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Wouldn't this be more fun if it were a blacksmithing problem and not a heater problem??????? (Sorry, Jen, I don't think you are in a joking mood at this stage......)

Might suggest paying the neighbor a friendly(?) visit with a bottle opener or some simple tool and discussing the barking problem...or is the neighbor not the receptive type? After all, the problem is directly interfering with your income.

No response necessary, just a smile on your part for a job well done.

Looks like your serial number is possibly "B8-----". Can't make out any other numbers. The last date listed in AIA for the "A" series serial numbers was 1925. I didn't see any "B" series serial numbers, so they are most likely later than 1925. The old HB looks to be in good condition, congratulations! Enjoy it.

Mr. rustyanchor, a sincere thank you for your service.

I posted the info on hot start welders in case he wanted to buy a new one which most likely have it. Yes, the old transformer types did not have the high frequency feature, but nevertheless ANY welder should be considered with a pacemaker.

rustyanchor, stick welders are not an alternative either. Most now have "hot start" high frequency features that could be deadly as well.

I would strongly suggest you consult a cardiologist about welding and pacemakers. A blacksmith forum is the last place you should seek advice on the subject, or any other forum for that matter. The internet is not a reliable source of information either...lots of trash and bad advice out there.

pnut, that's probably one of the things I find hard to become accustomed to...not being able to shake hands as a form of greeting and departing. That's almost as bad as not going out to eat at a restaurant, which we have not done for a year now. It will be a wonderful day when we all can shake hands again, give our loved ones and others a hug and not be fearful of doing that. I too, was reared by addressing others, not just elders, with "Sir" and "M'am". It just seems natural. I still open doors for ladies of all ages.

Simple, functional, pleasing to the eye. Well done, Davor. Now, go pop the cap on a cold one for us.

Much better on the rings!! I really like the way you wrapped the wood with the steel band. Very professional looking sign. Congratulations.

The cutout looks good! Now, make some rings out 1/4" round rod, overlap flat-tapered ends a little and you can heat with a propane or MAPP torch to close the ring. The stainless shackles look really out of place.

7018AC is for the AC welder. 7018 is for DC. 6010 is a DC rod, mostly used by pipeliners for open root welding. 6011 can be used AC or DC.

JHCC, forgive me if I missed this somewhere in the thread, but the reason oxy-propane is not suitable for gas welding is that the flame doesn't get hot enough for welding, whereas the oxy-acetylene does get hot enough. The O/P is fine for cutting and brazing. I wish I could get an O/P rig and bottle but it's not in the cards at this time.

Jen, not dishing your heater, but that thing looks as complicated as the Mars rover that just landed! LOL

If I downed 8 beers in an afternoon, I would be down the hatch or in the ER.

1907...enjoy it!

If you have some farmers around you, a friendly visit explaining what you are looking for might yield some steel parts to work with. Those guys always have a big stash of scrap and good steel for farm repairs. Often times they might be blacksmiths of sorts as well. Take a bottle opener or some goodies for the wife in your back seat to show your appreciation even if you didn't find anything.

My first post vise had the wedge mounting bracket. Hated that thing. It never stayed tight, loosening frequently. At first, I was tempted to weld the wedges, but that would have devalued the vise. Otherwise the vise was in good condition. I sold that one and got a Columbian that had a U-bolt bracket. Never has become loose.

I happened to see the shepherds' method of castrating...biting them off, on Mike Rowe's "Dirty Jobs" once....gotta have a pretty strong stomach to see that. I don't know if they talked Mike into doing it...I changed channels before that may have happened.

Frosty, if you keep posting about all that fantastic, delicious food that you're cooking up, I may just have to come up there and eat you out of house and home!!! LOL

Unfortunately, the next immediate crisis facing the folks in Texas is the repair and recovery phase. Even though there are many reputable repair and replacement people/companies out there, there will be the scam artists within the plumbers, electricians, carpenters, roofers, restoration, loan sharks and other "services". They are the scum of the earth taking advantage of people in crisis. My personal opinion on price gouging laws, is that they are either not persued or enforced fully enough.

Well, George, the follow up to the heater problems was that the next day, when the lady wanted to use the heater, we played their game...we called the building superintendent who had to call the union steward who had to get a union electrician on site and had them come plug in her heater for her...really embarrassing to the the union electrician who had to crawl on his knees under the desk to simply plug in a heater. Needless to say, we never heard from or saw another union person on our floor, for any reason. Not knocking unions here, but just pointing out how ridiculous some things can come to be.

I experienced something like that a few years back. We had office space in a 75 story building in a large city. It was about 50% finished and occupied; the construction company was continuing to finish out the remaining floors. Our floor was a couple of floors below the lowest construction floor. Our secretary, seated in a cubicle outside my office, had plugged in a space heater to an outlet strip built into the cubicle walls, as many are. For whatever reason, one of the construction guys happened to be on our floor and walked by her cubicle. He noticed the heater plugged into the cubicle outlet. Didn't say a word to anyone. A short time later a union steward, I guess he was, tromped into the boss's office and said he was going to shut down construction on the ENTIRE 75 story building for some violation related to the space heater. No one knew what the flip he was talking about. Next thing you know we had a swarm of folks buzzing around, building superintendent, union guys, construction, guys, fire dept, and who knows who else. The claim put forward was that the heater WAS NOT INSTALLED BY A UNION CONTRACTOR and AND VIOLATED THE TERMS OF THE GENERAL CONTRACT FOR THE ENTIRE BUILDING CONSTRUCTION. Unplugged the heater and everyone left. The union steward said that if she wanted to use the heater, to call him and he would have a union electrician come and plug it in for her........

They also make the frost free faucets for the side of your house. They extend about 18" to 2 feet through the exterior wall to the inside of the structure or crawl space. For the exterior frost proof hydrant as pictured or the wall faucets, ALWAYS remove any hoses or outside appliance so that the faucets can drain back, thus preventing any freezing.