TWISTEDWILLOW

Jerry, so in my research this evening I’ve discovered that apparently there is such a thing as re shipping businesses that help you order things in other countries by providing an in country address and then reshipping it to your home country address. apparently you can find some high end ones that will provide tracking numbers and everything. some even offer a buying service where they take care of everything. im sure its all much more expensive than what im after lol. i did find an old discussion from a 2002 post on a woodworking forum about someone who found a wholesale hardware business in Canada that was willing to ship to the states. i followed the link and the business is still alive and well and still carrying the same blades im wanting 23 years later! i plan to contact them tomorrow to see what the process is to buy a few and have them shipped stateside, if they are still willing to mess with it.

Jerry im definitely not looking for a racing saw blade lol I’d be happy with the $10 one if I could find a seller in the states I broke out one of my saw vises today and torn it apart and wire wheeled the rust off it and oiled it up an I got to run down to my other shop tomorrow and dig around to see if I can find one of my old set tools I wire wheeled one of the saw blades to knock the rust off and it seems to be in decent condition so I’m gonna try sharpening it and resetting the teeth. never done it before but I’m sure there’s plenty videos online about how to do it. the other saw blade is in bad shape it’s pitted pretty bad and has a few missing teeth so it’s a lost cause. as far as importing a $10 Canadian blade I don’t mind paying duties or import taxes or whatever. Ill have to look into what kinda paperwork is involved with importing and how much hassle it would be. if I lived closer to Canada I’d just drive over and buy it myself and then pay the duty tax on re entry lol it so silly that it’s that complicated, it not like I’m wanting to import a container load of them! I just want maybe two for green wood and two for hard wood.

I think I recall something like that as well. Thank you sir! It’s always funny when I go looking for something and discover a whole new world! Until yesterday I didn’t know tha bow saw racing was a thing! lol I’ve had these two huge old saws for awhile now and i had just assumed that 42” saws were still something that was produced today. apparently these things have been hanging in a barn for more decades than I thought! they have two different style mountings for the blades one had an old square nut on one end so I guess it could be from the 40s or earlier.

Today i attempted to find some 42” Bowsaw blades, I thought it would be easy just hop on amazon and have them in two days! nope lol, ain’t nobody in the US has 42” bow saw blades apparently. i found a Small business in France that makes racing bow saws and blades, (I didn’t know racing bow saws was a thing) am they said they can make them and carried new old stock but had nowhere I saw to add them to a cart and order. i found a Swedish company that manufactures 42” bow saw blades with several different tooth styles to choose from. I found one similar to what I have an I googled the part number and I found that Grainger Canada has them. entered my zip code and it said no… so I called Grainger US and gave them their own part number and they no that’s in Canada we don’t carry that. im like dude! You’re the same company!!! They said don’t matter they don’t carry it and told me to keep googling online! And that importing is would be a hassle. so back to square one I guess. i have these two huge old metal framed bow saws I was gonna restore and put new blades on them but it would seem that’s gonna be easier said than done. Lol so if anyone happens to know of a US based company that carries or imports 42” bow saw blades lemme know! Lol US Grainger dude was not very helpful at all maybe i should call the Canadian Grainger and see if they will export me a couple blades lol like good grief it can’t be that hard to import a couple of $10 blades!

Jerry. NO Max did not run outta energy and sleep lol. That kid is super charged!!!!! we had a parent teacher conference this evening and that was made clear! Lol As far as how much stuff to haul I dunno it’s quite a bit. I’ve just been running down there and grabbing tools and parts as I need them waiting on cooler weather to clean the place up and started hauling again. I’ll try a give you a shout on the phone here soon and give you a full update on all the exciting things going on here in Westville Oklahoma! Lol

Went on a school field trip yesterday with Max N Ash and three school bus loads of kids and a bunch of other parents. went to one of those agri tourism farms that had a six acre corn maze and a pumpkin patch and hay rides and 20-30 other things. it’s was a hoppin place lemme tell yall!!! we got all our Halloween decorations up at the new place and added a few more this year. (I tried to upload pictures but it didn’t work for some reason) other than that been busy in the shop with customers, and outside the shop been busy on two different town committees and the VFW. the construction at the old place along the highway has all but shut me down there at the shop. I have moved a few truck and trailer loads to the new place and started work here. also a few loads of blacksmithy stuff but need a semi truck to move everything else lol.

The VFW I’m a Quatermaster of just set a New Stone at a Veterans Memorial that we built

I apologize about the late response! I messaged you back! Next time you need me just find Shaina or John or Jerry or a bunch of other folks on here and have them send me a text or call or a facebook message or a letter! or in Jerry’s case a carrier pigeon or smoke signals since he don’t like texting!

I sent pictures and talked with an ol dude who worked for coke back in the day he told me it was a water bath bottle cooler he told me to get glass bottled coke/pop/sodas, whatever you wanna call it. Or glass bottled beer. and stock it, then fill it with water just to the base of the necks. Not to much water that they float he said the water circulation system keeps them from freezing. he estimated that it was a last generation water bath bottle cooler before they all switched over to modern forced air coolers The 1940s model coke machine I got is a smaller two door one. It’s also a water bath bottle cooler the compressor still kicks on but the body is in such bad shape that I gave up on it

Jerry. The brand is beverage air and the model is SF94 but when i googled that it came up as a modern machine, there’s two metal plates with numbers riveted on the inside as well but i got nothing from googling them the model number is really faded so i didn’t post a picture of it because it’s so hard to read and it’s on a sticker It here it is

I think this thing I just bought is supposed to have water in it. It’s got a drain that runs out the bottom and I thing the box in the middle is like a circulation impeller I know on just the third setting out of 9 with nothing in it, it got down to -10 Fahrenheit on a thermometer. I’ve turned it down to one to see what it does when I bought it I assumed it was just a regular machine but I don’t think they are supposed to get that cold an I remember there where ones before my time that had water in them and they circulated the water

Hey guys how’s it going? I had a quick question, that’s the correct term for one of those old style coke machines that have a freezer blowing on the bottles but it also has the case half full of water? If that makes any sense lol

Here’s the others Howdy Jerry!!! Sorry I ain’t been round lately I got a lot going here, working on the new house, working on the old house. Working on our old building downtown, and of course keeping the small engine shop up and running! on top of that I’ve had none stop storm damage for a month now, every stinking storm that blows through is flooding me out and blowin trees down here lately! no tornados yet this year so i guess we can’t complain to much! Lol also I’ve been working on rebuilding the Westville VFW but that’s a whole nother story! aint fired up a forge in a year maybe two now lol. All my smithin stuff is spread out cross the countryside! I’m not sure how many blowers I have currently I think prolly less than 20 now. I’ve sold a few here and there to new smiths starting out recently and a few retirees that are looking to get into smithin. not sure on the repair count either more than two or three! Lol I still buy the junk, broke, frozen, ones missing parts, never know when your gonna need that one little part! lol

Yes on this model all the end “bearing” if you wanna call them that have that nipple protruding out. And the shafts ride on them. gimme a few and I’ll take more pictures

I will put one on the next letter I send to you an see if it works