Michael,here is a place you may want to sign up for,its free and you can create your own group or a personal or business.CK it out.
http://www.webs.com/groups.htm
Welcome and my hat is off to you.You can do this,there are free websites you can use to get a web page going.Do you have a free paper in your town?One where you could start advertising for scrap metal and so on?Could you make some fliers perhaps,one has to start somewhere,i wish you all thebest.