Huge Soldering Irons and more.

[bc.gold 3,406]

It all started out buying a preowned 10 table saw where the owner said he would not be home but to leave the money under the front door mat, figured if he could trust stranger I could as well. Everything went as planned after a 3 hour one way trip then the next day had a chance to test the saw out.

 

The saw made a horrible noise after further inspection found the arbor bearings were totally worn out, I contacted the seller explaining the situation and he refunded me the full purchase price minus my travel expenses.

 

Day three, off to the jobber to pick up a pair of bearings and some JB Weld metal repair epoxy then two landfill sites on the way home.

 

Two very large soldering irons, each weigh about five pounds. Not sure what they were originally used for probably came from a radiator repair shop or perhaps a tin basher.

 

 

[bc.gold 3,406]

Kerosene cook stove painted military colors, I'm going to put plywood tops on these and use them for curing soap.

 

 

 

 

 

Edited October 18, 2021 by bc.gold

[bc.gold 3,406]

Brand new security camera's, my best guess is that someone had purchased an eight camera system and the four were left over.

 

 

Edited October 19, 2021 by bc.gold

[bc.gold 3,406]

When I get my peddle boat on Wednesday I'll post pictures on this thread.

 

Its a two seat waster craft made of fiberglass, Terry tells me it has a few leaks. This will give Pat a chance to teach me about glass repair as she and her late husband Art routinely repaired the hoods of both their Hayes logging truck and the Western Star gravel truck.

 

On a side note I also picked up eight 16 liter containers of waste cooking oil some of which is suitable for suet for the wild birds.

[formariz 12,041]

What kind of table is it?

[bc.gold 3,406]

4 hours ago, formariz said:

What kind of table is it?

 

Older TWS table saw made in Taiwan 1978, has rack and pinion fence which can be engaged for fine increments the inch / metric numbers are embossed into the metal. I'm guessing other possible buyers had been to his residence to look at it and had an opportunity to test.

 

My hearing is quite impaired and had no trouble hearing the odd noise coming from the saw, no argument on the refund.

 

The a pair of NTN 6203L8 bearings which replace the old number NTN 62032 were only $20.00 Canadian each.

Edited October 19, 2021 by bc.gold

[wh500special 2,267]

I have a similar large soldering iron that my Grandpa used to solder guttering and roofing tin seams back a long time ago.  I don't recall the model, but it's an American Beauty  https://americanbeautytools.com/

 

Perhaps that's what you have there. 

 

Steve

Edited October 19, 2021 by wh500special

[Handy Don 14,061]

I have one from my great grandfather who was a "tin knocker" and did roofing, gutters, and downspouts. My grandfather told me it had to be heavy to counter the heat transferred into the copper material they were soldering and that the roofers kept three or four of them going at once so they could put down one that had gotten too cool and pick up a fresh hot one to keep going.

[Jeff-C175 7,206]

18 hours ago, bc.gold said:

Two very large soldering irons

 

I've got one just like that somewhere in the piles.

 

I've also got several different size unpowered ones.  I don't have the 'kiln' to heat them though.

[Jeff-C175 7,206]

24 minutes ago, Handy Don said:

tin

 

Probably copper too...

Before it got prohibitively expensive!

[bc.gold 3,406]

 

4 hours ago, Jeff-C175 said:

 

I've got one just like that somewhere in the piles.

 

I've also got several different size unpowered ones.  I don't have the 'kiln' to heat them though.

 

Edited October 19, 2021 by bc.gold

[Jeff-C175 7,206]

OHHHHHHHHH...  so THAT's what they used for those irons!  YES, I DO in fact have one of those!  THANK YOU for solving the mystery!  I had NO IDEA what that torch would be used for...  I always wondered what those notches in the top were for!

 

I guess now I need to find those irons.

 

'White Gas' goes in those, correct?  Can I use Naphtha ?  I want to try and light it off now...

 

@bc.gold

Edited October 19, 2021 by Jeff-C175

[lynnmor 7,815]

4 minutes ago, Jeff-C175 said:

OHHHHHHHHH...  so THAT's what they used for those irons!  YES, I DO in fact have one of those!  THANK YOU for solving the mystery!  I had NO IDEA what that torch would be used for...  I always wondered what those notches in the top were for!

 

I guess now I need to find those irons.

 

'White Gas' goes in those, correct?  Can I use Naphtha ?  I want to try and light it off now...

 

@bc.gold

 

My dad had a blow torch like that, I wondered why it needed sights.  He used the only unleaded gasoline available at the time, Amoco. 

[Jeff-C175 7,206]

2 minutes ago, lynnmor said:

gasoline

 

hmmmm... not sure I will try gasoline!  Not that I'm a skeerty cat but ... "here, hold my beer"

 

 

[lynnmor 7,815]

5 minutes ago, Jeff-C175 said:

 

hmmmm... not sure I will try gasoline!  Not that I'm a skeerty cat but ... "here, hold my beer"

 

 

Add gas and have fun, here is one video.

[R Scheer 505]

My dad had soldering irons about that size, they were for repairing the old lead sheathed communications cables.  I still have some of the solder bars used for this, about 1/2" square.

[bc.gold 3,406]

1 hour ago, Jeff-C175 said:

OHHHHHHHHH...  so THAT's what they used for those irons!  YES, I DO in fact have one of those!  THANK YOU for solving the mystery!  I had NO IDEA what that torch would be used for...  I always wondered what those notches in the top were for!

 

I guess now I need to find those irons.

 

'White Gas' goes in those, correct?  Can I use Naphtha ?  I want to try and light it off now...

 

@bc.gold

 

On the top of the pump used to pressurize the tank there you;ll see a very small hole with the letters OIL stamped, if the torch has been dormant for a long time the pump leather dries out a drop of two of oil will revive it.

 

I use unleaded fuel in my Coleman camp stove, just make sure your working in a well ventilated area.