Tag Archives: portland

Street art round up

Posted on by
Reply

Haven’t been out as much since the weather was shit for so long (I moved to get away from that cold, damn it), but here’s a few favorites I’ve spotted in the last few months.

2013-02-01_13-22-00_436
2012-11-04_13-35-26_244

Pair of new RX variants. Haven’t seen the collabs before.

2012-11-08_12-45-05_797
2012-11-08_12-45-11_860

I think these were in the bathroom of a Chinese restaurant? Forget exactly where… Really like the mix of mediums of the middle piece on the light fixture.

2012-11-26_14-10-51_894

These marker pieces have gotta be a serious labor of love. I’m sure some “concerned citizen” took a razor blade to it with a quickness.

2013-02-01_13-14-39_765

Another HUGE and gorgeous N.O. Bonzo work. Shame someone ripped a huge chunk off the left side, but that’s life.

Finally…

Posted on by
3

So I’ve been saying I’d get a bike for… A long time. Since before I moved to Portland even, when I was living in a far less bike friendly part of the world. It just kinda never happened.

I finally filled the bike shaped void in my life today, with a mid-70s Centurion Super LeMans. It showed up in Goodwill, which isn’t usually a good sign, but it’s in extraordinary shape and seems to be almost completely original. It’s outfitted with Sakae Randonneur, Suntour, and Dia Compe parts mainly, with a few Pletscher accessories. Rides on a pair of Araya 27×1.25 wheels with Specialized Touring II tires mounted (I think these are from the 80s? They still hold air but I don’t trust them given how the sidewalls look.)

2012-12-02_17-20-14_231

I think this deserves a more complete post once I go through it for real, but I was super excited to share!

Find of the Week

Posted on by
1

The Bins yield odd treasure. This time it was a late-50s vintage McGraw Electric Co. Toastmaster model 1C5. I couldn’t turn it down for three bucks.

2012-11-10_20-17-13_874

Three slots for toast seemed a little bit odd, and I found out this model is actually kinda rare. Apparently they made three slot toasters for a brief period to cash in on the popularity of the club sandwich. Who knew?

2012-11-10_19-39-33_336

This one didn’t seem to have been used much, but I still took it apart and cleaned it up. The bottom door was held closed with a few pieces of electric tape but it just needed to be adjusted a little bit to catch the latch.

2012-11-10_19-44-32_991

The automatic release mechanism is way more complex that I would have assumed. Was also interested to find that the heating elements are woven around some kind of fibrous board of some sort. Hopefully nothing now known to be toxic…

Some links I found while researching it:
Garage Sale Finds – Odd Man Out
Toaster.org collection featuring the same model with black trim
Fluff article about a toaster collector, mentioning their unusual three slot toaster