and each drawer is about 30lbs... and there are 30 of them. Spent all day that hot summer day carrying one drawer at a time about 100yards to the ONLY DOOR the building had.

iambillyg · Mon Jun 11, 2012 10:35 am

Love the nostalgia factor.

mkecasey · Mon Jun 11, 2012 12:06 pm

I'm picking this up on Saturday. Talked the guy down to $75. Needless to say, I'm pretty excited.

d3ny · Tue Jun 12, 2012 1:36 am

Hey i wanted to know your guys opinion of this. What do you think? too large? I might pick it up but damn it looks big in my opinion.

HelloExactly · Tue Jun 12, 2012 3:35 am

no such thing as too large

Moriarty · Tue Jun 12, 2012 4:11 am

About 10 years ago, I park my car and head to the elevator to go to my apartment. Stop dead in the lobby. WTF?, a matte black flat file is standing right there.
Greaseball guy walks out of the elevator (I'm guessing he was a printer for a newspaper) and we have this discussion:

Me: Dude, you moving?
Guy: Yeah. Why?
Me: I'll give you $100.00 for this.

He helps me slide it back into the elevator ... and that is how you buy a flat file.
Then about 3 years ago I sold it. I tell that story and the buyer and I have this discussion:

Him: How do you know it was actually his?
Me: Uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh ... (never thought of that.)

emac · Tue Jun 12, 2012 10:09 am

HelloExactly wrote:no such thing as too large

I concur. Giggity.

iambillyg · Tue Jun 12, 2012 10:10 am

kansasbbq · Tue Jun 12, 2012 10:49 am

mkecasey wrote:I'm picking this up on Saturday. Talked the guy down to $75. Needless to say, I'm pretty excited.

awesome deal

mkecasey · Tue Jun 12, 2012 12:08 pm

kansasbbq wrote:
mkecasey wrote:I'm picking this up on Saturday. Talked the guy down to $75. Needless to say, I'm pretty excited.
awesome deal

Agreed. It doesn't look to be in that bad of shape either. I was expecting to have to do a lot of clean up work on whatever I found on CL but that doesn't seem to be the case.

emac · Tue Jun 12, 2012 1:53 pm

iambillyg wrote:Ugh.

I'm jus' talkin' bout flat files!

ryanfromindiana · Tue Jun 12, 2012 4:31 pm

emac wrote:
iambillyg wrote:Ugh.
I'm jus' talkin' bout flat files!

Shut yo mouth!

IbisMummy · Tue Jun 12, 2012 4:50 pm

ryanfromindiana wrote:
emac wrote:
iambillyg wrote:Ugh.
I'm jus' talkin' bout flat files!
Shut yo mouth!

Can you dig it?

emac · Tue Jun 12, 2012 9:11 pm

IbisMummy wrote:
ryanfromindiana wrote:
emac wrote:
iambillyg wrote:Ugh.
I'm jus' talkin' bout flat files!
Shut yo mouth!
Can you dig it?

Oh yeaaaah...

IbisMummy · Wed Jun 13, 2012 12:28 am

emac wrote:
IbisMummy wrote:
ryanfromindiana wrote:
emac wrote:
I'm jus' talkin' bout flat files!
Shut yo mouth!
Can you dig it?
Oh yeaaaah...

He's a solid man, but no one understands him but his paper...