When does a collection become an addiction?

Maybe this is The Ultimate Question In The Universe, in which case the answer is 42.

....Arch

 

When you start collecting it's already an addiction. Nice post.

 

Food for thought. My brother (a psychiatrist) says I have an obsessive compulsive personality however perhaps I am an addict. I do seem to collect things.

 

@snwcmpr - "I'm selling a 1932 Primus, unfired, in original box . . . "

 

Well done.

This topic, I think of "I fell down and I can't get up!"

 

These responses are fantastic. The amazing thing is, I have the full support of my wife in collecting/restoring these gems (so long as I only work on one at a time until it's restored and working). That seems reasonable, but it DOES offer some challenges if I happen to pick up a stove or lantern with missing hard-to-find parts. I guess the only real limitation is storage space. I might need to purchase a retired 40-foot sea/land container. Easy enough to install some shelves. Would this be overkill?

 

I thought with Texas being in tornado ally everyone had storm shelters as big as the house. Can you not find a small corner in there?

 

In this corner of Texas, we have more potential for hurricane and flood. I do have a nice storage shed/workshop. I guess it's time to clean out more junk I no longer need (lanterns and stoves I NEED).

 

@mlkimmel92 Are you sure one sea/land container will be enough?

Ben

 

For starters...they ARE stackable.

 

They, like sheds, are always just the right size........
Until right after you start using them.

 

I've been thinking about one of those containers, especially since we were under evacuation warning during the fires.

....Arch

 

The containers are not as silly as they sound but they do get a bit too hot in warmer climates. Shelving can be easily installed as previously mentioned.

Coming back to the original question, for me I can't see them becoming an addiction until I start spending too much time cataloging them, researching them, shopping for cheap ones, maintaining them and trying to find them again. That simple.

 

Them when you learn how to solder you start to buy also stove in pieces...

 

We saw a documentary about people who used those containers to make homes. Insulation and all the trim.

 

Here at work, our back lot is full of those shipping containers, which we rent out as storage. Very cost effective for us to put up vs. a normal building, and much more secure than a normal storage unit.

 

If you tear up you cave looking for Your Precious, then maybe

 

I just got an early 413F with the bronze tank…..for this one, I just want to get it in working order, maybe refurb later…

I would like to learn how you made your stove look like new. Any tutorials available.

 

Hi @Michael Stock

Stove restoration. Parts 1 to 4

 

Thank you!