Nobody Special Posted October 22, 2015 Share Posted October 22, 2015 My wife got these at a horse auction for $200 and brought them home two nights ago. Plus some tongs. Good wife, no?Spent a large chunk of today taking the blower apart, de-rusting, and painting. I'll put it back together when it's all dry, and paint the lettering. The Columbian is 70 lbs, has about 6 million percent rebound, and under all that rust was in near pristine condition. Just a little minor damage from some *explicitve deleted" cold shoer. Went more aggressive than normal and used a knotted wheel to get the rust and gunk off, then some BLO TLC.....which oughta dry in a month or two in this weather. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted October 22, 2015 Share Posted October 22, 2015 Not bad at all. I wouldn't trade her in on a newer model, keeper for sure.Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobody Special Posted October 23, 2015 Author Share Posted October 23, 2015 (edited) Blower all done and purty. Fan needs adjustment, it's rubbing the housing, but the paint needs more cure time in this weather. It was tacky when I reassembled and I had to touch up a good bit. Probably bent the blades a little bit while cleaning the rust. Edited October 23, 2015 by Nobody Special Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jwilson645 Posted October 23, 2015 Share Posted October 23, 2015 That's awesome, Ben. Good score! (on the anvil & blower too!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aditya B Posted October 31, 2015 Share Posted October 31, 2015 Awesome reconditioning Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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