[ATTACH] My haul today from one Facebook listing. Except one. I found a number 4, 3 notch Lodge at an antique store. I'm trying to get one good...
New plug and filters is around $40 for OEM. Chinese parts is about $8. For $17 you get Chinese filters, plug, fuel and oil line and carburetor....
Depending on how it was treated before OP bought it at the auction, he may have years of service before he starts replacing parts. My 036 and...
I know it's likely to fail. Dirty cast iron has to be one of the worst metals to repair. The skillets are already broke so I'm only risking the...
I'm working on getting one. The current owner wants to tune it up before I buy it.
Seems like a good deal, especially with the 6 extra chains and the saw box. The box and chains sell new for just under what you spent on the...
Im starting to get a stack of cracked cast iron pans. I'm going to lye bath them real good and attempt to repair them by Tig brazing. I have a...
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Oven cleaner is lye, sodium hydroxide. Elevated temperatures help the reaction happen faster. A 5 gallon bucket of hot water with 1 pound of lye...
The lye bath is mainly to remove old seasoning and built up grease. It will soften up some rust just because it's soaking in liquid. The lye...
That's my fear. Really after 25+ years it's not too expensive to change out the rubber parts. May change them all out while I've got it apart...
I have an 044 that was getting picky when run. It was very slow to come off power down to idle. Some times it needed to have the trigger goosed...
My 036 and 044 have double dogs. The 036 came with an inner dog that is an old design apparently. I ordered an outside dog online and it stuck...
Went to a flea market today and got some axes. Diamond Edge forged tool steel HOMESTEAD no name or markings...probably recently made, bit old...
[ATTACH] Initially a double post....so here is my future e tank.
The Griswold and Erie have the highest value potential...from what I have seen sell. They are all good looking and easily brought back up to...
I've wire brushed a d sanded cast iron when the need arises. I got my sister some Lodge cast iron from the factory outlet in TN. I got stuff...
Lye bath, e tank rust removal, and 3 layers of new seasoning. First thing my 10 year old wanted to do was bake chocolate chip cookie mix in corn...
I've been treated for it. Never positively confirmed. I had 2 different antibody blood tests done. You needed a 3/5 and 5/7 test score on each...
If you look to the right of the truck, in the background is 2 heaping full bed loads of mulch. Local town has a green waste site and loads free...
